Author Archives: Phil Bolton

      Before Britain can join the European Monetary Union, it must ally its business cycles more closely to those of the participating continental countries, Peter Marshall, Britain’s consul general in...

      Heather Wagner, senior accounts manager for the Atlanta public relations firm The Headline Group, has accepted the position of Manager of Alumni Relations for Nijenrode University in Breukelen, The...

      A half-day “U.S. Auto Parts Workshop” featuring a representative of the automotive electronics division of OKI Telecom Inc. will be hosted in Atlanta on Friday, Nov. 21, by Georgia...

      Porsche Cars North America’s selection of Atlanta for its administrative headquarters last week further places Georgia in the middle of a growing industry sector that is getting a major...

      U.S. Franchise Systems Inc. (USFS), an Atlanta-based franchisor of Microtel Inn & Suites, a chain of limited service hotels, has entered into a master franchise agreement with Guatamala-based CJ...

      Attendees at a luncheon of the Atlanta Women in International Trade (AWIT)  at the World Trade Center downtown last week peppered Maria Luisa Haley, an Export-Import Bank director, with...

      Aubrey Daniels, a management consultant who helps companies bring out the best in their employees through the systematic use of positive reinforcement, got a little of his own medicine...

      The economic development of Eastern and Central European countries should be stimulated by trade, particularly with the European Union (EU), and not with foreign aid, former U.S. Sen. Sam...

      Mark Vitner, vice president and economist at First Union Corp., the Charlotte-based banking company, writes that globalization is the most significant aspect of Atlanta’s part in the national economy’s...

      Georgia companies that have unique expertise gained during the 1996 Summer Olympics or technology which could be used during the upcoming Olympics in Sydney should seek out Australian partners,...