Mexico’s economy will be more “dynamic” and experience faster growth once a new pension system is in place in the second half of this year, President Ernesto Zedillo told...
Author Archives: Phil Bolton
Phil Bolton is the founder and publisher emeritus of Global Atlanta.
Int’l Student Exchange Congress Meeting in Atlanta
AISEC, operator the world’s largest student exchange program, will hold its annual meeting in Atlanta Aug. 27-Sept. 4. Six hundred delegates from around the world will attend the...
German Banker Urges Investment In East Europe
Martin Kohlhaussen, chairman of the board of the managing directors of Commerzbank, one of Germany’s largest banks with $262 billion in assets, encouraged Atlanta companies to explore business opportunities...
Vietnam Like the U.S. Wild West
While comparisons of investments in China with those made in the U.S. “Wild West” in the 1800s no longer apply, they still do in Vietnam, Ken Cutshaw, an attorney...
UPS Opens Asia Hub
Atlanta-based United Parcel Service officially opened its main Asia hub at Taiwan’s Chiang Kai Shek International Airport on April 30, marking the completion of an air network of major...
Paris Holds Atlanta Seminar for Potential Investors
Paris and the Ile de France Region will be featured as a prime center for the European operations of U.S. corporations at a seminar to be held starting at...
British Consul Hosts T.V. Party for U.K. Election Returns
Consul-General Peter Marshall and members of the British-American Business Group will be meeting at Croakies Bar and Grill, 5488 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, in Dunwoody Thursday, May 1, at 5 p.m.,...
KLM Amsterdam Flights Now Daily
Faced with stopping its four weekly flights between Atlanta and Amsterdam or initiating daily flights, KLM decided on the daily flights, which began March 31. But KLM senior vice...
Ex-Coke Marketer Starts LatAm Consulting Firm
While acting as marketing director for Colgate-Palmolive in Costa Rica, Cheryl Stallworth-Hooper realized that companies in emerging Latin American markets could benefit from brand management expertise to enhance the...
Scientific Games Buys Austrian Firm
Scientific Games Holdings Corp., the Atlanta-based provider of lottery products and services, earlier this month announced the purchase of Tele Control, an Austria-based subsidiary of New York’s Autotote Corp....
