The days when Atlanta’s reputation as the commercial hub for the Southeast was belittled due to a lack of venture capital to help grow local firms are over, according to […]
Author Archives: Phil Bolton
Phil Bolton is the founder and publisher emeritus of Global Atlanta.
Posted inBusiness, Consular Conversations
Britain’s Consul General in Atlanta Unruffled by Brexit Prospects
With the equanimity of a seasoned diplomat, Jeremy Pilmore-Bedford, the British consul general in Atlanta, is sticking with his country’s mandate to leave the European Union as determined by the […]
Posted inBusiness
U.K. Firm With Atlanta Sales Office Honored as ‘Cool Vendor’
B2M Solutions, an Abingdon, U.K.-based provider of mobile device analytics, has been included in the list of “Cool Vendors” in the May issue of a Gartner Inc. report titled Cool […]
Posted inDiplomacy, Food
NAFTA Negotiations Begin Amicably Among Three Amigos in Savannah Thanks to a Few Scoops of Leopold’s Ice Cream
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, the former governor of Georgia, exposed his Canadian and Mexican counterparts to some Southern hospitality the past few days in Savannah. Although the dates for […]
Posted inDiplomacy, Education, Global Georgia
Groundbreaking Chronicle of Georgia’s Consular Corps Compiled by Macon High Schooler
With the curiosity of a budding historian, Alexander Smith, a rising high school senior at Stratford Academy in Macon, has investigated the origin’s of Georgia’s consular corps and discovered that […]
Posted inBusiness
New Leadership at Stone Mountain’s USA Poulty & Egg Export Council to Lobby on Behalf of NAFTA Gains
Marc Killebrew, vice president of international sales at Tyson Foods in Springdale, Ark., has been elected chairman of the board of the Stone Mountain-based USA Poultry & Egg Export Council […]
Posted inBusiness, Economic Development, Education
Georgia State and Clark Atlanta Welcome Young African Leaders for 3rd and 4th Years
One thousand promising professionals and civic leaders from 17 sub-Saharan countries arrived in the United States this week, June 12-18, under the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders program […]
Posted inDiplomacy
Ambassador MacNaughton: Canada Committed to ‘Embracing Feminism’
In the same manner that Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, brought his country’s commitment to women’s rights and gender equality to Washington in February, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., David […]
Posted inDiplomacy
Canada’s Ambassador Keeps Relations With the U.S. on an Even Keel Despite Policy Disagreements
Canada’s ambassador to the United States, David MacNaughton, reminded Atlantans of the deep ties binding his country to the U.S. at a World Affairs Council of Atlanta reception held in […]
Posted inBusiness
Boston Consulting Group’s Expansion to Provide 200 Skilled Jobs in Atlanta
The Boston Consulting Group investment of $9.2 million in a new regional support center in Atlanta is expected to create more than 200 jobs including in creative visual services finance, […]