NIGERIAN GOVERNOR SEEKS INVESTORS FROM SOUTHEAST

ALHAJI ISIAKA ADELEKE, THE GOVERNOR OF THE RECENTLY-CREATED OSUN STATE IN NIGERIA, MAINTAINS A RESIDENCE IN ATLANTA AND SEEKS TO INCREASE THE ECONOMIC TIES BETWEEN OSUN AND THE SOUTHEAST US. MR. ADELEKE ASSUMED HIS CURRENT POSITION IN NIGERIA IN JANUARY 1992. HE FIRST MOVED TO ATLANTA IN THE EARLY 1980S AFTER RECEIVING DEGREES FROM WESTERN...

HOLIDAY INN WORLDWIDE HAS AWARDED A $5 MILLION CONTRACT TO BRITISH TELECOM FOR A PRIVATE TELEPHONE NETWORK FOR COMPUTER DATA.  THE SYSTEM WILL LINK HOLIDAY INN HOTELS IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC RIM WITH THE CHAIN'S DATA CENTER IN ITS ATLANTA HEADQUARTERS....

FOLLOWING HIS UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO UNSEAT U.S. REP. JOHN LEWIS, PAUL R. STABLER HAS LAUNCHED THE EXPORT GROUP, INC., TO AID COMPANIES SEEKING TO DEVELOP INTERNATIONAL MARKETS FOR THEIR PRODUCTS.  MR. STABLER, A FORMER ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT OF PFIZER-TALTO (PHARMACEUTICALS) OF TOKYO, AND EXPORT MANAGER OF AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANY'S MUSIC DIVISION IN LOS ANGELES,...

MEXICO CITY'S ZONA ROSA, THE HIGH-RENT ZONE, IS FILLED WITH U.S. BUSINESSMEN THESE DAYS, ACCORDING TO RICHARD MARTIN (404)-980-2000 OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA'S SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN ATLANTA, WHO RECENTLY RETURNED FROM A TRIP WHERE HE WAS STUDYING DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS IN MEXICO FOR TWO GEORGIA MANUFACTURERS. WHETHER OR NOT GEORGIA MANUFACTURERS CAN FIND...

BELLSOUTH INTERNATIONAL'S BRIAN HAILES FORECASTS THAT POCKET-SIZED PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS WILL BE EXTREMELY POPULAR IN SOUTH AMERICA WHERE CELLULAR PHONES NOW ARE EXPANDING RAPIDLY.  MR. HAILES, WHO SERVED PRIOR TO JOINING BELLSOUTH IN 1986 AS DIRECTOR WITH ITT EUROPE MARKETING FOR NORTH AMERICA, OVERSEES BELLSOUTH'S CELLULAR SYSTEMS IN ARGENTINA, MEXICO, VENEZUELA, URUGUAY AND CHILE. BELLSOUTH,...

Atlanta's World Trade Club Should Get A Needed Shot Of Adrenaline Now That Former Gov. George Busbee  Has Agreed To Serve This Year As President Of The 350-Member Organization. The Recession Has Hurt The Club's Membership, But With Atlanta's Growing Influence As An International Center And The Extra-Boost Of Busbee's Leadership, The Club's Executive Director...

ATLANTA FED PRESIDENT ROBERT FORRESTAL SAID IN HIS ANNUAL GLOBAL OVERVIEW THAT U.S. EXPORTS REMAIN COMPETITIVE IN TERMS OF PRICE AND QUALITY, BUT THAT THEY MAY CONTINUE TO DIP BECAUSE OF CONTRACTION IN ECONOMIES OF MAJOR TRADING PARTNERS.  HE ALSO SAID THAT HE REMAINS CONCERNED ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND...

SWITZERLAND IS RIDING HIGH THESE DAYS. THE SWISS STOCK MARKET WAS EUROPE'S TOP PERFORMER LAST YEAR AS FUNDS FLOWED THERE TO SEEK A HAVEN IN THE WAKE OF CURRENCY UNCERTAINTIES IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY. MEANWHILE, THE CIBA VISION GROUP, THE SWISS-OWNED CONTACT LENS MAKER, HAS ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL MOVE ITS WORLD HEADQUARTERS TO ATLANTA,...

THE BUSINESS POTENTIAL LATENT IN BILATERAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE HAS BEEN PROVED BY THE REMARKABLE SUCCESS OF THE AMERICAN -ISRAEL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, INC., WHICH, AFTER LESS THAN A YEAR IN EXISTENCE, HAS MORE THAN 150 MEMBERS AND ACTIVELY PROMOTES TIES BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE SOUTHEAST.  THE SOUTHEASTERN GREEK COMMUNITY IS NOW FOLLOWING...

THE MAN WHO INTRODUCED U.S. PEANUTS TO JAPAN AND U.S. POULTRY TO THE ORIENT HAS SHIFTED HIS INTEREST TO MEXICO.  DON W. SANDS, RETIRED AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF GOLD KIST INC., NOW SERVES AS COUNSELOR TO THE BOARD AND IS RESEARCHING THE MEXICAN MARKET ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY....