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GlobalAtlanta Visits Four Countries in 2010
When it came to providing firsthand reporting overseas in 2010, GlobalAtlanta was more concerned about providing depth and insight than accumulating passport stamps. Though the number of countries visited by...
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10 Most-Watched Videos of 2010
1. Sony Ericsson CEO: 'Big Surprise' Coming 2. Micro-Sculptor Willard Wigan Puts Art in a Needle's Eye 3. Senegalese Runway Model Refashions Her Life as Entrepreneur 4. Tracking Overseas Trade...
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10 Most Popular Stories of 2010
We covered some amazing characters this year, from the 82-year-old archbishop who teaches spiritual lessons with his iPhone to the brilliant U.S. Gen. David Petraeus and the down-to-earth Irish Prime...
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Top Trends in 2010: Atlanta Makes Strides as African Gateway
At a Nigerian conference held in Atlanta in April, the country's top trade official lamented the fact that the U.S. lags China in investment in the oil-rich nation. Later in the year, not much had changed....
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Top Trends in 2010: Competitiveness Forum Moves Out of Atlanta
For the mainstream business community in Atlanta, the Americas Competitiveness Forum is just one more convention in a town that hosts hundreds every year. But for leaders from 34 countries...
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Top Trends in 2010: Mayor Reed Renews Atlanta’s Global Focus
Unsustainable pension liabilities. An underfunded police force. Traffic congestion. Shuttered recreation centers. Kasim Reed had plenty to tackle after being sworn in as Atlanta's 59th mayor last January. For awhile it...
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Top Trends in 2010: China Regains Momentum
Supporters of Georgia's relationship with China were frustrated in 2009 when Delta Air Lines Inc. suspended its long-awaited and hard-won nonstop flight from Atlanta to Shanghai. Many who had lobbied for the flight, an elite...
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Top Trends in 2010: Harmony on Harbor Deepening
When Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed showed up at the White House to lobby for the deepening of the Savannah River, he got some strange looks. Obama administration staffers seemed to wonder why the mayor of the Georgia capital...
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Top Trends in 2010: Georgia Played a Role in Obama’s Export Push
With the nation's jobless rate still high despite the statistical end of the 2009 recession, President Obama in February turned to exports as a means of getting people back to work. His...