Georgia companies could be of assistance to Poland in its preparations to join the European Union in 2004, especially in terms of environmental clean-up, according to Witold Zabinski, president...
Author Archives: Phil Bolton
Phil Bolton is the founder and publisher emeritus of Global Atlanta.
Cyber Attacks From Abroad Against U.S. May Not Be Punishable
The need for global standards defining and punishing cyber crimes is evident in face of increasingly frequent attacks by hackers from around the world, according to Tom Noonan, president of...
Russian Official Urges Atlanta Investment in Moscow Region
A senior Russian official who participated in a professionals exchange program here in November told GlobalFax that he plans to encourage Atlanta’s high-tech, financial technology and consumer goods companies...
Dealing with Asia Becoming Increasingly Complex
Georgia State University MBA graduates who will be conducting business in Asia must be prepared to deal with the increasing complexities of the continent's emerging markets, according to Robert Oxnam....
Atlanta Officials Trained on How to Greet Int’l Guests
The Georgia Council for International Visitors has been selected to counsel the Atlanta Mayor’s Office on receiving international guests. Seminars began last week for officials at City Hall, GCIV...
Georgia’s State Export Programs Highlighted
The Georgia Department of Agriculture was chosen to give a presentation on its state and local agencies’ coordinated export development efforts during a conference last week in Washington. The...
Georgia State Names Student-Mentor Program Participants
Georgia State University’s International Business Alliance released this week the names of the 15 students and mentors participating in the organization’s international business mentor program. Over nine months, the graduate...
Belgian Conglomerate UCB Sees Atlanta As Prime Location
Baron George Jacobs, chief executive of UCB Group S.A., a Brussels-based conglomerate, said Belgian bioscience firms consider Atlanta a prime location for U.S. operations because of the city’s partnerships among...
Forecaster Sees No Georgia Economic Recovery Until Fall
Georgia’s economy, which is largely dependent on the health of the global economy, will not recover until next fall, said economist Rajeev Dhawan, who gave a gloomy forecast last week....
German Consul Leaves Atlanta for Libya
German consul general in Atlanta, Heinrich-Peter Rothmann, left last week for debriefing in Berlin before assuming his next post in Libya in January. He told GlobalFax his experience in...
