Working on a graduate business degree in the mid-1980s at the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Ariz., Rick Knutsen became a fan of blues singer Francine Reed as...
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Delta’s Maintenance Arm Lands Taiwan Deal
Delta Air Lines Inc.'s maintenance arm, Delta TechOps, has signed a three-year deal with Taiwan-based EVA Airways Corp. and its subsidiary, UNI Air. TechOps will service Boeing 747s for EVA...
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London Seeks Atlanta Business for 2012 Olympics
When Michael Charlton thinks of the Atlanta he left in 1995, he remembers a city abuzz with excitement as it prepared to host the 1996 Olympic Games. Mr. Charlton had...
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Russian Export Seminar Sept. 14 in Savannah
Exporting to Russia is the topic of a Sept. 14 seminar in Savannah sponsored by the U.S. Export Assistance Center, the Russian-American Chamber of Commerce and the South Georgia District...
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Coke to Invest $200 Million in Vietnam
Coca-Cola Co. announced Sept. 4 that it will invest an additional $200 million in Vietnam over the next three years in conjunction with its bottler, Coca-Cola Beverages Vietnam. The announcement...
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Emory Professor Sued Over Dolphin Campaign
Twelve wild dolphins died after an Emory University professor launched a campaign against allowing them to be exported from Japan to an adventure park in the Dominican Republic, a lawsuit...
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Portman’s 151-Story Tower and Korea’s High Aspirations
Exercise your imagination, and you can almost see it rising, a herculean, two-pronged skyscraper marking the transition from ocean to land on South Korea‘s northwestern coast. In the mind’s eye,...
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Mercer University Launches International Lecture Series
Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Mercer University is holding a series of six lectures, starting Sept. 9, on the aftermath of the Cold War. “This year’s...
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Georgia State Hires Director for New Risk Research Center
Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business has named Glenn Harrison, a native of Australia, as the first director of a new center on economic risk analysis. The Center for the Economic...
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AirTran Aims for Caribbean Flights
Low-cost carrier AirTran Airways has released flight schedules for new service from three U.S. hubs to the Bahamas and Jamaica, including daily flights to both countries from Atlanta. The carrier...