Traveling through the airport on your way back from Christmas festivities overseas? There’s still time to see Hartsfield-Jackson’s Winter Wonderland on display in the International Terminal atrium through Jan. 2. Each year, the airport’s international affairs […]
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Books 2018: Japanese Secrets to Long Life — Good Diet, Passionate Pursuits and Never Retiring
Book: Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life Authors: Héctor García and Francesc Miralles Review by: Sucheta Rawal, author, travel writer and founder of Go Eat Give, a nonprofit This […]
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Books 2018: Required Reading for Politicians on Sustainable Development
Book: The Age of Sustainable Development Author: Jeffrey Sachs Review by: Scott Ellyson, CEO, East West Manufacturing Jeffery Sachs is a world-renowned professor of economics at Columbia University and a […]
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Books 2018: How Ordinary People Can Make Extraordinary CEOs
Book: The CEO Next Door: The 4 Behaviors that Transform Ordinary People into World-Class Leaders Authors: Elena Botelho and Kim R. Powell Review by: Doug Shipman, CEO of the Woodruff […]
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Norfolk Southern to Bring 850 Jobs to Atlanta With New Headquarters
For Atlanta, a city founded at the end of a rail line and now trading on its role as a corporate hub, Norfolk Southern’s recently announced headquarters relocation from its […]
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Hapag-Lloyd Deal Reveals Georgia’s New Openness to Foreign Mergers
German shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd’s plan to hire more than 360 new people at a Gwinnett customer service center may seem like a standard foreign investment, but a deeper look shows it […]
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China Expert’s Kiwanis Address Sounds Alarm for U.S. Tech Companies
China’s ambitions to enter new markets and expand its presence globally were stoked with its admission to the World Trade Organization on Dec. 11, 2001, Dr. Lora Saalman said at […]
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After Taste of Southern Hospitality, Israeli Cyber Firm Picks Atlanta for U.S. Hub and $100K Hacking Challenge
An Israeli cybersecurity firm bringing a $100,000 hacking competition to Atlanta has also made the city its U.S. hub, swayed by a team effort from across its economic development community. […]
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Books for Africa Launching African Union Partnership in January
Books for Africa, which has sent more than 40 million books to the continent including many from a warehouse in Atlanta, has landed a partnership with the African Union, the […]
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Q&A: Why Bigger May Not Be Better in Expat Relocation
Editor’s note: The Netherlands-American Chamber of Commerce Southeast, based in Atlanta, publishes a monthly interview spotlighting one of its members. This month, the organization caught up with Leontien Visser, owner of […]