Moe’s Southwest Grill, a franchise of Focus Brands Inc., has signed a master franchise agreement to develop 10 locations in Central American countries over the next eight years. A spokesman...
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Posted inArchive, Business
A Road Map for International Financial Reporting Standards
The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) began as an attempt to harmonize accounting across the European Union. Since then it has become an attractive concept around the world but remains...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
At Kennesaw, Ghana President Welcomes U.S. Investors
While slated to meet with corporate heavyweights like Delta Air Lines Inc. and Coca-Cola Co. in Atlanta this week, Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama said his government is also making reforms that will open the door to smaller U.S. investors. A nation...
Posted inArchive, Culture
Atlanta Ballet Headed to China to Kick Off Season
The Atlanta Ballet is headed to China for two weeks this fall, launching its first major overseas tour in almost 15 years as it kicks off the 2013-14 season. The company will be the...
Posted inArchive, Business, South Korea
Kia Supplier to Build $35 Million Plant in West Point
The parade of Korean suppliers for the Kia Motors plant in West Point continued this week, as Hyundai Dymos announced plans to open a $35 million factory that is to create 350 jobs. The company makes manual transmissions,...
Posted inArchive, Culture
Atlanta’s Global Brand Gets a Boost from TomorrowWorld
Attending an electronic music festival isn’t normally in John Woodward‘s weekend plans. But the senior director for foreign investment at the Metro Atlanta Chamber refused to miss the TomorrowWorld festival...
Posted inArchive, Culture
Emory Exhibition Recast As Memorial for Late Irish Poet
Though his death came as a “complete shock,” Emory University‘s planned exhibition next year on famed Irish poet Seamus Heaney will go on, recast as a memorial to the Nobel...
Posted inArchive, Trade
German Consul: Don’t Let Interest Groups Hijack Free Trade Deal
Negotiators working toward a sweeping free trade agreement between the U.S. and EU should stay fixed on the big picture and avoid letting lobbying groups hijack the process, Germany‘s consul general for the Southeast said...
Posted inArchive, Business
Sweden’s Elekta on the Cutting Edge of Cancer Treatment
Ever since the Swedish neurosurgeon Lars Leksell founded Elekta AB in 1972 after having invented its main product of that time, the “gamma knife,” the company has been focused on...
Posted inArchive, Education
Winners of Istanbul Center’s Essay Contest to Visit Turkey in 2014
Georgia undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged by the Atlanta-based Atlantic Institute to participate in an essay contest about the qualities existing in an exceptional world leader of their choice....