A Peachtree City-based provider of aircraft products and services won the award for best spare parts provider at a ceremony in London on May 4. Aventure Aviation LLC, which provides...
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Charity Sends Books to Angola From Atlanta
Books For Africa on June 4 will send 22,000 books to Angola from its warehouse in metro Atlanta. The charity is partnering with Better World Books, an online bookstore that...
Posted inArchive, Education
French Ambassador Backs Aid to Egypt and Tunisia
While his president was in Deauville, France, arguing in favor of initiatives to support the political and economic future of Egypt and Tunisia, François Delattre, the French ambassador to the...
Posted inArchive, Bahamas, Business
Atlanta’s TSW Designs New Town in the Bahamas
With lush brilliance evident even in watercolor, the green paradise shown in the artist’s rendering includes a colorful town square, clean streets speckled with strolling pedestrians and a neighborhood of...
Posted inArchive, Culture
High’s Director Receives France’s Highest Cultural Honor
Michael Shapiro, the director of the High Museum of Art, received France’s highest cultural honor, from François Delattre, the French ambassador, during a ceremony in Atlanta on May 27. Mr....
Posted inArchive, Business
Delta Adds Brasilia Flight
Delta Air Lines Inc. has added a frequency to its nonstop route from Atlanta to Brasilia, increasing service to the Brazilian capital from to six days per week. “Delta’s continued growth in Brazil has been quite...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
Dubbed as Diplomats: Honorary Consuls in Georgia
One day, they’re professors, businesspeople, lawyers or doctors. The next, they’re vested with the power of a foreign government as large and powerful as Brazil or France or as tiny...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
Gov. Deal Visits Solar Firm in Germany
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal visited the headquarters of MAGE SOLAR AG in Ravensburg, Germany, on May 20 to thank the company for its investment in Georgia and learn from its...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
Nigerian Elections Open Doors for Investment
After the April elections in Nigeria, a renewed confidence in the country's political stability could help the country attract more foreign investment. In the past, rigged elections have marred the...
Posted inArchive, Business
China’s ZTE Quietly Expands in Atlanta
While some trumpeted Chinese investments in Georgia have fallen flat, a Chinese mobile-phone maker has taken a different tack: starting small and quietly building its presence in Atlanta. Maybe it's...