The U.K.-based Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors recently accepted Georgia State University's masters of real estate degree into its accreditation program for property professionals, which provides its graduates a...
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Georgia South Africa Group Becomes National Organization
The new membership of the Atlanta-based South African American Business Association of the USA, a national trade and investment organization promoting U.S.-South Africa business ties, met for the first time...
French Company Wins $100 Million Atlanta Foodservice Contract
France-based Sodexho Alliance has signed a four-year, $100 million contract to provide foodservice operations to 99 Atlanta public schools, most of which begin their school year this week. Sodexho's U.S....
Taiwan Official Expresses Gratitude To CDC Over SARS
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tops Maggie Tien’s list of friends that she has accumulated since arriving here two years ago as director general of the Taipei Economic...
Columbus Payment Processor to Build Center in England
Columbus-based Total System Services Inc.'s (TSYS) growth in market share in Britain, now at 21 percent, up from 13 percent in 2001, prompted its recently announced plans to build a...
World Bank’s Free Web Site Can Aid Overseas Investors
Georgia companies interested in investing overseas should take advantage of investment climate reports for 130 countries, available free-of-charge through the World Bank Web site, according to Corrie Shanahan, media...
Decorative Italian Glassmaker to Sell Product in Buckhead
A family-owned, Venetian glass company has opened its doors in Buckhead to sell decorative Murano glass to the Southeast's design community and walk-in customers. Murano glass, distinctive for its transparency...
Australia’s Consul Hopes for U.S. Free Trade Agreement
David Crook, Australia’s consul general and senior trade commissioner based in Atlanta, has one wish that he would like fulfilled before he is transferred in six months to a...
New President Named For Atlanta Chapter Of Chinese-Americans
Henry Yu, first vice president of the international division of SunTrust Bank in Atlanta, has been elected president of the Atlanta chapter of the National Association of Chinese-Americans (NACA)....
Korea Chamber Visits Buford Highway’s Populous ‘Korea Town’
Members of the board of the Korea-Southeast United States Chamber of Commerce Inc. learned during a visit to “Korea Town” on Buford Highway on July 24 that the Korean-...
