Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was named the most efficient cargo airport in the world for the third time in the last four years. The honor was bestowed by Air Cargo Week...
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Posted inArchive, Education
Fayetteville High Schooler Wins Scholarship to China
A Fayette County high schooler is to spend the summer in China studying Mandarin as one of 600 recipients of a prestigious State Department scholarship. Blake Traegar, a junior at...
Posted inArchive, Business
India’s Mahindra Sued Again Over Pickups
A group of American auto dealers is suing Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.for allegedly duping them into spending millions on dealer fees and marketing efforts while they prepared to sell the Indian firm’s diesel pickup...
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Andrew Young to Speak at Conference in Gabon
Andrew Young, former mayor of Atlanta, civil rights icon and ambassador to the United Nations, is scheduled to speak at a June 8-10 summit on pan-African economic development in Libreville,...
Posted inArchive, Business
Prominent Israeli Investor to Keynote Awards Ceremony
Jonathan Medved, one of the leading figures in Israel’s high-tech boom and the scheduled keynote speaker for the upcoming local American-Israel chamber’s annual awards gala, recently stepped down as the...
Posted inArchive, Business
Market Uncertainty Dominates Atlanta Wind Conference
Wind companies expect the domestic market to slow down until at least the second quarter of 2013 amid uncertainty as to whether the U.S. Congress will extend a key tax credit driving...
Posted inArchive, Business
No Wind in Their Sales? Clean-Tech Prospects Hesitant in U.S.
Though Georgia has scored recent wins from foreign manufacturers of wind-turbine components, a grim outlook for 2013 could deflate efforts to recruit new investment in the sector, international companies said at a...
Posted inArchive, Culture
Honduras to Nonprofits: Use Head Along With Heart and Hands
It’s a situation that repeats itself all over the developing world, especially in Honduras. Ana Padgett tells of an organization that dug three wells in a village, only to frustrate the local...
Posted inArchive, Culture
Commonwealth Subjects Celebrate Queen’s Jubilee
Dazzling sunlight and bright blue skies meant sunburn for the fairer skinned participants during the Queen’s Jubilee Family Festival at Oglethorpe University Saturday, June 2, but the gorgeous weather made...
Posted inArchive, Business
Newell Rubbermaid Taps Brazil Native for Writing Unit
Brazil native Eduardo Senf has been tapped to head up Newell Rubbermaid Inc.‘s global writing and creative expression business unit. Mr. Senf was previously president of the international division for the metro Atlanta-based company, which...