Kazuo Iida, general manager of the Atlanta agency of the Industrial Bank of Japan, was elected as the chairman of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Georgia at the...
Author Archives: Phil Bolton
Phil Bolton is the founder and publisher emeritus of Global Atlanta.
Jean Moreau Newรย President ofรย French-American Chamber
F. Jean Moreau, who is a foreign legal specialist with the Atlanta law firm of Lackland & Heyward and has practiced law in both France and the U.S. for...
U.S. Firms Urged To Look at Central And Eastern Europe
As an enticement for U.S. companies to conduct business in Central and Eastern Europe, Rupert Finke, assistant director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Eurasia business committee, pointed to...
Argentina’s Menem Here for CNN Event
President Carlos Menem of Argentina and Diego Ramar Guร ยฝlar, ambassador of Argentina to the U.S., will be in Atlanta May 7 to attend the ninth annual CNN World Report...
German-American Chamber of South Names New Directors
The Atlanta-based German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern U.S. (GACC) has elected representatives from the German federal states of Baden-WŸrttemberg and Saxony to its board of directors....
Air Canada CE0 Honors Former Boss Hollis Harris
Air Canada's current president and CEO credited at an Atlanta Rotary Club luncheon at the Merchandise Mart last week his predecessor Hollis Harris with laying the foundation for the...
Atlanta Ad Firm Does Promo for Summit Web Page
When BellSouth International's Hispanic advertising agency in Miami was too swamped to provide a quick turnaround on publicity materials for a specially designed web page to promote the 2nd...
Trade Mission to Greece and Israel For State Exporters
Costas Simoglou, an export program manager with the Georgia Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism (GDITT), was in Greece last week making arrangements for a Georgia delegation to visit...
International Group Seeks Atlanta Firms For Student Trainees
AIESEC, an international, student-run organization which operates the world's largest student work exchange program, is looking for Atlanta companies willing to be involved in the trainee program. Interested...
Sister City Annual Convention Being Sought by Atlanta
The Atlanta Sister City Commission will seek to host the annual convention of its umbrella organization, Sister City International (SCI), in either 2001 or 2002, Mayor Bill Campbell has...
