NationsBank has joined forces with Banco Santander of Spain and the Royal Bank of Scotland to host an international symposium working toward a new global banking standard in the prevention...
Author Archives: Phil Bolton
Phil Bolton is the founder and publisher emeritus of Global Atlanta.
Upcoming Events
The Clayton County Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for the country’s annual International Business of the Year Awards. The awards will be presented to three outstanding international companies at...
Coke’s Thomas Lee Elected Head of Korea Chamber
The Korean-Southeast United States Chamber of Commerce Inc. has elected Thomas D. Lee of the Coca-Cola Co.’s USA operations to head the 120-member organization. Mr. Lee, the first Korean-American to...
Rural Argentina Gets Scientific-Atlanta Phone Network
Cellular telephone service will be available to the more than 20 million Argentines who live outside the Buenos Aires metropolitan area due to a $12 million network Scientific-Atlanta Inc. will...
Chambers Slam U.S. Anti-immigration Legislation
The Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the Atlanta Chapter of the French-American Chamber of Commerce came out last week against proposed restrictions on legal immigration pending in the U.S....
South Africa Fraud Probe Seeks Aid of Coke Foundation
As part of a fraud investigation of former anti-apartheid leader Allan Boesak, a delegation from South Africa’s Office for Serious Economic Offenses is planning to visit Atlanta’s Coca-Cola Foundation. The...
German Trade Fair Official in Atlanta
Peter Neven, a high-ranking German trade fair official will be in Atlanta Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 13 and 14 to speak at The Atlanta International Summit, a regional trade conference...
Honorary Consul Says Spain Should Endorse Chamber
Spain’s government should recognize the Spain Chamber of Commerce of Georgia, but even if it doesn’t the fledgling organization will be able to fulfill its role as a promoter of...
Galbreath Advising Wendy’s U.K. Growth
The Atlanta office of the commercial real estate services firm, Galbreath Co., will receive no direct benefit from the company’s agreement with Wendy’s International to assist its international expansion, but...
Seawall Maker Eyes Latin America
Having doubled its international sales in 1994, Atlanta-based Materials International, Inc. wants to do the same this year and realizes that it will need more sales representatives to get the...
