A potential clash between U.S. and Brazil over primacy of Nafta or Mercosur as the leading bloc in the Western Hemisphere emerged at the Business Forum of the Americas...
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InfoTech Firms Should Promote Best Products to Brazil
Georgia information technology companies should aggressively promote their most sophisticated products in Brazil, Alan Lowenthal, president and CEO of Atlanta-based Global Access Resources, told GlobalFax last week upon his...
U.S. Admits Tax Laws Obsolete for Global Economy
The U.S. Treasury Department’s top international tax counsel admitted to the Atlanta branch of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) last week that the global economy was rapidly making U.S....
Southern’s Dahlberg Foresees Continued Expansion Overseas
By acquiring 25% of Berlin’s electric utility, Berliner Kraft und Licht AG, Southern Co. is well positioned to expand its operations elsewhere in Europe, A. W. “Bill” Dahlberg, Southern’s...
Trade Ambassador Joins D.C. Law Firm
Ambassador Ira S. Shapiro, chief trade negotiator for Japan and Canada, will leave government service to become a partner with the Washington D.C. law firm of Collier, Shannon, Rill...
Swiss Consul Here Advising Jews on Reclaiming Assets
Fred Jenny, the Atlanta-based Swiss consul general for the Southeast, has taken a proactive role in advising Jewish people who think that they may have dormant accounts in Swiss...
Tuscany Region of Italy Seeks Atlanta Technologies
Opportunities for joint ventures between high-tech companies in Georgia and Europe received a boost from a meeting held at Georgia Tech May 5, during which officials from Tuscany, Italy,...
American Hong Kong Chamber Upbeat Despite Takeover
As Hong Kong’s reversion to Chinese rule on July 1 approaches, the American Chamber of Commerce there is optimistic about the territory’s business prospects for the future, Marc Blacker,...
Two Europeans Named To Harbinger Board
Harbinger Corp., the Atlanta-based supplier of electronic commerce software and services, announced last week that Europe and other regions of the world will contribute from 30% to 40% of...
State’s Ignoring China Invitation Irks Georgian
Georgia is running a serious risk of becoming only inward looking and cut off from the rest of the world like China’s “Middle Kingdom,” an obviously irked Kun-young Chiu,...
