France’s nuclear engineers are in greater demand as nuclear power plants proliferate worldwide, its ambassador to the U.S. told the directors of the local chapter of the French American Chamber...
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Metro Chamber Honors Firms With ‘Global Impact’
The Metro Atlanta Chamber has announced the winners of its inaugural Global Impact Awards, honoring companies that helped attract, retain or expand international business in the metro area during 2009....
Posted inArchive, Business
Delta, Northwest Reservation Systems Now One
Delta Air Lines Inc., in one of the final steps of its merger with Northwest Airlines Corp., has integrated the two carriers' reservation systems and retired the Northwest Web site,...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
Consensus Key to Transportation Fix, Swiss Ambassador Says
As leaders weigh plans to keep traffic from choking economic growth in Atlanta, they shouldn't underestimate the value of popular consensus, Swiss Ambassador Urs Ziswiler told GlobalAtlanta. Transportation projects that...
Posted inArchive, Culture
Guest Commentary: Gifts Come Wrapped in Cross-Cultural Lessons
Every time the holidays come around in the U.S. I groan, just a little. I enjoy the spirit of the season or the day such as Valentine’s Day, the celebration...
Posted inArchive, Business, South Korea
Kia Makes U.S. Racing Debut
Korean car manufacturer Kia Motors Corp. made its U.S. racing debut Jan. 29 at Daytona International Speedway, partnering with an Atlanta company, Kinetic Group, to enter two cars in the...
Posted inArchive, Business
Financial Centers Should Unite on Bank Tax Policy
The world's financial centers should work toward a uniform policy on taxing large banks that received bailout money from their governments, Urs Ziswiler, Swiss Ambassador to the U.S., told GlobalAtlanta...
Posted inArchive, Business
Arby’s CEO Leaving
Arby's Restaurant Group Inc. President and Chief Executive Tom Garrett is stepping down from his post at the Atlanta-based restaurant chain. Mr. Garrett became Arby's president and CEO in September...
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Atlantan Finds a Business Frontier in Angola
When Atlantan Randy Pires graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2007, he took an engineering job in the modern-day equivalent of the Wild Wild West. The African nation...
Posted inArchive, Business
French Investment Recruiter to Visit Atlanta
The head of the Invest in France Agency for North America, Philippe Yvergniaux, will be visiting Atlanta from New York on Thursday, Feb. 4, to attend the sixth Crystal Peach...