Author Archives: Phil Bolton

Before assuming the post of Japan’s consul general for the Southeast last month, Toshinao Urabe was director of the financial affairs division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo...

The American Le Mans Series, an automotive racing series started in 1999 by Don Panoz, a Braselton-based entrepreneur, has been so successful that Mr. Panoz is considering expanding the race...

Atlanta-based HomeCom, an Internet application service provider, this month launched a Web site in the Arabic language for the largest bank in the Arab world, National Commercial Bank (NCB), the...

Montreal-based Netcommunications, Inc., an Internet and Web development firm, has opened an office in Atlanta to assist local companies having difficulty hiring qualified computer programmers, especially those with a proficiency...

Atlanta-based network security provider Netsentinel Inc. is to open several high-security, terrorist-resistant operating centers in Europe with strategic ally City Reach International (CRI), a London-based co-location firm, a spokesperson said...

Georgia agricultural companies will be able to benefit tremendously from the changes that have taken place in China over the last decade and from the country’s accession into the World...

On a trade mission to China last month, a representative from GlobalFoodExchange.com, an Atlanta-based online food distributor, was surprised to find that three of the largest Chinese importing firms had...

The Gordon County Chamber of Commerce has hired E.A. Consulting, an Atlanta-based firm, to assess local business needs and expand the international activities of the chamber’s members under a program...

The Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) chose to hold its 22nd annual conference July 27-30 in Atlanta because of the rapid growth of the Asian American community here, Christine Chen,...

U.S. Sen. Max Cleland (D-Ga.) has been making the most of his Georgia contacts including those in the Korean community and the military to learn as much as he can...