About 40 members of Georgia's consular corps attended an annual ball honoring diplomats posted in the state. The Georgia Council for International Visitors hosted the 30th annual International Consular Ball...
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Waycross Biomass Facility to Supply European Power Plants
Georgia Biomass LLC held on May 12 the official opening of its wood pellet production plant in Waycross, which is to produce annually 826,000 tons of wood coal that is...
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Novelis to Invest $400 Million in South Korea
Novelis Inc. will invest $400 million by 2013 to build a new recycling plant in South Korea so it can expand its rolled aluminum operations to meet increased demand in...
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CEOs: Georgia Fifth Best for Business
Georgia climbed two spots to become the fifth best in an annual survey in which CEOs rank the business climate of American states. Southern states dominated the top five slots...
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Emirates Airline to Recruit ‘Cabin Crew’ in Atlanta June 2
Emirates Airline, the Arab world’s largest carrier, has faced multiple challenges these days including the high price of oil. Its profitable routes in the Middle East and North Africa also...
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Manhattan Associates Gets Chinese Customers
Manhattan Associates Inc., an Atlanta-based provider of supply chain software, announced on May 3 that four Chinese companies launched its logistics programs including two logistics companies, a pharmaceutical company and...
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Israel Buys Aircraft from Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin Corp. will provide Israel with two Marietta-built C-130J Super Hercules planes. The company received approval on April 28 from the U.S. government to make the sale. Israel initially...
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Latino Organizations Support ACVB Resolution to Stop HB87
Two leading Latino organizations in Atlanta support the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau’s resolution opposing Georgia’s pending immigration legislation. The CEOs of both the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and...
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Superior Essex Buys Japanese Assets
A subsidiary of Atlanta-based wire and cable manufacturer Superior Essex Inc. has acquired the U.S. magnet-wire business of a Japanese firm. Essex Group Inc. bought the magnet wire sale and...
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Israeli Chamber Taps New Executive
Atlanta's Israel chamber of commerce has named a new executive to coordinate programs spurring trade and investment between the Southeast and Israel. Cheri Levitan will begin work June 1 as...