Baron George Jacobs, chief executive of UCB Group S.A., a Brussels-based conglomerate, said Belgian bioscience firms consider Atlanta a prime location for U.S. operations because of the cityโs partnerships among...
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Forecaster Sees No Georgia Economic Recovery Until Fall
Georgia’s economy, which is largely dependent on the health of the global economy, will not recover until next fall, said economist Rajeev Dhawan, who gave a gloomy forecast last week....
German Consul Leaves Atlanta for Libya
German consul general in Atlanta, Heinrich-Peter Rothmann, left last week for debriefing in Berlin before assuming his next post in Libya in January. He told GlobalFax his experience in...
Switzerland to Hold Investment Meeting In Atlanta Dec. 3
Switzerland was the third largest investor in the United States in 2001, but most Americans are not aware of the country’s important role in international trade, nor its great...
Canada Trade Official Says Hemispheric Free Trade Beneficial
Gregory Goldhawk, the new Canadian deputy consul general and senior trade commissioner, told GlobalFax he sees a proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas as beneficial to Canada-Georgia trade. Mr....
China Executives Train At Kennesaw State
Nineteen chief financial officers of China's largest firms recently participated in a training course on American management and business practices at Kennesaw State University, and a second group of...
U.S. Firms Give Foreign Employees Culture Shock
Beyond Borders Inc. is conducting a survey of foreign professionals’ attitudes about American business culture in order to develop ways to ease their transition to the U.S. workplace. “American business...
Department of Labor Materials Translated Into Four Languages
Career services and written materials are now available in Korean, Mandarin, Spanish and Vietnamese at the new Gwinnett Career Center that opened in Norcross last week. The Atlanta office of...
SunTrust to Cater to Global Hip-Hop Music
SunTrust Bank Inc. is to open a private banking office in Atlanta by the end of the year to provide financial services to the city’s global hip-hop and urban...
American-Israel Chamber Hires Strategic Partner
The American–Israel Chamber of Commerce, Southeast Inc. has hired Atlanta-based Rechtman Consulting Group to help its economic development initiatives in biotech and high tech to overcome setbacks due to violence...
