Trade tension and tariffs are among the major headwinds to Georgia’s economic growth in the coming year, with the prospect of a full-on trade war providing one of few factors raising the risk of recession in an otherwise favorable economic outlook, according to an annual forecast by the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business. Read more
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Irish Consulate and Emory’s Rose Library Collaborate on the Anniversary of Frederick Douglass’ Birth
The Consulate General of Ireland and the Rose Library at Emory University collaborated Nov. 27 on a ceremony marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, which drew almost 400 attendees to fill Emory’s Cannon Chapel. The event featured Emory’s foremost scholars of African American history to provide context and readings from some Read more
Metro Chamber Annual Meeting: Workforce Key to City’s Global Growth, Local Prosperity
If there’s one word beyond all the sloganeering that defined the Metro Atlanta Chamber’s annual meeting Thursday, it might be “mirror.” Representatives of a range of companies, from BlackRock to Pandora, intimated on stage that they located in Atlanta partly because it’s an emerging tech hub, but mostly because they could see their culture and Read more
Puerto Rico Commerce Secretary: Want to Help Us? Invest Now
From an investment promoter’s perspective, Puerto Rico has been in the news for all the wrong reasons in recent years. On the heels of a massive debt crisis came Hurricane Maria, which happened a year ago in September, laying bear problems with the island’s infrastructure as well as its disaster preparedness plans. Beyond the power Read more
Why Preserving International Education ‘Exports’ Makes Economic Sense for Georgia
If international education is an export, it’s one that a trade war and ramped-up rhetoric on immigration hasn’t touched in Georgia — at least not yet. Spending by international students on tuition, fees and other expenses in the state jumped 8.2 percent to $808.6 million as Georgia’s 5.9 percent growth in foreign student population outpaced the national average of 1.5 Read more
Led by SCAD’s Massive Increase, Georgia Outpaces Nation in Foreign Student Growth
Georgia’s foreign university student population grew by 5.9 percent last year, far outpacing a national growth rate that is flattening out amid concerns over visa denials and uncertainty around immigration policy.
Did Foreign Graduates Help Lure Amazon Away From Atlanta?
Greater availability of recent foreign graduates in Washington and New York may have played a role in Amazon’s decision put its second and third headquarters operations in those cities, passing over other top-20 metro hopefuls like Atlanta. Reports have speculated that the expected challenge of finding talent drove Amazon’s last-second decision to split its planned 50,000-job Read more
Georgia Foreign Trade Zone Earns Top Ranking for Second Straight Year
Another streak has begun: The Georgia Foreign Trade Zone was named best in the nation for the second year in a row by Site Selection magazine. The announcement came just days after the magazine chose Georgia as the best state for business for the sixth year running. GFTZ, in fact, directly contributed to the overall Read more
Retired General: New U.S. Approach Needed to Counter 21st-Century Threats
If the 20th century was the era of tanks, planes and bombs, the 21st is shaping up to be a time when bits, bytes and “soft power” are becoming weapons of choice. That’s according to retired Air Force Gen. Phil Breedlove, former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and now a distinguished professor at Georgia Tech’s Sam Read more
Home Schooled Winner of WWI Centennial Commission Prize in D.C. for Armistice Day
When Daniel Wright hears the bells ring at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11th at the National Cathedral in Washington this weekend, he’ll be fully aware of their significance — that the bells are ringing for all veterans who have given their lives for their country, and more particularly that they also are ringing on behalf Read more
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