Equant Names New President and CEO Air2Web Announces New CFO RITA Medical Systems Names Atlanta Executive New British Consulate Appointed in Orlando Equant Names New President and CEO Barbara Dalibard...
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Events of Special Interest
Saturday, Aug. 27: The consulates of Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico are hosting a first-ever multinational mobile consulate day to offer consular services to their citizens in...
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Charlotte’s Int’l Business Development
This is the fourth article in a new GlobalAtlanta series that looks at the best practices of medium-sized cities' chambers of commerce and partner organizations for attracting foreign investment and...
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Minority Business Should Look to Exporting for Profit
Keeping a small business alive may mean having to expand to foreign markets, Jacquelyn Hayes-Byrd, executive director of the U.S. Foreign Commercial Services' Global Diversity Initiative, told Atlanta-based minority entrepreneurs...
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International Tourism to Continue Despite Setbacks at Airport
Despite setbacks at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Spurgeon Richardson, president and CEO of the Atlanta Convention and Visitors' Bureau, believes the city will continue to attract tourists from abroad,...
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China Mayor Invites Atlanta Firms to Invest in His City
The mayor of Ningbo, China, Mao Guanglie, invited Atlanta companies to invest in his city's massive infrastructure and logistic projects, including the construction of a new bridge connecting Ningbo to...
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Exhibition Site Sought for Chinese Porcelain Products
Long before Georgia was mining its kaolin deposits for trade, residents of Jingdezhen, China, were using theirs to make porcelain. Now representatives from 27 of the city's porcelain-making companies are...
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Georgia Food Firms Invited to Several Int’l Trade Shows
The Georgia Department of Agriculture invites Georgia companies to participate in a variety of international agriculture trade shows being held through September in countries ranging from Argentina to the Philippines....
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Equestrian Center Lures Visitors from Throughout the World
During a recent Georgia Rural Development Council meeting at Floyd County's Zion Farms, the 340-acre equestrian center was presented as an engine for rural economic growth, attracting visitors to Georgia...
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Governor Urges High Speed Internet Access for Rural Georgia
Implementing high-speed Internet in rural Georgia is crucial for training its workforce and attracting international investment so rural Georgia communities can compete in the global economy, according to Gov. Sonny...