Two plant location specialists from Canada will be speaking at a breakfast on Friday, March 26, at Anthony’s restaurant at 3109 Piedmont Road in Buckhead. The speakers are to be...
Author Archives: Phil Bolton
Phil Bolton is the founder and publisher emeritus of Global Atlanta.
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
Intrigued by Atlanta, Estonian Official to Return
Like many first time visitors to Atlanta, Viljar Lubi’s knowledge of the city was limited to an awareness of CNN, Coca-Cola drinks and the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. Unlike most...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
Quebec Renews Commitment to the South
Quebec’s international relations minister, Pierre Arcand, visited Atlanta Feb. 26 on a tour of the Southeast as part of the Canadian province’s new U.S. action plan. While the plan calls...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development, South Korea
Kia Opening Celebrates Future Growth
Mong-Koo Chung, chairman of the Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group, referred to the U.S. auto market as a “changing marketplace” during his comments at the celebration in West Point of the official...
Posted inArchive, Education
Upbeat Entrepreneurs Challenge Economist’s Downbeat Views
Two successful Atlanta-based entrepreneurs with positive outlooks on the future of their enterprises and the U.S. economy clashed with the more somber views of Rajeev Dhawan, at the Feb. 10...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
Commerce Secretary Recognizes Local Officials
While visiting Atlanta for the first time on Feb. 19, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke wanted to make sure that the department’s local representatives were duly recognized. Mr. Locke was...
Posted inArchive, Culture
Atlanta’s French and German Cultural Organizations Join Forces
While France and Germany ceremonially ended centuries of conflict with the signing of the Elysée Treaty in 1963, it was a first for the U.S. when the two countries’ cultural...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
French Chamber Honors Trans-Atlantic Investments
While green companies are pursuing alternative sources of energy, SNF Inc., the recent winner of the French-American chamber’s Crystal Peach Award, is flushing oil out from subterranean reservoirs around the...
Posted inArchive, Education
Emory’s Turkish Lecture Series Features U.S. Women’s Rights Advocate
While citing “high-profile women in power, accidental activists and not-so-ordinary women…who find themselves in a particular situation” as protagonists of women's rights, Melanne Verveer, the first U.S. ambassador-at-large for global...
Posted inArchive, Business
Atlanta, Canadian Firms Form Accounting Venture
The Atlanta-based accounting firm HLB Gross Collins PC has established a joint venture with a Canadian counterpart to provide audit and assurance services to companies listed on public stock exchanges....