With help from former Mayor Sam Massell, the Honorary Consulate of Sweden was able to celebrate the opening of its new office in Buckhead on June 6. Jill Olander, Sweden’s...
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Jill Olander, Swedish honorary consul, and Sam Massell, president of the Buckhead Coalition. (Photo: Helena Eriksson)
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Chinese Telecom Giant Opens New Atlanta Office
A Chinese telecom equipment giant has opened a gleaming Atlanta office to better serve its primary local customer and build momentum for its brand, still relatively unknown in the U.S....
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Lixin Cheng, CEO of ZTE USA, visited from the company's Dallas headquarters.
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Hartsfield Up for Most Efficient Airport
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is in the running to be named the most efficient airport in the world for the sixth straight year. Since 2001 the Air Transport Research Society...
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Firm Buys Arby’s Restaurant Chain
Atlanta-based Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Inc. announced on June 13 an agreement to sell Arby’s Restaurant Group to Roark Capital Group for $430 million. After the sale to the Atlanta-based private equity...
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Delta, Virgin Australia Partner
Delta Air Lines Inc. and Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd received approval on June 10 for a trans-Pacific alliance that allows the airlines to offer more flights between the U.S.,...
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Influential Keynoters to Attend June 21-22 USA India Summit
The first USA India Business Summit held last year in Atlanta featured a presentation by Meera Shankar, India’s ambassador to the U.S., who spoke of her country as a “megamarket”...
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First Data Rebrands in U.K.
Atlanta-based payment processing firm First Data Corp. has rebranded one of its services in the United Kingdom. First Data was processing payments for merchants under the Bank of Scotland Merchant...
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Honeywell to Buy EMS for $491 Million
EMS Technologies Inc., an Atlanta-based firm that sells equipment enabling wireless communication and tracking, has agreed to be purchased by Honeywell International Inc. for $491 million in cash. The agreement...