Georgia agriculture Commissioner Gary Black is leading a delegation of agribusiness leaders to Israel May 15-17 for an international conference. The trip is to be sponsored by the Consulate General...
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Nairobi-Atlanta Flights on the Horizon?
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport’s new terminal may be what’s needed to launch a direct Atlanta–Nairobi, Kenya, flight, Raila Odinga, the East African country’s prime minister, told GlobalAtlanta while visiting Atlanta...
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Kenya’s PM Reminisces, Envisions Future During Atlanta Visit
Kenya’s prime minister, Raila Odinga, began his April 26 World Affairs Council of Atlanta luncheon address reminiscing about how his father had been arrested in Atlanta for attending a civil...
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Atlanta Chamber: Most Q1 Investments Came From Overseas
Most of the new investments in metro Atlanta during the first three months of 2012 came from companies based overseas, the Metro Atlanta Chamber announced April 17. Ten of 17 locations or expansions came...
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Infosys Opens New Atlanta Center
A subsidiary of India‘s Infosys Technologies Ltd. on April 26 opened a new center for business-process outsourcing, or BPO, adding to its already strong presence in Atlanta. Ajit Kumar, India’s consul general in Atlanta,...
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Qatar Airways to Begin Passenger Flights to Atlanta
A month before the opening of the Atlanta airport’s new international terminal, Qatar Airways Ltd. announced plans to start or increase flights to U.S. cities including Atlanta. The fast-growing Middle Eastern carrier plans to double its U.S. network...
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Social Media Encouraged at Rio+20 Sustainability Conference
In a marked departure from former United Nations environmental conferences, Rio+20, to be held June 13-22 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is to be less focused on painstaking negotiations of...
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Georgia State Links Up With Taiwan Academy
Georgia State University has signed an agreement that could increase the flow of exchanges and research between Taiwan and Georgia. On April 19, President Mark Becker inked a deal making the Atlanta university an affiliate...
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Chamber Names Global Impact Award Winners
An Indian rug maker, a solar installation company, a CPA firm and a Chinese community organization were honored April 24 for helping make Atlanta more of a global business hub....
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Brazilian Landfill Inspires World Malaria Day Art Auction
Inspired by the documentary of a Brazilian artist who created works of art from recyclable materials found at a landfill outside of Rio de Janeiro, local artists have created works...