Six international companies established a presence in metro Atlanta in the second quarter of 2003, including two information technology providers, a clothing retailer, two manufacturers and a consulting firm, according...
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Atlanta Firm Provides Detection Software Along Mexican Border
Atlanta-based VistaScape Security Systems, a security software developer, has contracted with the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to test its automated intrusion detection software along a 12-mile stretch...
ISS Forms Alliance with Hong Kong Telecom Provider
Atlanta-based Internet Security Systems Inc. has formed an alliance with PCCW Ltd., a Hong Kong telecommunications provider, to monitor and manage network security for companies in Hong Kong. ...
State Highways, Ports, Hartsfield Key to Luring Indian Plant
Calhoun was chosen over Charlotte, N.C., Jonesboro, Tenn. and Jacksonville, Fla. as the location for Mahindra USA's newest assembly plant because of its access to Interstate highways, ports and Hartsfield...
China, Taiwan Push Tourism; They Say SARS Contained
Tourism to China and the island of Taiwan has suffered so dramatically since the outbreak of SARS that both their governments have enlisted top officials to assure Americans, including Atlantans,...
World Trade Center to Host Minority Business Development Int’l Workshop
The World Trade Center Atlanta and Minority Business Development Agency will co-host an international trade day seminar, Wednesday, Sept. 10, as part of Minority Enterprise Development Week, which runs Sept....
Former Health and Human Services Secretary to Speak in Atlanta on Africa’s AIDS Pandemic
Louis Sullivan, former U.S. secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and president emeritus of Morehouse School of Medicine, will speak on Thursday, Sept. 11, in Atlanta at...
Carter Center’s Conflict Resolution Director to Address Liberia
Matthew Hodes, director of the Carter Center's conflict resolution program is to discuss the recent events in Liberia in the context of modern peacekeeping operations at the Atlanta Council on...
EU Entry Lowers Business Risks
Georgia companies will have more opportunities at lesser risk to conduct business in 10 countries approved to enter the European Union next year, George Handy, a Washington-based consultant, told GlobalFax...
Georgia Free Trade Group Visiting Argentina, Uruguay
Representatives of Hemisphere Inc., the organization seeking to attract the Free Trade Area of the Americas headquarters here, are traveling in Argentina and Uruguay this week, according to the Georgia...
