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...
Author Archives: Phil Bolton
Phil Bolton is the founder and publisher emeritus of Global Atlanta.
Latin America Ripe For U.S. Apparel
U.S. manufacturers and suppliers in the sewn products industry must move quickly to compete in emerging consumer markets particularly in Latin America, according to several speakers at the Bobbin Show...
Deregulation of Shipping Would Hurt Port of Savannah
Proposed ocean shipping deregulation “will negatively affect the maritime industry in Georgia” by creating “a very hostile environment for carriers to do business,” and by providing a threat to the...
The Hague Visitors In Atlanta
Thirteen delegates from the city of The Hague visited Atlanta Sept. 21-23 to strengthen ties between the cities, which are destined to join as “Sister Cities” by the end of...
Nice and Atlanta Chambers Agree to Foster Investments
The Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie Nice CÙte d’Azur formalized a strategic alliance between their organizations Sept. 15. Both chambers are to “take...
Taiwan Official Pushes for UN Seat
A gracious but straightforward Jason Hu, director general of the Government Information Office of the Republic of China on Taiwan, at a luncheon held at the Wyndham Midtown Hotel Sept....
Dragon Boat Race Returning to Stone Mountain
Dragon boat racing, an annual event in Hong Kong which was introduced this past July at the Stone Mountain Park’s lake, will be held again next year with the number...
Atlanta Firms Should Consider Mexico’s Pacific Coast
The Los Mochis Ecological Industrial Park on Mexico’s Pacific coast is more than 1,200 miles from Atlanta, but the number of travelers between the city of Los Mochis and Atlanta...
Ordering Office Supplies via Internet Coming
The Bethesda, Md.-based company, Marketplace 2000, has developed a software program that the U.S. Postal Service is using to order its office supplies electronically, and the next step should be...
Int’l Adviser Forms Alliance with Thai Consulting Firm
Alpharetta-based business consultant Delbert E. Winn has formed an alliance with Pollak & Co., an international business and legal consulting firm headquartered in Bangkok with other offices in Burma, France...
