British Columbia-based Global Bancorp Inc. has signed a letter of intent to purchase Duluth-based Macro Communications Inc. The merger will allow the technology service provider to quickly expand in North...
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Atlanta Firm Gains Rights for Indian Mud Product
Atlanta-based Naturally Elegant LLC has been granted exclusive rights from the Indian company Agrocel Industries Ltd. to market its mud products in North and South America for spa goers and...
Panalpina Named New GlobalAtlanta Sponsor
Panalpina Inc., the Basel, Switzerland-headquartered forwarding and logistics group, is a new sponsor of the GlobalAtlanta news service. The group specializes in intercontinental airfreight and seafreight consignments and associated supply...
A Top Economist Says G8 Summit Major Event for Georgia
While the G8 Summit in Sea Island is politically significant for Georgia, it will not resolve some adverse effects of inevitable globalization, according to economist Donald Ratajczak. Dr. Ratajczak, CEO...
German Chamber Head Says Southeast Must Promote Itself Better
Atlanta’s Europe Day celebration held May 25 at Turner Field was an important step forward in recognizing the economic ties binding the region to Europe, according to Thomas Beck, president...
American-Israel Chamber Honors Firms with Eagle Star Awards
The American-Israel Chamber of Commerce Southeast Region presented Veritas Venture Partners LLC with its Israeli Company of the Year and Proneuron Biotechnologies Ltd. with its Deal of the Year awards...
Bartow County Site of First U.S. Toyo Tire Plant
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. has selected Bartow County as the site for its first tire manufacturing plant in the United States, Gov. Sonny Perdue announced Friday via a...
World Trade Center Atlanta Opens New Conference Center
The Atlanta World Trade Center opened its new conference center on May 27 with a seminar on the U.S.-Japan Income Tax Treaty, which it hosted with PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLC and the...
International Luxury Hotel Market Still in the Doldrums
The international luxury hotel market may never return to the prosperity it experienced before 9/11, but travelers should benefit from the industry's decline, said the North American director for Concorde...
New Firm to Market Automated Bill Paying to Small State Cities
An Atlanta-based company that is developing automated bill paying services for the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia, is planning to market the technology to small cities in Georgia, according to Joanne...
