Category: Americas

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...

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will issue recommendations by mid-September concerning the duty drawback program, which provides incentives for U.S. manufacturers to export their products, Marcella Hilt, spokesperson...

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...

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...

            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.            ...

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...

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,...

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...

            Hemisphere Inc. is to target Georgia's neighboring states and Latin America's weaker economies, in lieu of more industrialized nations such as Brazil, in its marketing campaign to attract the...