She thought she’d put Atlanta behind her, but Martina Stegmeier wasn’t gone for long. The 31-year-old last year returned to her native Munich, only to find herself back in the Georgia capital this February. The journey is...
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Global Connect Event Features International Terminal
It was once again a soaring theme at Global Connect, a networking event that brought together Atlanta‘s international business community on May 3. Last year’s event drew more than 1,000 people...
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Panasonic to Open Georgia Tech Research Center
A subsidiary of Panasonic Corp. plans to open a research center focused on automotive entertainment systems at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The Panasonic Automotive Innovation Center will be located at Centergy One building in Midtown and is...
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Dress Rehearsal for Airport’s New International Terminal
Everything went smoothly for Melva Brown on her first trip through the Atlanta airport’s new international terminal. The only way it could’ve been better? If she were really going to see Paris in spring. “I’m just...
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Orkin Opens Second Chinese Franchise
Bugs on the Chinese island of Hainan beware: the Orkin man is coming. Rollins Inc., the Atlanta-based franchisor of Orkin pest control services, has put its second Chinese franchise on the island, a popular...
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Fleetcor Buys Brazilian Firm for $180 Million
Fleetcor Technologies Inc., an Atlanta-based provider of prepaid fuel cards and other payment services, has agreed to buy a Brazilian firm for $180 million. Acquiring CTF Technologies Inc. will give Fleetcor a foothold in one...
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GPTV to Air Program About the Port of Savannah
GPTV/PBS will feature the importance of Savannah’s port to manufacturing and trade in the Southeast in the final episode of its “America Revealed” series on Channel 8 to be aired...
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Sweden’s Elekta Moving Atlanta Headquarters
Swedish medical device company Elekta AB is moving its North American headquarters in Atlanta in anticipation of increased growth. Fueled largely by developing countries, the company expects to hire 100 new workers in metro Atlanta over the...
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South African Province Eyes Georgia
The South African province of Gauteng sees Georgia as a place to begin erasing the negative stereotypes that can keep Americans from investing in their country. A little larger than Georgia with 11 million people, Gauteng is the...
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Atlanta’s Netherlands Chamber Looks to South Carolina
The Netherlands American Chamber of Commerce for the Southeastern U.S., under the leadership of a new president, seeks to expand the chamber’s reach into the region by opening a new...