Careful contractual language detailing the administration of international arbitration proceedings can go a long way in ensuring U.S. and international companies a fair arbitration hearing should a dispute with an...
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Former President of Kenya Visits with Ex-Pats and President Carter
Daniel arap Moi, the former president of Kenya, visited the Carter Center last week to research setting up a similar organization in Africa. Mr. Moi met with President Carter during...
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Georgia Governor To Lead Delegation To Japan and Korea
Gov. Sonny Perdue is to travel with a Georgia business delegation to attend the 27th annual Southeast U.S.-Japan Joint Conference in Osaka, Japan, and the 17th annual Southeast U.S.-Korea Joint […]
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Atlanta Attorney Backs Senate Bill on Global Employment
Atlanta attorney Daryl R. Buffenstein supports legislation introduced last week by Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) on L-1 visas that would aid multinational companies dependent on the global mobility of their […]
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USDA International Officials Briefed on Georgia Farm Products
Twenty-two members of the Foreign Agricultural Service returned to their home countries last week with a better awareness of Georgia's main agricultural exports, peanuts and poultry, following a visit...
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AeroMexico Offers Discounted to Georgia Companies
Aerovias de Mexico SA, the state-owned airline known as AeroMexico is offering its discount travel programs to Georgia companies to encourage them to conduct more business in Mexico. The...
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Facility that Tests Packaging for Risky Materials Opens Here
An Atlanta engineer has formed the first third-party, independent hazardous materials and package testing laboratory in Georgia to test the durability of packages, typically boxes, glass, metal and plastic...
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Italian Specialty Food Firms Seek Atlanta Distributors
Representatives of 22 specialty food companies from the Campania region of Italy were in Atlanta last week looking for distributors and importers of their products. “We wanted these small-...
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Export Tax Break Expires on Jan.1
The Congressional debate over the future of the Extraterritorial Income Exclusion, or ETI, which provides a tax break for exporters, is at a feverish pitch while the decades-old provision will...
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Georgia State Names Second Georgia Scholar
Georgia State University announced last week that James E. Copeland, an alumnus of the university and recently retired chief executive officer of Deloitte & Touche LLP and its global...