Since Panama has gained control of the former U.S. Canal Zone with its rainforests and beach and U.S.-built golf resorts, the country is seeking investors to develop its tourism industry,...
Category: Business
Equant Says Stock Fared Better on Paris Bourse than on NYSE
Equant Network Services’s public offering on the Paris Bourse S.A. stock exchange brought unforeseen opportunities to the company and was more effective than its U.S. offering, said Mack Treece, chief...
Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Proposes State Trade with Cuba
Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin last week proposed to establish agricultural trade relations with Cuba at the annual Southern Association of State Departments of Agriculture’s conference held in Kentucky,...
Panama Vice President Speaks Here June 22
The second vice president of the Republic of Panama, Dominador Kaiser Bazán, will make the keynote remarks at a breakfast to be held at the World Trade Center Atlanta on...
Southern Center Recruiting Young Professionals
Nancy Gastel, general manager and owner of Atlanta-based NL Shipping Technologies & Supplies, is leading the summer recruitment drive for new members to join the Southern Center for International Studies’...
Quebec Offers Help For Call Center ‘Overflow’
Vision Québec, a private company created in 1997 by some of the leading financial institutions in the province of Quebec and Bell Canada, is approaching Atlanta companies to set up...
Georgia Targeting Scandinavia For Farm Exports
The Georgia Department of Agriculture is targeting Scandinavia as a market for the state’s fresh fruits, nuts and vegetables, said Andrés Villegas, director of the department’s Office of International Trade....
Atlanta Firm Wins $1.5 Million Ivory Coast Contract
Princeton Healthcare Inc., an Atlanta-based healthcare products exporter, gives credit for its securing of a $1.5 million contract with an Ivory Coast hospital to an insurance policy guaranteed by the...
Dutch E-Commerce Consultant Sets Up Incubator in Atlanta
Magnus Holding, an international e-business consulting firm based in the Netherlands with its U.S. headquarters in Atlanta, has started an e-business incubator that can introduce firms wanting to become active...
Georgia Food Firms In Mexico To Meet Retailers
A delegation of Georgia businesspeople led by the state Department of Agriculture will be in Mexico this week meeting with U.S.- and Mexico-based importers and distributors. Agricultural and other companies...
