Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue will host the top official from the United Nations for a luncheon at the Governor’s Mansion May 8. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, a former foreign...
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Election Fever Heats Up Attacks on China
The current U.S. downturn coupled with China’s emergence on the world economic stage has made the Asian country an easy scapegoat for politicians decrying the woes of globalization, a political...
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Euler Hermes Economist Sees Turnaround by Year’s End or Early 2009
The loss of jobs in the U.S. economy is a clear warning of problems ahead, Daniel C. North, chief economist of Euler Hermes ACI, told GlobalAtlanta in a video interview....
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Malaysian Copper Products Factory on Schedule
A Malaysian company spending about $18 million to retrofit a factory in Waynesboro should be manufacturing copper products there by November, Rakesh Rathi, the company’s plant manager, told GlobalAtlanta. ASTA...
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Air Force Contract Could Add 4,200 Jobs in Georgia
Representatives from Los Angeles-based defense manufacturer Northrop Grumman Corp. visited Atlanta April 17 to announce that a controversial Air Force refueling fleet contract is to enable the company to build...
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Asia Institute Offering Seminar and Six-Day Tour of Korea and China for U.S. Companies
The Asia Institute of the Solbridge International School of Business is offering a six-day seminar and tour of Shanghai, China, and Seoul and Daejeon, Korea, for representatives of Southeastern U.S....
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Merger With Northwest to Extend Delta’s Global Reach
Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp.’s $17.7 billion merger agreement announced April 14 would create the world’s largest airline with an international reach surpassing what each carrier would...
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Nuclear Security Discussed as Georgia’s Energy Capacity Set to Increase
Academics, government officials and businesspeople gathered to discuss nuclear power’s role in U.S. energy policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2008 Sam Nunn Policy Forum March 31,...
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Trade Delegation Strengthens Gwinnett and Atlanta’s Ties to Korea
The Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce hosted a delegation from South Korea’s largest business association April 10-11, strengthening business ties between that country and the county home to the Georgia’s...
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H-1B Visa Extension to Foreign Students Not All-Inclusive
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ April 8 ruling to grant extensions of up to 17 months to foreign students with “optional practical training,” or OPT, cards is not as...