Category: Business

PIER 1 IMPORTS' MOST SENIOR EXECUTIVES HAVE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REASON FOR THEIR COMPANY'S SUCCESS.  …OUR 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN INTERNATIONAL SOURCING IS OUR KEY STRATEGIC COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE,...

RICK WHITE DIDN'T GET HIS CHANCE IN 1980 TO PROVE HIMSELF AS AN INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ATHLETE, BUT IN 1990 HE WAS WELL ON HIS WAY TO BECOMING AN INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEUR. ...

MAYOR MAYNARD JACKSON WILL LEAD A TRADE MISSION TO BEIJING AND HONG KONG FRIDAY, JULY 30 IN HOPES OF LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW OFFICE OF...

GEORGIA'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY COULD BE DRASTICALLY CHANGED BY A FLOOD OF IMPORTS SHOULD CURRENT QUOTAS BE ELIMINATED TOO QUICKLY UNDER THE URUGUAY ROUND OF THE TRADE TALKS, SAID G.L. ROY...

PEANUTS, LONG A SOURCE OF PROTEIN IN THE SOUTHEAST, ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF ECONOMIC HARDSHIP, ARE NOW BEING CONSIDERED AS A NEW SOURCE OF PROTEIN FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS OF...

ON TUESDAY, JULY 13, THE AMBASSADOR OF ECUADOR TO THE U.S., HIS EXCELLENCY EDGAR TERAN, WILL FORMALLY ANNOUNCE THE OPENING IN ATLANTA OF A CONSULATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR...

BILLY PAYNE, THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE ATLANTA COMMITTEE FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES (ACOG), WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER THIS FALL AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE PUBLIC RELATIONS...

THE GEORGIA COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS (GCIV) WILL HOST WOMEN ARRIVING IN ATLANTA SUNDAY, JULY 18 FROM EIGHT COUNTRIES TO ATTEND A SEMINAR ON WORK EQUITY ISSUES AND TO VISIT...

A HIGH-LEVEL GROUP OF RUSSIAN DIGNITARIES SPENT THE PAST WEEK STUDYING FISCAL PLANNING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AT GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY'S BUSINESS SCHOOL AS PART OF A FOUR WEEK,...

AMERICAN EXPORT TRENDS ARE FULFILLING AN OLD CHINESE PROVERB.  A SHREWD RABBIT HAS THREE HOLES, INTERPRETED TO MEAN, ONE FOR THE FUTURE, ONE FOR THE PRESENT AND ONE FOR INSURANCE....