The Northlake Rotary Club in Atlanta is coordinating the raising of funds for disaster relief in Kobe, Japan from 61 clubs in Georgia through an on-line Compuserve forum. The Rotarians'...
Category: Business
Atlanta Company Expands to Ukraine From Russia
International Security Consultants, Inc. (ISC), which has been exploring opportunities in Russia to assist U.S. companies cope with the personal and commercial risks involved there, has turned its attention to ...
Panama Consul Bid Fond Adios; He Plugs Fair at Home
The Panamanian-American Chamber of Commerce of the Southeast bid farewell Jan. 18 to Olmedo A. Rosas, Jr., Panama’s consul general in Atlanta, who will be returning home Feb. 8. “Without...
AWIT Takes Mexico In Stride
Foreign exchange traders participating in a panel discussion hosted by the Atlanta Women in International Trade (AWIT) Jan. 17 seemed to be taking the sharp devaluation of the Mexican peso...
Nafta Success Cited As Reason for Mexico’s Troubles
Nafta’s success ironically caused the dramatic devaluation of the peso, according to Joe O’Brien, principal of O’Brien International Services Corp., a consulting firm based in Little Rock, Ark. “Nafta was...
Ex-Atlantan Bids For Canadian Football Franchise
Former Atlanta insurance entrepreneur Arthur L. (Art) Williams says he is seeking to acquire a Canadian Football League (CFL) expansion franchise to be located in Birmingham, Ala. Mr. Williams, 53,...
Atlanta High Tech Center Linking Up Russian Region
The Rostov region of southern Russia is about to enter the telecommunications age through an agreement with Telecommunication Technology International (Holdings) Ltd. (TTI) to begin the preliminary planning for linking...
UPS Survey Says EU Head Should Fight Unemployment
European business leaders have some stiff advice for Jacques Santer, the new president of the European Union, according to a survey commissioned by Atlanta-based United Parcel Service, the worldwide delivery...
U.S. Atlanta Export Center Nears
Blueprints for office space to be occupied by Atlanta’s Regional Export Assistance Center (REAC) already have been drawn up, but a comprehensive plan for the services that the center will...
U.K. Leader Cites Atlanta Company
The president of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) while in Atlanta Jan. 9-10 pointed to First Financial Corp. as the sort of company which will dominate mature economies around...