Atlanta-based Novelis Inc. has been chosen as a supplier of light-weight aluminum sheets for the new Audi A8 luxury sedan. The aluminum, manufactured with the company's patented technology called Fusion,...
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Envoy Makes Pitch for Northern Ireland
With low business operating costs and an educated workforce, Northern Ireland has the opportunity to develop one of the world's fastest-growing economies, per capita, in the next five years, the...
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Greece Added to U.S. Visa Waiver Program
Greek citizens will soon be able to visit the United States for up to 90 days without obtaining a visa, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Tuesday. Greece joins...
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Ambassador: Good Things Happen When Americans, Mongolians Meet
The Agricultural Bank of Mongolia had been bankrupt twice when government officials sought help from the U.S. Agency for International Development. "It wasn't being run as a bank; it was...
Posted inArchive, Business
Law Firm Names Middle East Partner
Atlanta-based King & Spalding LLP has appointed Jawad Ali as managing partner of the firm's Middle East office in Dubai. Mr. Ali replaces Philip Weems, who will return to the...
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Polish Bank Buys NCR ATMs
A Polish association of banks, BPS, has bought 80 of Duluth-based NCR Corp.'s SelfServ automated teller machines and announced plans to purchase 100 more in 2010. The deal extends the...
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UPS Delivers Efficiency Lesson to Relief Agencies
CARE, the Atlanta-based international relief organization, wanted more than money from United Parcel Service Inc., the world's largest package delivery company. In 2007, CARE asked UPS, a long-time cash donor...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
Quebec Renews Commitment to the South
Quebec’s international relations minister, Pierre Arcand, visited Atlanta Feb. 26 on a tour of the Southeast as part of the Canadian province’s new U.S. action plan. While the plan calls...
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Guest Commentary: Rebuilding Opportunities in Chile
On Feb. 27, the central and southern regions of Chile were struck by a devastating earthquake registering 8.8 in magnitude, followed by a tsunami. More than 790 people have died,...
Posted inArchive, Culture
Senegal Moves Tourism Office to Atlanta
The West African nation of Senegal has moved its North American tourism promotion office to Atlanta after 30 years in New York. The office traded the Empire State Building for...