In Atlanta, Porsche Cars North America’s move to the airport area has jump-started an area long avoided by corporate heavy-hitters. Local leaders have seized on the momentum as they seek to establish...
Author Archives: Trevor Williams
As managing editor of Global Atlanta, Trevor has spent 15+ years reporting on Atlanta’s ties with the world.
An avid traveler, he has undertaken trips to 30+ countries to uncover stories on the perils and promise of globalization.
A lifelong Bulldog, Trevor earned degrees from the University of Georgia in Magazine Journalism and Religion, with a minor in Chinese.
He is the father of three sons and editor of the book "Making Men: Five Steps to Growing Up."
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Economist: France a Drag on European Recovery
Europe as a whole is showing positive signs for 2014, but it also still has “deep, almost intractable problems” that won’t be fixed anytime soon, a Chicago-based economist said in Atlanta. “Short-term optimism”...
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FleetCor Expands Beyond Fuel Cards With U.K. Acquisition
Norcross-based FleetCor Technologies Inc., which provides fuel cards to help companies manage their fleets, has made its second acquisition in the United Kingdom in three years. FleetCor bought Epyx from...
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Lufthansa’s First Boeing 777 Freighter Coming to Atlanta
Lufthansa Cargo’s first Boeing 777 will land in Atlanta tonight, bringing with it the potential for more cargo and new jobs. Christened “Good Day USA” before its departure from Frankfurt, Germany, the $270 million...
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Internap Broadens Global Reach With Canada Deal
Atlanta-based Web hosting provider Internap Network Services Corp. has purchased Montreal-based iWeb for $145 million in a bid to reach more small clients internationally. A former Internap customer, iWeb had 2012 revenues of...
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Could Georgia-Grown Millet Be the New Quinoa?
With a shift in farm subsidies, millet, consumed across Africa and India, could be the southeastern United States’ next cash crop, but this unsung nutritional hero is having to go against the grain. The...
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NCR Lands Deal in Atlanta’s Japanese Sister City
Duluth-based NCR Corp. has landed a deal to provide scanner technology to a banking group based in Atlanta’s Japanese sister city, Fukuoka. Fukuoka Financial Group Inc. has three bank subsidiaries...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
Mayor Reed Checks Up on Panama Canal Progress
Nearly two months after Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal headed down to check up on the Panama Canal’s expansion progress, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is doing the same. Mr. Reed joined U.S. Vice President Joe Biden Nov. 18 on a...
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Bridging the Wealth Gap: Central Problem for Emerging Market Central Banks
It’s clear to central bankers that getting money out from under mattresses and into the banking system will help close yawning wealth gaps in the developing world. What’s not so...
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NYSE Euronext Chief: Financial Education Key to Closing Wealth Gap
He may have had more pressing reasons for being in Atlanta, but NYSE Euronext CEO Duncan Niederauer said he wouldn’t have missed a financial literacy summit where he was asked to speak Thursday. ...