A luncheon focused on foreign aid in Atlanta Friday counted a lot of big names among its attendees, but one was missing — at least overtly in the discussion — Donald Trump. The president’s name went unmentioned in more than an hour of discussion focused on the importance of a sustained, responsible U.S. presence around the globe. The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition […]
International Faces Among Georgia Manufacturing Honorees
The companies employing this year’s Georgia “Faces of Manufacturing” may not sound exotic, but many hail from far beyond the U.S. The Georgia Tech Manufacturing Extension Partnership, which provides technical assistance to many of the state’s more than 10,000 factories, each year since 2015 has profiled some of the people who keep the state’s production facilities humming. […]
Groundbreaking Chronicle of Georgia’s Consular Corps Compiled by Macon High Schooler
With the curiosity of a budding historian, Alexander Smith, a rising high school senior at Stratford Academy in Macon, has investigated the origin’s of Georgia’s consular corps and discovered that the state has been hosting foreign emissaries since the end of the 18th century. By tracking down historical information through contacts with the state’s consular […]
Georgia’s 24 GLOBE Winners Exported to 129 New Countries
Despite export headwinds including a stronger U.S. dollar, two dozen mostly small Georgia companies found ways to enter 129 new countries with their products and services in 2016, earning accolades from the state’s economic development department. Gov. Nathan Deal, called Georgia’s “economic developer in chief” at a reception announcing this year’s GLOBE award winners, thanked the companies for their contribution to the […]
