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Survivor of Burundian Holocaust Receives Emory Honorary Degree

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:47:44 -0400

U.S. aid agencies must be focused in their overseas development work on supporting highly localized family and community initiatives, Marguerite “Maggy” Barankitse said during a UNICEF meeting in Atlanta May 15. She said that they also must be wary of ...

Irish Accountant: U.S. Tax System Is the Problem, Not Apple

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:25:51 -0400

Questioning Apple Inc. executives over the company's use of Irish subsidiaries to lower its tax rates on global profits shows that U.S. legislators have their eyes off the ball, an Irish tax expert said in Atlanta. Instead of Ireland, it's ...

Business to Help Gatwick Diamond Shine in London Airport Debates

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:27:47 -0400

LONDON - Jeremy Taylor has an unconventional way of opening monthly networking meetings of Gatwick Diamond Business, a 350-member group promoting the area around London's second largest airport. Using a beat-up trombone purchased for £35 on eBay, the gregarious chief executive blasts a slurred call ...

Italian Cost Analysis Firm Has Opened Office in Atlanta

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:42:53 -0400

The Italian company BravoSolution S.p.a. has announced that it has opened an office in Atlanta to provide its cost analysis and strategic sourcing capabilities to firms in the Southeast. The Atlanta office at 5555 Glenridge Connector is the company’s 15th. ...

Georgia College Expands Liberal Arts Ties to China and Taiwan

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:22:49 -0400

Georgia College and State University, which has been designated as the state’s public liberal arts university, has entered into agreements with universities in China and Taiwan to increase student recruitment and develop partnerships for faculty and student exchanges. Dwight Call, ...

Cargill Exec: Free Trade, Africa Key to Global Food Security

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:15:20 -0400

Tackling the daunting challenge of food security will require engaging Africa productively and encouraging open markets around the world, a Cargill Inc. executive said in Atlanta May 20. With new advances in genetics, fertilization and harvesting technology, crop yields are higher than ever before. The problem ...

UGA Economist Highlights Asian-American Advances

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:29:20 -0400

As the featured speaker for the Asian-American Heritage Foundation’s gala dinner May 18, the University of Georgia economist Jeffrey Humphreys began with a sigh of relief. During the course of a year, he said that he gives 30 to 40 ...

Obama to Morehouse Grads: You Must Compete Globally

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:52:00 -0400

While discrimination's legacy hasn't been completely erased, Morehouse College grads should eschew excuses and resolve to compete "today's hyperconnected, hypercompetitive world," President Obama said in his commencement address at the Atlanta-based historically black institution May 19. Graduates from places like Brazil, China and India are entering the workforce alongside Morehouse ...

New Church's Chicken Exec Has Latin American Background

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:24:20 -0400

Atlanta-based Church's Chicken has named a new chief development officer in charge of domestic and international expansion. Tony Moralejo comes to the international chicken chain from more than 15 years with Burger King Corp. as vice president of Latin America and the Caribbean as well as international counsel, among ...

High Museum's Director: 'Have Exhibition; Will Travel'

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:54:58 -0400

A master of launching art exhibitions, Michael Shapiro, the High Museum of Art’s director, revealed at a Buckhead breakfast of the Netherlands American Chamber of Commerce for the Southeast May 16 his secret for drawing visitors. The museum uses all ...

When It Comes to Air Travel Partners, Atlanta's Got Seoul

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:20:59 -0400

As if Korean Air needed more motivation to deploy massive Airbus A380s on its routes from Seoul to Atlanta this August, the Brookings Institution provided it with a recent study. It might seem strange for a city ...

International Terminal Marks First Year of Operations

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:43:47 -0400

The Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal in Atlanta marked its first year of operations on May 16. During calendar year 2012, the new terminal and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport's Concourse E served 9.85 million international passengers and managed 68,209 ...

UGA Renews Croatia Program

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:33:48 -0400

The University of Georgia has agreed to extend a study-abroad partnership in Croatia. UGA faculty members signed the deal with the Ivo Pilar Insitute of Social Sciences in Zagreb, the capital city, while visiting May 13 with 24 students. Kavita Pandit, UGA's associate provost for international ...

Public Health Enemy No. 1: Ourselves

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:12:10 -0400

While infectious diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis should remain high on their hit lists, global health leaders are now having to focus more on altering lifestyles than containing outbreaks, the assistant U.S. health secretary said in Atlanta May 14. In 2010, ...

EU Leaders Push Transatlantic Trade Deal, but Uphill Battle Looms

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:11:55 -0400

Since President Obama mentioned it in last year's State of the Union address, leaders from both the United States and European Union have been stumping in support of a trans-Atlantic free trade pact. They frame the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP, as a no-brainer: Removing ...

Atlantan Honored for Promoting Educational Ties With Germany

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:06:32 -0400

Wayne Reece, the founder and principal of Reece & Associates, a law firm specializing in public policy law and regulatory affairs, has been honored with the prestigious Boltzius Award for his work in promoting German language and culture. Mr. Reece ...

U.S.-EU Trade Pact: Motivated by Self-Interest and Global Benefits

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:49:47 -0400

The consul general of Ireland, the president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, the chief operating officer of United Parcel Service Inc. and the German parliamentary state secretary were all on the same page at the May ...

Georgia State Choir to Compete for U.S. in Tours, France

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:03:44 -0400

The University Singers, Georgia State University’s premiere vocal ensemble, has been selected to represent the United States at the 2013 Florilège Vocal de Tours, an international choral song competition, in Tours, France, May 24-26. The choir is comprised of music ...

Key Supporter of the Theatre du Reve to Be Knighted

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:24:25 -0400

The French government is to bestow on Atlanta attorney Baxter Jones the insignia of Knight in the National Order of Arts and Letters May 29 in recognition of his contributions to furthering the arts. An attorney with civil litigation law ...

Orkin Opens Franchise in Guam

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:02:44 -0400

Pest control franchiser Orkin, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Rollins Inc., has opened a new franchise in Guam. The franchise in the U.S. Pacific island territory is owned by Dewan Worldwide Inc. Orkin has been aggressively expanding its franchise outposts around ...