Francisco Sanchez, the former undersecretary of trade at the U.S. Commerce Department, has joined Suniva Inc.’s board of directors. Currently, Mr. Sanchez is chairman of the Washington-based consultancy CNS Global […]
Author Archives: Phil Bolton
Phil Bolton is the founder and publisher emeritus of Global Atlanta.
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Books 2015: Ambassador Shapiro’s Revelation – Drug Cartels Intertwined With Mexico’s Strong Economy
Book: Midnight in Mexico Author: Alfredo Corchado, Penguin Books, 2013 Reviewer: Charles Shapiro, president of World Affairs Council of Atlanta While Midnight in Mexico was first published in 2013, it wasn’t […]
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From Country Boy to Global Entrepreneur, Uday Reddy Uses the Internet to Connect the World
Look no further than Atlanta-based YuppTV Inc. to speculate about the Internet’s power to transform television viewing habits around the globe. Launched in 2006 by Uday Reddy — a self-proclaimed […]
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Books 2015: CDC’s Emerging Infectious Diseases Publication Links Art and Science
Book: Art in Science: Selections from Emerging Infectious Diseases Author: Polyxeni Potter Reviewer: Phil Bolton, Global Atlanta publisher Leonardo da Vinci would have loved Polyxeni Potter’s collection of essays titled […]
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Books 2015: Ireland’s Consul General Poised to Celebrate 100th Anniversary of the 1916 Rising
Books 2015: Vivid Faces — The Revolutionary Generation in Ireland 1890-1923 Author: R. F. Foster Reviewer: Shane Stephens, consul general of Ireland Since I took over as Consul General of Ireland […]
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French MP for Canada, U.S.: Politics After Terrorism at Home and Abroad
Frederic Lefebvre is a member of the center-right Les Republicains political party and the National Assembly of France. In June 2013, he was elected as the representative of the first […]
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Books 2015: A Tribute to Those Fighting for Justice in Russia
Book: Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice Author: Bill Browder Review: Glenn P. Hendrix, chair, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Red Notice’s subtitle – A […]
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Books 2015: ‘Neglected Consequences’ of Interning Japanese Americans During World War II
Book: The Japanese Lover Author: Isabel Allende Reviewer: Marta H. Garcia, associate vice president for development at the Georgia Institute of Technology I am addicted to fiction focusing on World […]
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Books 2015: Great Beauty and Horror in Afghanistan
Book: A Thousand Splendid Suns Author: Khaled Hosseini Reviewer: Caroline Reber, online account strategist, Google, and former sales representative for Global Atlanta through an internship program of the Swedish-American Chamber […]
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Books 2015: A New Perspective on Camus’ ‘The Stranger’
Book: The Meursault Investigation Author: Kamel Daoud Reviewer: Bachir Mihoubi, founder and managing director of FranCounsel Group Last year, although I had many unanswered questions, I still recommended Albert Camus’ 1942 […]