The keys to attracting large, foreign owned auto manufacturing plants such as Hyundai Motor Co.'s $1.5 billion investment near Montgomery, Ala., include an appropriate site, close personal relationships with the...
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Korea Is to Be Featured at Georgia Tech’s 11th Annual Global Business Forum
A broad range of academic and government officials as well as businesspeople familiar with Korea are to attend the Georgia Institute of Technology's 11th annual global business forum to be...
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Georgia College to Honor the Late Sen. Coverdell
Georgia College and State University is to host a symposium and exhibit celebrating the life and career of Paul Coverdell, former U.S. Senator, Georgia Senator and director of the Peace...
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Atlanta Airport to Be Cited as an Example at Hemisphere Meeting
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is to be highlighted as a model for airports in the Caribbean, Central America and South America at an airport infrastructure conference to be held in Atlanta...
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Videoconference to Prepare Argentines for Atlanta Visit
A videoconference is to be held at CNN downtown on Tuesday, April 5, during which state officials and representatives of local companies are to help prepare a 50-person delegation from...
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World-Renowned Montreal Allergist to Attend BioFusion 2005
Dr. Thomas Hudson, a world-renowned allergist and immunologist who during his 11 years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston led the effort to construct the physical map of...
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Hispanic Chamber Elects Officers
The Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, which currently has more than 1,000 individual and corporate members, has elected new officers to its board of directors. The chairperson for 2005-2006 is...
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New International Council for Atlanta ‘Women of Influence’ Launched
GlobalExecWomen, an Atlanta-based peer group of female executives from technology firms, launched an international council on March 8, International Women's Day, which celebrates women's achievements around the world. According to...
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Caribbean Officials Visits Underscores Its Importance to Georgia
Upcoming visits of the Jamaican deputy prime minister and other Caribbean officials to Atlanta underscore the importance of Georgia-Caribbean trade, according to Alex Mejia, program director of commercial diplomacy of...
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Israeli-U.S. Group Opens Atlanta Office for Joint Projects
The BIRD Foundation, which promotes strategic partnerships between Israeli high tech and U.S. companies, has opened an office in Atlanta. BIRD is the acronym for the Israel-U.S. Bi-national Industrial Research...