Author Archives: Phil Bolton

THE JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF GEORGIA'S ANNUAL DINNER THIS YEAR SET THE SCENE FOR A NOSTALGIC REMINISCENCE OF THE MID-1980S – A TIME OF ESPECIALLY CLOSE RELATIONS BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE...

THE FIRST TRADE MISSION OF SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED COMPANIES FROM MADRID, SPAIN TO ATLANTA WILL BE ARRIVING APRIL 26 FOR A FIVE-DAY VISIT IN AN EFFORT TO FIND ATTRACTIVE PARTNERSHIPS...

RAY C. ANDERSON, CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF INTERFACE, INC., WAS NAMED THE SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FELLOWS' 1993 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR LAST WEEK. SIBF IS...

DUKE UNIVERSITY'S FUQUA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS WANTS TO HEAR FROM COMPANIES IN ATLANTA AND ELSEWHERE IN THE SOUTHEAST THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HOSTING FOR FIVE DAYS RUSSIAN MANAGERS WHO...

RUSSIA'S GREATEST OBSTACLE TO FURTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS POLITICAL CHAOS, ACCORDING TO J.B. FUQUA, THE ATLANTA BUSINESSMAN WHO FINANCED DUKE'S BUSINESS SCHOOL IN 1980 WITH A $10 MILLION GRANT AND...

IN AN EFFORT TO FURTHER CONSOLIDATE THEIR BUSINESS NETWORK THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST, THE AMERICAN-ISRAEL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, INC.-SOUTHEAST REGION HAS MERGED WITH THE ISRAEL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP (IEDP). ...

RICHARD WATKINSON'S COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPING BUSINESS TIES BETWEEN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, AND ATLANTA WAS NOT CHILLED BY A WINTER BLIZZARD THAT SWEPT THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST IN MID-MARCH AND CONFINED HIM TO...

PRICE WATERHOUSE, THE ACCOUNTANCY AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY GROUP, WILL PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN DEVELOPING STRATEGIC ALLIANCES BETWEEN U.K. AND U.S. MEDIUM-SIZED COMPANIES AS PART OF THE NORTH AMERICA NOW...

RITA GILLIGAN, THE PERKY GALWAY NATIVE WHO SERVED AT THE ORIGINAL HARD ROCK CAFE ON HYDE PARK CORNER IN LONDON 22 YEARS AGO, VISITED ATLANTA RECENTLY TO SHOW THE LOCAL...

ERSKINE BOWLES, A NORTH CAROLINA INVESTMENT BANKER AND A FUND RAISER FOR THE CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, HAS BEEN NOMINATED TO HEAD THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. MR. BOWLES' NOMINATION IS SUBJECT...