The Philippines government is committed to providing electricity to the areas hardest hit by Typhoon Haiyan by Dec. 24 in time for Christmas, Raoul “Ray” Donato, the honorary consul general...
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Economist: France a Drag on European Recovery
Europe as a whole is showing positive signs for 2014, but it also still has “deep, almost intractable problems” that won’t be fixed anytime soon, a Chicago-based economist said in Atlanta. “Short-term optimism”...
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FleetCor Expands Beyond Fuel Cards With U.K. Acquisition
Norcross-based FleetCor Technologies Inc., which provides fuel cards to help companies manage their fleets, has made its second acquisition in the United Kingdom in three years. FleetCor bought Epyx from...
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Another Korean Firm to Open a Facility in West Point
Kopla Co. Ltd., a Korean producer of engineering plastics resin, is to invest $15 million into its first U.S.-based manufacturing facility in West Point where it is to create 150...
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Lufthansa’s First Boeing 777 Freighter Coming to Atlanta
Lufthansa Cargo’s first Boeing 777 will land in Atlanta tonight, bringing with it the potential for more cargo and new jobs. Christened “Good Day USA” before its departure from Frankfurt, Germany, the $270 million...
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Internap Broadens Global Reach With Canada Deal
Atlanta-based Web hosting provider Internap Network Services Corp. has purchased Montreal-based iWeb for $145 million in a bid to reach more small clients internationally. A former Internap customer, iWeb had 2012 revenues of...
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Could Georgia-Grown Millet Be the New Quinoa?
With a shift in farm subsidies, millet, consumed across Africa and India, could be the southeastern United States’ next cash crop, but this unsung nutritional hero is having to go against the grain. The...
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NCR Lands Deal in Atlanta’s Japanese Sister City
Duluth-based NCR Corp. has landed a deal to provide scanner technology to a banking group based in Atlanta’s Japanese sister city, Fukuoka. Fukuoka Financial Group Inc. has three bank subsidiaries...
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Bridging the Wealth Gap: Central Problem for Emerging Market Central Banks
It’s clear to central bankers that getting money out from under mattresses and into the banking system will help close yawning wealth gaps in the developing world. What’s not so...
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NYSE Euronext Chief: Financial Education Key to Closing Wealth Gap
He may have had more pressing reasons for being in Atlanta, but NYSE Euronext CEO Duncan Niederauer said he wouldn’t have missed a financial literacy summit where he was asked to speak Thursday. ...