The importance of global competitiveness is to be a dominant theme of the GeorgiaForward Forum in Athens Sept. 12-13 including discussions on current immigration and visa policies. “Re-visioning Statewide Prosperity”...
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NIIT Technologies CEO Wins Exec of Year Award
Arvind Thakur, CEO and joint managing director of the board of NIIT Technologies Ltd., is the winner of the 2012 Gold Stevie Award in the executive of the year, computer...
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Georgian Named Ambassador to Barbados and Caribbean
Emory University graduate and native of Augusta Larry Palmer is the recently appointed U.S. ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. Previously, Venezuela’s president, Hugo Chavez, refused Mr. Palmer’s appointment as...
Posted inArchive, Trade
Indian Delegation Unveils Business Yearbook
D.V. Venkatagiri has been working for five years to foster business connections between Georgia and his hometown of Chennai, India. As if he didn’t have enough reason to keep returning, Mr. Venkatagiri was in Atlanta...
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Merrill Lynch: In New Era, Emerging Markets Key for Investors
After World War II, the United States led a new trend toward globalization, creating a framework of multilateral institutions that lowered trade barriers and tied financial systems more closely together than ever...
Posted inArchive, Business
Atlanta Fed’s Lockhart: World Can Learn From Latin America
Through prudent economic and fiscal policies, marked by loosened trade barriers and modest budget deficits, countries in Latin America have set upon a path to be modeled by the rest of the...
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GSU Forecaster: Education, Health and Hospitality to Fuel Atlanta
While Rajeev Dhawan, director of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University, didn’t have a lot of good news for many of Georgia’s economic sectors into next year, there...
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TSYS Opens New U.K. Financial Service Support Center
Columbus-based Total System Services Inc., TSYS, announced on Aug. 28 that it has opened a new financial services support center in the United Kingdom to improve service for its European...
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Ambassador Link Brings First Mongolians to Wesleyan
Since China‘s famous Soong sisters attended Wesleyan College in the early 1900s, the Macon women’s school has always had strong links to Asia. It has also hosted students from Russia, but it wasn’t until a native son was posted...
Posted inArchive, Trade
Danish Company Honored for Exports
Maileg, a Danish designer of dolls, decor and baby toys that began its U.S. expansion in Atlanta, was honored Aug. 20 by the Danish Export Association in New York. Maileg started its U.S. journey in 1999 at...