Equifax Inc., the Atlanta-based provider of credit information, has named a new president for its international unit. Paulino Barros will manage Equifax's operations in 14 countries and lead efforts to...
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UPS Expands in Vietnam
Atlanta-based United Parcel Service Inc. has partnered with a subsidiary of Vietnam's largest post and telecommunications firm to establish UPS Vietnam, a joint company that will expand UPS's delivery and...
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Global Commerce Exec Elected French Chamber President
James Blair, international project manager at the Georgia Department of Economic Development, has been elected president of the Atlanta chapter of the French American Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Blair, who...
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Georgia State Lands International Education Grant
Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business has received a $1.6 million federal grant to start a Center for International Business Education and Research aimed at helping its students compete...
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Global Payments Helps Merchants Welcome Chinese Tourists
The Asian arm of Atlanta-based payment services firm Global Payments Inc. has extended in five new countries a service that enables its merchants to accept Chinese credit cards. In a...
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North Georgia Dean Visits Seoul
Max Burns, dean of the Mike Cottrell School of Business at North Georgia College and State University in Dahlonega attended the 50th anniversary celebration April 16-18 at Sogang University in...
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Swiss Company Buys Atlanta Software Firm for $1 Billion
The ABB Group, a technology company headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, has agreed to purchase Atlanta-based software company Ventyx Inc. for more than $1 billion. Ventyx specializes in providing software to energy...
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Exhibit Honors Diplomats Who Saved Jews From Holocaust
Herbert Kohn remembers the horrors of Nov. 9, 1938. "I was there when a Nazi storm trooper came to our home and took my father away," said Mr. Kohn. "My...
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German Embassy Official: No Threat to Euro From Greek Crisis
Germany will ensure that the euro remains stable as the continent struggles to resolve a growing government debt crisis, Mathias Sonn, the head of the economics and science department at the...
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Panama’s U.S. Ambassador: Savannah Harbor Deepening ‘Vital’
Deepening Savannah's harbor is a "vital project" to ensure that the port remains competitive once the Panama Canal expansion project is complete, Panama's ambassador to the U.S., Jaime Aleman, told...