INTERFACE CEO GIVEN SIBF ANNUAL AWARD

RAY C. ANDERSON, CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF INTERFACE, INC., WAS NAMED THE SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FELLOWS' 1993 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR LAST WEEK. SIBF IS IN THE FOREFRONT LEADING US FROM OUR TRADITIONALLY PAROCHIAL, OR PROVINCIAL VIEW OF COMMERCE, TO A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO BUSINESS –...

DUKE UNIVERSITY'S FUQUA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS WANTS TO HEAR FROM COMPANIES IN ATLANTA AND ELSEWHERE IN THE SOUTHEAST THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HOSTING FOR FIVE DAYS RUSSIAN MANAGERS WHO WILL BE ATTENDING EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COURSES IN DURHAM, N.C. THE FUQUA SCHOOL ALREADY HAS EDUCATED 230 MANAGERS FROM THE FORMER SOVIET UNION AT ITS DURHAM...

RUSSIA'S GREATEST OBSTACLE TO FURTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS POLITICAL CHAOS, ACCORDING TO J.B. FUQUA, THE ATLANTA BUSINESSMAN WHO FINANCED DUKE'S BUSINESS SCHOOL IN 1980 WITH A $10 MILLION GRANT AND IN 1989 GAVE $4 MILLION TO ENDOW A PROGRAM AT DUKE THAT TEACHES SOVIET MANAGERS ABOUT CAPITALISM AND FREE-MARKET ECONOMICS. DESPITE RUSSIA'S CURRENT POLITICAL PROBLEMS,...

IN AN EFFORT TO FURTHER CONSOLIDATE THEIR BUSINESS NETWORK THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST, THE AMERICAN-ISRAEL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, INC.-SOUTHEAST REGION HAS MERGED WITH THE ISRAEL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP (IEDP).  THE CHAMBER'S OFFICES WILL REMAIN AT 1100 SPRING ST., SUITE 410, ATLANTA, GA. 30309, (404) 874-6970. THE CHAMBER, WHICH WAS FORMED LAST YEAR AND HAS...

RICHARD WATKINSON'S COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPING BUSINESS TIES BETWEEN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, AND ATLANTA WAS NOT CHILLED BY A WINTER BLIZZARD THAT SWEPT THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST IN MID-MARCH AND CONFINED HIM TO HIS HOTEL ROOM. ALTHOUGH HE WAS FORCED TO CANCEL APPOINTMENTS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSMEN AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, HE REMAINED POSITIVE ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL POSSIBILITIES INVOLVING THE...

PRICE WATERHOUSE, THE ACCOUNTANCY AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY GROUP, WILL PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN DEVELOPING STRATEGIC ALLIANCES BETWEEN U.K. AND U.S. MEDIUM-SIZED COMPANIES AS PART OF THE NORTH AMERICA NOW CAMPAIGN. THE THREE-YEAR PROGRAM IS TO BE LAUNCHED FORMALLY IN APRIL AND WILL INTRODUCE U.K. COMPANIES EACH TO THREE PROSPECTIVE U.S. PARTNERS WITH THE  OBJECTIVE...

RITA GILLIGAN, THE PERKY GALWAY NATIVE WHO SERVED AT THE ORIGINAL HARD ROCK CAFE ON HYDE PARK CORNER IN LONDON 22 YEARS AGO, VISITED ATLANTA RECENTLY TO SHOW THE LOCAL STAFF THE SORT OF UPBEAT STYLE THAT HAS MADE THE CAFES FAMOUS AROUND THE WORLD. FOUNDED BY TWO AMERICANS IN THEIR 20S TO REPLICATE A...

ERSKINE BOWLES, A NORTH CAROLINA INVESTMENT BANKER AND A FUND RAISER FOR THE CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, HAS BEEN NOMINATED TO HEAD THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. MR. BOWLES' NOMINATION IS SUBJECT TO SENATE CONFIRMATION, BUT SOURCES CLOSE TO THE SBA SAID THAT HIS FINANCIAL BACKGROUND WOULD BE LOOKED UPON FAVORABLY THROUGH THE CONFIRMATION PROCESS AS WELL...

DELTA AIRLINES WILL START ON JUNE 1 A DAILY NON-STOP FLIGHT BETWEEN ATLANTA AND BRUSSELS.  RESERVATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE NEW FLIGHT THAT WILL HAVE A COMBINED DELTA AND SABENA BELGIAN AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT ATTENDANT CREW TO SERVE PASSENGERS IN FIRST, BUSINESS AND COACH CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS. TWO YEARS AGO SABENA CANCELLED ITS FLIGHTS...

DANIEL P. AMOS, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF COLUMBUS, GA.-BASED AFLAC INC., PROBABLY KNOWS JAPAN AS WELL AS ANY AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN.  IN HIS EARLY 40S AND THE NEPHEW OF THE INSURANCE COMPANY'S FOUNDER, MR. AMOS HAS SEEN THE COMPANY'S RETURN IN JAPAN CLIMB FROM $1.6 MILLION IN 1970 TO $3. 2 BILLION IN 1992. A YEAR...