NCR Corp. has announced plans to expand in Brazil to take advantage of the country's rapidly growing retail market. The Atlanta-based producer of self-service checkout systems and automated teller machines...
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Australian Firm Moves to Atlanta
An Australian firm that makes valves used in water heaters has relocated its global headquarters to Atlanta to better develop sales in Europe and the Americas. Reliance Worldwide Corp. will add 100 new jobs as...
Spanish Health Care Logistics Firm Chooses Atlanta
A health care logistics and distribution company with operations in Spain, Portugal, Panama, Chile and Nicaragua has opened its first U.S. office in Atlanta. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal announced the...
Danish Chamber Hires Executive Director
Georgia's Danish American Chamber of Commerce has hired a staffer to handle its day-to-day affairs and manage its outreach to the international business community. Stine Riss Svenningsen joined the organization in April as...
Delta Cancels Flights to Jordan and Egypt
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines Inc. will indefinitely suspend nonstop flights between New York and Amman, Jordan, on June 1 to compensate for low demand and rising fuel costs. Delta has...
Commentary: Swiss Rail System Offers Lessons for Atlanta, Lagos
I left a 10-day vacation in Switzerland last month in awe of the country's rail infrastructure. One can live in a small village hours away from a major city...
Legal Duo Branches Out With New International Firm
A duo of attorneys with strong South American expertise has split off from the Atlanta office of Greenberg Traurig LLP to form their own international business firm. Robert West and Guillermo Wasserman launched Wasserman West LLC April 1 to tap into...
Construction Begins on Portman’s Newest China Hotel
Construction has begun on Atlanta-based architectural firm John Portman & Associates' newest hotel and apartment tower in China. The project in the Bao'an business district of Shenzhen, a manufacturing and technology powerhouse near Hong Kong, has design...
World Airways to Operate Emirates Freighter
A Peachtree City airline has reached a deal to operate a freighter for Emirates SkyCargo, a major cargo carrier based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on a growing trade route between Brazil and the Middle East. World Airways,...
French Pool Company Makes a Splash in Roswell
A French manufacturer of luxury pools opened its North American headquarters in Roswell on April 2. Desjoyaux, which manufactures pools near the city of Saint-Etienne in the Rhônes-Alpes region of...
