Nema Etheridge for GlobalAtlanta As Shmuel Ben-Shmuel, consul general of Israel in Atlanta, finishes up his posting here, he is inspired by a local show of support for his country...
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U.S. Ambassador Says Costa Rica to Pass CAFTA in Early 2007
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta Atlanta companies will be able to more easily access Costa Rican markets after the country ratifies the Central American Free Trade Agreement, but it will not...
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Mexican Firm with Atlanta Office Provides Election Data to Media
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta Bitam Inc., a Mexican business management software provider with U.S. headquarters in Atlanta, presented official voter data from the hotly contested July 2 Mexican presidential election...
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British Group’s Trade Mission to England’s ‘Silicon Valley’
Nema Etheridge for GlobalAtlanta The British American Business Group-Atlanta is encouraging Georgia businesspeople to attend a Sept. 24-26 trade mission to the Thames Valley, which BABG board member Richard Lawry...
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Atlanta Foundation Supports Agriculture Research in Costa Rica
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta The Atlanta-based Tropics Foundation has received a $50,000 grant to help maintain international collections of tropical plants in an agricultural research center that the foundation supports...
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Savannah Selected for RFID Program to Track Cargo Worldwide
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta The Port of Savannah has been selected by a California-based maker of radio frequency identification systems to implement technologies to track cargo containers being shipped worldwide....
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Atlanta Company to Export Scrap Metal to Asia
Rumbidzai Mufuka for GlobalAtlanta Increasing demand for scrap metal in Asia spurred Atlanta-based Green Parts International Inc., an auto salvage and repair parts business, to create a new division to...
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Chinese Sell-Off of U.S. Treasuries Said to Be Unlikely
Phil Bolton for GlobalAtlanta If Asian countries ceased to accumulate dollar reserves or started to sell off their holdings of U.S. treasury certificates, the U.S. economy would face “ a...
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‘Miss China’ Visits Atlanta to Foster Better Ties with U.S.
Nema Etheridge for GlobalAtlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport General Manager Ben DeCosta saw eye to eye with Ying Hui Gao, reigning Miss China, on her desire to foster a closer...
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State to Lengthen Airport Runways In Rural Areas
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta A new state plan to improve airports in rural Georgia will help to attract more foreign investment, according to Gov. Sonny Perdue’s office. Called “AirGeorgia,” the...