Georgia exports will get a boost from the Georgia Ports Authority's new contracts with international shipping lines, including Chile-based Compania Sudamericana de Vapores, that will carry Georgia products to Asia,...
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Asian Experience a Success Despite Bad Weather
Approximately 1,000 volunteers helped put on the 12th annual Asian Cultural Experience at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens July 9-10, attracting a sizeable number of visitors, despite rain and power outages...
Events of Special Interest July 16-22
Saturday, July16: The Ayioluwa African Dance Theatre Concert is to perform at the College Park Auditorium. 7:30 p.m. A reception and dinner are to follow. Contact Aisha Diaby at africasogaye@hotmail.com...
Georgia People in the News
Georgia Council on International Visitors Names Directors to Its Board MACTEC Names Telecommunications Manager Governor Appoints Community Affairs Board Representatives New Georgia Technology Authority Board Member Appointed GCIV Names New...
Atlanta Could Become Biotech, Nanotech Hub
Atlanta will be an international biotechnology and nanotechnology hub once it develops a "critical mass" of companies in those fields, said Mario Martinez, president and CEO of Alpharetta-based Tecnix LLC...
Randstad Names New Manager for U.S. Operations
Randstad Holding nv, the Netherlands-based parent company of Randstad North America LP headquartered in Atlanta, has announced that Stef Witteveen has been named managing director of the company's operations in...
Japanese Company Makes Grant to Georgia Preserve
The Toyo Group Environmental Protection Fund, a division of a Japan-based tire manufacturing company that offers environmental grants, recently awarded its first North American grant to a 66-acre preserve in...
Junior Achievement Teaches Students about Global Economy
Junior Achievement of Georgia Inc. is recruiting volunteer businesspersons to teach children about the value of free enterprise from a global perspective, said the organization's president, Donna Stone Buchanan. Ms....
Atlanta Airport Wants to Attract More Cargo Airlines
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is targeting international airlines, including Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., to develop new cargo routes between their home cities and Atlanta, according to the Atlanta...
South Needs to Boost Its International Repute as Bioscience Center
As an emerging bioscience hub, the South needs to raise its profile worldwide through partnerships with international corporations and organizations, said C. Russell Allen, former vice president of biosciences at...
