Kubota Manufacturing of America will build a new 400,000-square-foot manufacturing facility on 88 acres in Jackson County to meet increasing domestic demand for the company's tractor products, according to a...
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RBC Centura Beefs Up Its Drive for Atlanta’s Latino Market
In an effort to expand services to Atlanta's Latino community, RBC Centura Banks Inc., a Canadian-owned bank with 26 branches in the metro area, appointed three Latino branch managers in...
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Alliance Being Formed to Bolster State Firms’ China Trade
Leaders of Georgia's Fortune 500 companies are banding together with civic and educational leaders to implement the recommendations of Georgia China Future, a public-private initiative launched in 2003 by State...
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Ten Atlantans to Attend Economics Conference in Israel
Ten Atlanta businessmen are participating in a trade mission to Israel this week and are scheduled to attend an economic conference hosted by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. The delegation also...
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The World Bank: Bullish about Africa
GlobalAtlanta interviewed John Donaldson, the World Bank's senior external affairs counselor and adviser for the Africa region. Mr. Donaldson was in Atlanta recently as part of a weeklong program arranged...
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Republic of Georgia’s First Lady Visits Atlanta
Dutch-born Sandra Roelofs-Saakashvili, the first lady of the Republic of Georgia and an advocate for orphaned and abandoned children, was honored at a reception at the Southern Center for International...
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New Tax Law to Benefit U.S. Manufacturers Selling Internationally and at Home
Corporate tax legislation that replaces a controversial export subsidy is expected to benefit U.S. manufacturers selling internationally and allows domestic manufacturers to take advantage of new deductions, Yelena Epova of...
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Georgia Tech Starts Global MBA Program
Officials from Georgia Institute of Technology traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina and Nancy, France, last week to kick-off a marketing effort for the university’s GlobalTeam MBA Program slated for the...
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Trinidad and Tobago Leaders Visiting Atlanta Nov. 9-13
Government and business leaders from Trinidad and Tobago will be in Atlanta Nov. 9-13 to promote trade with their country and meet with officials overseeing Atlanta's bid to become the...
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FedEx Top Economist to Speak Here about Foreign Trade Nov. 9
Metro Atlanta's diversified and broad-based economy is poised to lift Georgia exports that have trailed the state's growth in imports over the past decade, Gene Huang, the chief economist for...