Kennesaw State University‘s annual year-long study of one country will highlight Japan in the 2013-14 school year. For 28 years, the university has picked a country to feature with special lectures, events and...
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Japanese Manufacturer to Build Plant in Peachtree City
A Japanese manufacturer of beverages and animal feed additives aims to build a $15 million factory in Peachtree City. Calpis U.S.A. Inc. will manufacture animal feed additives “utilizing a process of culturing drying and...
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World Trade Center Joins WebPort Global’s ‘Trusted Community’
Members of the World Trade Center Atlanta are to receive a free subscription to the Boston-based WebPort Global, an online trade network providing access to potential customers, distributors, partners and...
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Carter Center: Guinea Worm Reduced to 542 Cases in Four African Countries
Guinea worm, a parasitic disease that affected more than 3 million people less than 30 years ago, is now found in only four African countries, with the number of cases...
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Danish Chamber Honors Actress Amy Adams With Annual Award
The Danish American Chamber of Commerce Georgia has named Amy Adams its second annual Danish-American actress of the year. Ms. Adams stars alongside Clint Eastwood in “Trouble With the Curve”, which was released in September. Parts...
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GPB Episode About the Flu Is Timely and Inspirational
Media veteran Teya Ryan, president and executive director of Georgia Public Broadcasting, wants to wake up Georgians about cutting-edge scientific research taking place in the state while still hoping to...
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At 35, German Chamber Celebrates Founder
When Eike Jordan founded the German American Chamber of Commerce in Atlanta in 1978, international business was more the exception than the rule in the city. The Olympics were still...
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Georgia-made Kia Named Car of the Year
The Kia Optima, the Korean automaker’s Georgia-made sedan, has been named one of Road & Travel magazine’s 10 international cars of the year. The Optima in 2012 surpassed the Sorento, an...
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Atlanta Photographer Focuses on Patagonia’s Ice Structures
Sometimes momentous, life-changing decisions can only be made in a single, radical moment – as Claude Wegscheider might tell you. After more than 20 years as the executive director for...
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World Bank Economist Gives Europe a ‘B’, Not a Requiem
Attendees of the ICA Institute’s event at Kennesaw State University Jan. 15 expecting World Bank economist Indermit Gill to provide a requiem for Europe were in for a surprise. Armed...