In keeping with its policy of leveraging its expertise in logistics during disasters, United Parcel Service Inc. is supporting recovery efforts in the Philippines following the devastation caused by Typhoon...
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Coca-Cola, UPS Cheer On China’s Reforms
While the upper echelons of the Communist Party of China were endorsing an expanded market role in their economy this week, some of Atlanta’s corporate heavy-hitters were also laying out their reform wish...
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AirWatch Appoints Execs for the Americas and Asia Pacific
Atlanta-based AirWatch LLC has announced the appointments of two former Manhattan Associates Inc. executives to senior positions. Jeff Mitchell is to lead AirWatch’s sales operations in North and South America,...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
Operation Hope Summit: Reaching the Bottom of America’s Pyramid
Many books have addressed the “bottom of the pyramid” in developing countries like India – how big companies can tap the cumulative spending power of the impoverished masses. But John Hope Bryant, founder...
Posted inArchive, Education
Guest Commentary: How to Find Your Way in Emerging Markets
As large and varied as the U.S. stock market is, non-U.S. global markets are now twice as large, with $32 trillion in total market capitalization compared with $15 trillion in...
Posted inArchive, Culture
Atlanta Couple Impressed by Reverence of White House Diwali Ceremonies
Viren Mayani, the president-elect of the Georgia Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, had visited the White House upon graduation from college as a tourist. But on Nov. 3, he and his wife, Rifka, returned for...
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Chamber Leader’s Blog: China Beneath the Surface
Note: For the last month, Metro Atlanta Chamber Global Commerce Vice President Jorge Fernandez has been teaching at Jiliang University in Hangzhou, China, and working to expand Atlanta‘s relationships with this...
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Reverence Marks the White House Diwali Celebrations
It is not simply the opulence and the obvious grandeur of the White House that blew away most all of us; the approximately hundred and seventy-five esteemed Indian-Americans attending the...
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Foreign Students Spend $500 Million in Georgia
Spending by foreign college students in Georgia eclipsed a half-billion dollars for the first time this year, making higher education a more valuable export than state mainstays like kaolin and carpet, according...
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Sany America: No Timeline for New CEO
Sany America Inc. hasn’t set a timeline for replacing former CEO Tim Frank, who announced his resignation from the Chinese heavy equipment maker in October, company President Tang Jianguo told Global Atlanta. While Mr. Frank’s initial statement...