Author Archives: Phil Bolton

A TRADE MISSION TO SOUTH AFRICA AND ZIMBABWE IS BEING ORGANIZED BY THE DEKALB CHAMBER’S AFRICAN TRADE CENTER AND SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE’S BUSINESS SCHOOL FOR FEB. 23-MARCH 9. CHELLE IZZI,...

ONE OF THE MOST WELL-KNOWN AND COLORFUL MEMBERS OF ATLANTA’S BRITISH COMMUNITY, REGINALD P. MITCHELL, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF REGGIE’S PUB IN THE CNN CENTER, WILL RECEIVE A MEMBER OF...

JEFFREY M. HUMPHREYS, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC FORECASTING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, PREDICTS “SUSTAINED GLOBAL ECONOMIC EXPANSION,” WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS, FOR 1996, IN THE ANNUAL  GEORGIA ECONOMIC OUTLOOK, PRODUCED BY...

EUROPEAN BUSINESS EXECUTIVES BELIEVE THAT GERMANY WILL SHOW THE STRONGEST ECONOMIC GROWTH IN WESTERN EUROPE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, ACCORDING TO THE UPS EUROPE BUSINESS MONITOR V, A SURVEY...

THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE WILL SEEK VOLUNTEERS FROM AIR AND OVERLAND CARGO TRANSPORTERS IN 1996 TO PARTICIPATE IN A NEW AUTOMATED EXPORT SYSTEM (AES), AIMED AT IMPROVING THE ACCURACY OF...

EVEN AS U.S. TROOPS ARE ARRIVING IN BOSNIA TO ENFORCE THE DAYTON PEACE ACCORDS, THE COUNTRY’S LEADERS ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO REBUILD THE ECONOMY AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE...

TWO OF FRANKFURT, GERMANY’S TOP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICIALS VISITED ATLANTA IN MID-DECEMBER TO FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH LOCAL COMPANIES INTERESTED IN EXPANDING THEIR OPERATIONS IN GERMANY OR EUROPE. ALTHOUGH FRANKFURT ALREADY...

GEORGIA AND OTHER SOUTHERN FARMERS ARE JOINING GROWERS NATIONALLY TO URGE CONGRESS TO USE A PENDING ANTI-IMMIGRATION BILL TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO HIRE TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKERS. AT...

SINCE ATLANTA AND BUCHAREST, ROMANIA, FORMALIZED THEIR SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP IN DECEMBER 1994, THE ECONOMIC TIES BETWEEN THE TWO HAVE STRENGTHENED, INCLUDING A BUYING TRIP TO ATLANTA BY FIVE DIRECTORS...

America’s Favorite Chicken (AFC) isn’t letting a Washington D.C.-decreed travel ban to Lebanon keep it from opening its Popeye’s Famous Chicken and Biscuits and Churchs/Texas Chicken restaurants in the war-torn...