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Delta Lauds Aviation Deal With UAE, Hints at New International Routes
Delta Air Lines Inc. is heralding a new agreement between the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates that it believes is the final blow in a fight to end what it sees as unfair competition from Middle Eastern carriers. The U.S. State Department last week announced an “understanding” reached May 11 with the UAE that requires […]
Waiting for $1 Billion: American CyberSystems Slowly Pursues International Growth
Duluth-based IT consultancy American CyberSystems Inc. has international customers, but it also has the luxury of waiting until it hits the $1 billion mark in revenues before strategically pursuing more.
Emirates Recruiting Flight Attendants in Delta’s Backyard
Emirates Airline, the Dubai-based carrier, is coming to the home of the world’s busiest airport to recruit some of the 5,000 new flight attendants being hired as a part of its global expansion this year. The company is holding an information session in Atlanta May 30, promising to outline the benefits these potential members of the […]
Qatar Airways to Begin Flying to Atlanta Next Year
Qatar Airways is planning to begin a daily nonstop flight from Doha to Atlanta next year as part of a broader expansion into the U.S. that also includes new flights to Boston and Los Angeles and a second daily flight to New York. The Middle Eastern carrier’s announcement comes as as Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines Inc. and other U.S. airlines have asked the Department of Transportation to review “Open Skies” pacts with […]
Dubai Delegation: Invest With Us, Grow Jobs at Home
Dubai trade and investment officials in Atlanta today must be used to complaints about offshoring, because they came prepared to preempt any talk of stolen jobs or compromised American competitiveness. Their unorthodox pitch (for foreign investment agencies at least): Invest with us to grow your sales — and jobs — at home. “We want to create business back here. […]
Franchising Consultant Favors Persian Gulf States for U.S. Firms
U.S. companies seeking to expand their business abroad through franchising may be surprised by Bachir Mihoubi’s suggested markets.
Duct Doctor Finds Nigerian Franchisee
A Norcross-based provider of air duct cleaning services in commercial buildings and homes has found a franchisee to take its brand into Nigeria.
eVestment Opens Dubai Office As Wealth Grows in Middle East, Africa
Marietta-based eVestment, which provides digital data and forecasts on capital flows to investment houses and fund managers around the world, has opened a new office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Located in Dubai Internet City, a digital tech park, the office is a response to a growth in institutional and personal wealth in the region and […]
Groundbreaking to Green Cards: Immigrant Investors Back East Point Hotel
It looks like a normal hotel, but beneath the brick facade, the new Homewood Suites in East Point near the Atlanta airport represents opportunity, both for local workers and the international investors who made it possible.
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