The Carter Center will host a summit Sept. 2-3 on business, trade and investment opportunities in East Africa, which is in the process of forming a common market under a...
Author Archives: Phil Bolton
Phil Bolton is the founder and publisher emeritus of Global Atlanta.
Commerce Department Official to Discuss Y2K and World Trade
Tu-Trang T. Phan, an international trade specialist with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA), will discuss the impact of Y2K on the international trading system beginning at...
Chinese Dance Troupe To Perform Aug. 21
> The Association of Chinese Professionals (ACP) is organizing the Atlanta visit of the Dunhaung Female Dance Troupe, which will perform the “Dance from Dunhuang” at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday,...
Australia Chamber Hosting Gala to Promote Paralympics
The Australian American Chamber of Commerce in Atlanta is to hold its annual Australian Ball at the J.W. Marriott at Lenox on Friday, Sept. 17 – a date that was...
Georgia Promotes Bioscience Sector Around the World
Even calves and crayfish have been enlisted in the state of Georgia’s promotional campaign on behalf of its developing bioscience sector. Georgia is now home to more than 100 medical...
Nonstop Air Service Between Buenos Aires And Atlanta Launched
More than 100 representatives of the Argentine government, tourism and travel industries and media will arrive at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport on Wednesday, Aug. 18, on LAPA airlines’ inaugural flight...
Dutch Firm Introduces Product Extending Milk’s Shelf Life
Amsterdam, Netherlands-based Stork Food & Dairy Systems (Stork), which has its U.S. headquarters in Gainesville, has entered into a joint venture to produce aseptic packaging that will dramatically increase the...
Stock Exchanges from Africa Seek High-Tech Equipment
Representatives of Georgia technology firms are invited by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA) to meet with officials from 10 African stock exchanges and related organizations who will be...
After 11 Years in Asia Georgian Wants Career at Home
After spending 11 years in Asia including six as a general manager of a U.S.-Chinese joint venture partnership in China’s first industrial development zone, David Franklin is in the process...
Honorary Consul for Nicaragua Named Here
J. Thomas Ratchford, Jr., principal in the private investment group West Hill Investors, has been appointed the Republic of Nicaragua’s honorary consul general in Atlanta. A former political and economic...
