China need not be alarmed by the renewed American focus on Asia as part of President Obama‘s strategic “pivot” to the region, U.S. ambassadors to Southeast Asian nations said in Atlanta. China, which has steadily increased its military spending in recent...
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Ambassador: Myanmar Reforms to Unlock Southeast Asia
Rapid political reforms in the formerly reclusive nation of Myanmar are unlocking opportunities for U.S. companies across Southeast Asia, a region of more than 600 million consumers, U.S. Ambassador Derek...
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TSYS Celebrates 15 Years With African Bank
Columbus-based payment processing company Total System Services Inc., or TSYS, is celebrating 15 years of partnership with the Commercial Bank of Africa. TSYS began providing the Nairobi, Kenya-based bank with its credit...
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Georgia Officials: State Brand Needs Polishing
Georgia needs to polish its brand as a state with a competitive workforce where companies and universities work together to meet the challenges of the future, according to the state’s...
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Georgia Groups in France on Recruitment Trip
Georgia economic development groups are meeting in France this week on a business mission to shore up ties with existing French investors and recruit new ones. The Atlanta-based French-American Chamber of Commerce is leading the trip and will...
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Taiwan Family Firms Manage Interwoven Supply Chains
Note: This story is part of Global Atlanta’s exclusive report: Taiwan: Georgia’s Asian Gateway?, which features on-the-ground reporting and local insight. Sue-ling Wang came to Atlanta by accident, but the Taiwanese entrepreneur had a background that...
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Czech Honorary Envoy Leads Trade Mission to His Native City
George Novak’s trade mission to Prague and Brno in the Czech Republic this fall at the head of a delegation of Georgia officials, educators and businesspeople was the fulfillment of...
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Atlanta Design Firm Wins Global Award
Atlanta-based tvsdesign has won the Urban Land Institute‘s global award of excellence for its design and planning work on the Levine Center for the Arts in Charlotte, N.C. The center was one of 14 projects that received...
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Korean Mobile Commerce Firm Opens London Office
The Atlanta-based subsidiary of a Korean technology firm is opening an office in London to strengthen its foothold in the European mobile payments space. CorFire, the mobile-commerce arm of Korea’s SK C&C USA, will open the office to...
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France-Atlanta Continues Growth in Third Year
France-Atlanta, a yearly compilation of French events focused on business, culture and educational exchange, attracted 4,700 participants in 2012, boosting attendance by 35 percent over the previous year. The...