Category: Business

The Georgia Department of Economic Development and organizers of Macon’s annual Georgia European Union Summit are looking for export-oriented companies across the state to win the first annual Georgia Featured...

Georgia businesses contracting with state, county or municipal governments will be required to verify that all newly hired employees are eligible to work in the United States as of July...

Swedish home design retail chain Inter IKEA System B.V. opened the first phase of its warehouse complex in Savannah last week. The 685,000-square-foot distribution center, which will eventually expand to...

The Coca-Cola Co. celebrated its 50th anniversary in Japan last week. “Japan is absolutely critical to our system’s future growth. Not only because of the sheer size of this market,...

Heidi Green, a former advisor to Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue and director of his intergovernmental affairs since November 2002, is replacing Chris Clark as the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s...

Honorary Consul of Denmark, Christopher Smith of Macon met with business leaders in Birmingham June 19 to discuss export opportunities for the Southeast. Mr. Smith addressed the Birmingham Committee on...

Beijing native and University of Georgia student Ping Ma is working as a summer intern with Duluth-based risk management and asset protection firm The McCart Group. Ms. Ma is a...

The World Trade Center of Atlanta is seeking nominations for the Governor’s International Awards to honor companies, educational programs and individuals who have promoted and developed international business in the...

German Consul General Hans Jörg Brunner announced last week that he was leaving Atlanta to assume the position of deputy chief of mission to the German embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia,...

If Congress mandates ethanol production for motor fuels, foreign buyers of U.S. corn will have to look elsewhere to fill their demand, Bruce Scherr, an agriculture economist at Informa Economics...