Category: Business

AFLAC Inc., an international holding company based in Columbus, Ga. that insures more than 38 million people worldwide including 22% of the Japanese population, has made a $1 million contribution...

Robert P. Forrestal, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, says the Mexico crisis should not affect Nafta. “Nafta is alive and well and will continue to be so,”...

Scientific-Atlanta’s quest for international business seems to be paying off. The company announced that international sales in its fiscal second quarter that ended Dec. 30 accounted for 37 percent of...

Dwight Stagner, the former Atlanta social studies teacher turned entrepreneur in Russia, has seen his company, American Business Training, expand its staff from two to more than 20 employees during...

Asked recently during a “breaking news briefing” at the Southern Center for International Studies where information could be found to learn more about doing business in Africa, Andrew Young immediately...

Alitalia Airlines, the Italian national carrier, is in the process of determining whether to open a direct route for both cargo and passenger traffic between Italy and Atlanta after company...

Japan-related organizations including the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Georgia, the Japan-America Society of Georgia, the Consulate-General of Japan in Atlanta and the Georgia Japanese Language School have established a...

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'...

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 ...

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...