The decreasing effectiveness of traditional antibiotics against new, resistant forms of viruses has fueled the growth of metro-Atlanta-based Serologicals Corp., a provider of specialty human antibody products and services, said...
Author Archives: Phil Bolton
Phil Bolton is the founder and publisher emeritus of Global Atlanta.
Funds Running Out For Georgia Schools Int’l Curriculum
Georgia’s efforts to internationalize its schools may be hampered by a lack of funds, Linda Schrenko, state superintendent of schools, told members of the International Education Advisory Council at a...
Atlantan Sees Israel-Syria Accord
John Gareeb, managing director of Kalene International Inc. and the Atlanta Olympic’s attachÈ to Syria’s National Olympic Committee, is hoping that Syria and Israel will sign a peace agreement by...
U.S. Ambassador Upbeat for Peru On Investment
Peru is no longer a “pariah on the black list” of foreign investment, since Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori introduced a series of economic reforms in the early 1990s, Alvin Adams,...
Atlanta-Made Right Hand Drive Ford Aimed at Asia
Ford Motor Co. has started production of its first right hand drive Taurus at its Atlanta Assembly Plant for export beginning in 1996 with about 13,000 vehicles headed to Japan,...
AFC Expands Into Lebanon
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...
FCC Approves Pact For Sprint, German, French Telecoms
The Federal Communications Commission cleared the way Dec. 15 for Sprint's global joint venture with Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom. The Atlanta-based law firm of King & Spalding has represented...
Polish Ambassador Pushes for Outside Investments
Poland needs to become fully integrated with Western democratic capitalism to maintain its reforms and rate of growth, Poland’s U.S. ambassador, Jerzy Kozminski, said at a luncheon lecture at the...
Avondale Estates To Host Polish Olympic Team
The city of Avondale Estates, located seven miles east of downtown Atlanta, will host the Polish Olympic team as well as provide facilities for Polish officials and media during the...
Lebanon Promotes Beirut Rebuild To Atlantans
“It is a pleasure to bring you good news from Lebanon,” said Ramez Maluf, director of international marketing for Solidere, the Lebanese company formed to reconstruct the central district of...
