It was in January 2009 that the departments of Gironde and Landes in southern France, one of Europe’s largest forest areas, were pulverized by a devastating cyclone. Half the trees […]
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CDC Foundation Appoints New President and CEO
Judith A. Monroe, who has been with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since 2010, has been appointed as president and CEO of the CDC Foundation. She will […]
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Another Payments Firm, InComm, Deepens Roots in Georgia
After searching for greener pastures, another payments firm has decided that staying anchored in Atlanta is the best way to accelerate its growth here and abroad. InComm, which provides prepaid […]
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Metro Atlanta Chamber’s McGowan to Join Dentons’ Atlanta Office
Brian McGowan, former CEO of Invest Atlanta and current chief operating officer at the Metro Atlanta Chamber, is to join the Atlanta office of the global law firm Dentons, by some counts […]
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Georgia Tech Program Seeks to Broaden Its Reach to Women Entrepreneurs Around the World
Traditionally in many African countries women did a lot of the work building houses, planting and harvesting food and raising families. Today on a continent that has some countries’ gross […]
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Fukuoka Mayor Extols His City’s Startup Culture for Entrepreneurs at Atlanta Reception
Fukuoka, Japan’s 41-year-old mayor came to Atlanta last week on the tail-end of the SEUS Japan 38th conference held in Birmingham, Ala., bearing his optimistic agenda for his city’s future. […]
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UGA Receives $1.49 Million Grant to Combat TB in Uganda
While the threat of Ebola spreading across borders, even to the United States, is on high alert, the reemergence of tuberculosis poses an equally dangerous threat. Dr. Christopher Whalen, a […]
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Vietnam Courting Atlanta Manufacturers Looking to Asia
A state-owned Vietnamese industrial park manager is coming to Atlanta to recruit firms eager to capitalize on the country’s manufacturing momentum. The U.S. office of Becamex IDC Corp., which owns 20 industrial […]
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Walmart Exec: Georgia, Carolinas Primed for Return of U.S. Manufacturing
As manufacturing comes back to the United States from low-cost centers in Asia, business-friendly states like Georgia and South Carolina stand to reap the benefits, a Walmart Stores Inc. public affairs […]
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Georgia Companies Invited to Join Trade Mission to Resource Rich Namibia
Georgia companies interested in exploring the wide range of investment opportunities in Namibia Oct. 26-30 may still sign up to join a trade mission to be led by the southern […]