The Italy America Chamber of Commerce, which is based in Atlanta and represents the Southeast region, has appointed a new board of directors, launched a membership drive and is planning...
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China Exhibits at Intermodal Expo
The port authority of Lianyungang, which the Chinese government is expanding to become the country’s ‘window on the world’, exhibited at the International Intermodal Expo held in Atlanta May 9-11,...
U.S. Textile Industry Launches Int’l Trading Company
The once-highly projectionist domestic textile industry has definitely seen the light and is rushing into the global marketplace. In the industry’s latest big move, the American Textile Manufacturers Institute (ATMI)...
Georgia-Asia Chamber Wants Information Center
The Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Georgia (AACC) is seeking corporate sponsors in its effort to develop an information center to serve as a “golden gate” through which Georgian...
Singapore Looks for Atlanta Investments
The Honorable S.R. Nathan, the Republic of Singapore’s ambassador to the U.S., sent two envoys to Atlanta May 5 to highlight the advantages of investing in their city state, while...
New CARE Chief Decries Threat of Budget Cuts
CARE USA, one of the world’s largest private agencies for international development and relief, has announced that its board of directors has elected Peter Bell, the current chairman, to be...
Georgia Rotarians in West Africa for Population Meeting
Rotarians from Georgia joined West African counterparts at a conference on overpopulation held in Dakar, Senegal May 10-11. The Georgia delegation was led by Buck Lindsay, president of the Lawrenceville...
French Agency Urges Investment In Biomedical Field
The Lille-Dunkerque Development Agency of northern France sponsored a technical conference with the Georgia Biomedical Partnership at Emory University April 27 at which three scientists from the Pasteur Institute in...
Atlanta Chamber Sets India Ties
While the interest of U.S. companies in India is at an all time high, close relations between the two countries stretch back over centuries. “The Star Spangled Banner” even was...
Europe No. 1 Roswell Business Alleges Extortion by Vietnamese Officials
A Roswell businessman returned home last week and said he was detained in Ho Chi Minh City for 10 days by Vietnamese authorities because of a commercial dispute involving a...
