Author Archives: Phil Bolton

John Gareeb, managing director of Atlanta-based Kalene International Inc., will be attending The Middle East/North Africa Economic Summit to be held in Amman, Jordan Oct. 29-31 which will bring world...

The Atlanta Institute for Cross-Cultural Development has been formed to serve multinational foreign-owned companies located in the U.S. and units of American-owned companies abroad. The Institute’s mission is “to assist...

Administration officials visiting Atlanta last week bitterly attacked Republican proposals in the U.S. Congress to break up the Department of Commerce and relegate its trade operations to a new bureaucratic...

Proponents of a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that seeks to dismantle the Federal Maritime Commission “have absolutely no problem with chucking the democratic process into the trash...

The Polish American Chamber of Commerce, along with many of Atlanta’s cultural organizations, will participate in the Festival of Cultures the weekend of Oct. 6-7 to be held downtown on...

Edward Perkins, the U.S. ambassador to Australia, encouraged Atlanta businesses to study APEC markets, calling the 18-member countries of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, “one of the most unlikely group...

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., the Savannah-based manufacturer of large business jets, rolled out on Sept. 22 its newest model which will be able to fly nonstop from New York to Tokyo...

  The Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and Georgia Tech are involved in a new initiative to strengthen Atlanta’s economic ties with Toulouse, France through investments and joint ventures, particularly...

Atlanta’s U.S. Export Assistance Center opened Sept. 28 with city, state and federal officials joining in a chorus that small business “must go global.” Senior officials from the U.S. Commerce...

The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce, Southern Regional Chapter, has requested Italian-owned companies throughout the region to support the application of Delta Air Lines to the Department of Transportation for authority...