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 […]
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SWISS UNBOWED BY EUROPE’S RECESSION
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, […]
ATLANTA INT’L CHAMBERS ON UPSWING
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 […]
FORMER GOLD KIST CEO EXPLORES MEXICO
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.
RUSSIAN ENTREPRENEURS DISCOVER ATLANTA
AN INVITATION LAST YEAR FROM THE SOUTHERN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES TO VLADIMIR AND NADIA KOVALENKO TO SPEAK ABOUT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION MARKED THE BEGINNING OF THEIR DESIRE TO LIVE PERMANENTLY IN ATLANTA. EACH HAS SUCCEEDED IN FINDING A JOB IN ATLANTA. A FORMER BUREAU CHIEF IN SINGAPORE FOR THE TASS […]
A NEW WAY TO OPEN MARKETS
PERCY HELMER, A CO-OWNER OF ATLANTA-BASED TRAC INTERNATIONAL, WHICH DISTRIBUTES COMPUTERS AROUND THE WORLD, SAID THAT U.S. COMPANIES WITH LONG-TERM INTERESTS IN FORMER SOVIET COUNTRIES SHOULD DEVELOP TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR RUSSIAN STUDENTS. HE ALSO SAID AT A MEETING SPONSORED BY POWELL GOLDSTEIN & FRAZER, NATIONSBANK, AND THE ATLANTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE U.S. BUSINESSMEN WILL FIND […]
