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Georgia State Business School Partners With Moscow University
Under a unique dual degree program, the EMBA degree is to be supplemented by a master’s of science degree with the EMBA being awarded by Robinson College and the MS degree by Lomonosov Moscow State. The partnership between the Atlanta and Moscow-based institutions also includes other initiatives for students and the Russian business community including a Moscow executive leaders forum, featuring high-profile business and government speakers, and roundtable working groups of business leaders. Moscow State Faculty of Economics Dean Vasli Kolesov; Robinson Dean Fenwick Huss; Jim Senn, managing director of Robinson’s Center for Global Business Leadership and Vladimir Echenique, vice dean of Moscow State’s Faculty of Economics attended the announcement ceremony in Moscow. “This partnership between two premier institutions will transform business education in Russia. It will help managers of Russian and Russia-based companies acquire professional knowledge of international business,” Dr. Kolesov said in a statement. “Russia overall will benefit from this as these managers will guarantee Russia’s leadership in international markets.” Lomonov Moscow State University has more than 40,000 students and 8,500 professional and associate professors. It is a leading Russian university that claims among its graduates and professors Nobel Prize winners and world famous scientists. The J. Mack Robinson College of Business has several programs including its part-time MBA, and its Executive MBA are ranked among the best in the U.S. The Executive MBA is on the Financial Times list of the world’s top-ranked programs. To learn more about these university programs, go to www.msu.ru/en and www.robinson.gsu.edu. New Chamber to Host Trade Conference The International USA Chamber of Commerce, formerly the Chilean-American Chamber of Commerce of Georgia, was officially launched Feb. 28. The chamber aims to provide Georgia businesspeople with the contacts and the expertise needed to succeed internationally, said Solange Warner, the chamber’s founder and president. “There is a great need for Georgia companies to understand international trade and be able to work together with other organizations,” Ms. Warner told GlobalAtlanta. In keeping with that mission, the chamber’s trade conference will feature leaders from the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, as well as the International USA chamber. Consuls and international trade experts will also be on hand. For more information about the chamber, visit www.iusacc.org. For a full list of speakers at the event, visit the GlobalAtlanta calendar entry for April 17. To register, call Ms. Warner at (678) 938-4605 or e-mail info@iusacc.org.
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Hartsfield to Add More Security Lanes Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport will spend $25 million to build 10 new security checkpoint lanes in an effort to reduce wait times at the airport. Six currently operating lanes will be removed as part of the project, bringing the net total of security lanes from 28 to 32. Construction is scheduled for completion before the summer travel season and the lanes should be operational by mid-summer. Hartsfield General Manager Benjamin DeCosta said the airport will evaluate the success of the new configuration before deciding whether or not to implement a registered traveler program. The pilot program in place at many airports across the country allows frequent travelers who pass a Transportation Security Administration background check to pay for a card that gives them clearance through a special gate, reducing their time in line. “The airport has received proposals for the [registered traveler] program, but will defer its decision on a pilot program until we have experience with the new security checkpoint configuration,” Mr. DeCosta said in a press release. About 86 million travelers per year pass through the airport.
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Cumming Company to Distribute Bio-energy System Abroad Cumming-based Global Waste-To-Energy Corp., or GW2E, has signed an agreement with Delaware-based Freedom Renewable Energy Corp., or FREC, to be the sole distributor of FREC’s waste disposal system for Brazil, Dominican Republic and Kyrgyzstan. GW2E develops and deploys a “zero waste” municipal solid waste disposal system. The Biosphere Gasification System meets all state and federal environmental protection guidelines and calls for the recycling of all materials back into nature to protect human health and the environment, according to an April 9 company statement. Americas Waste-To-Energy, or AW2E, is to be the operating company that manages the contracts in Brazil and the Dominican Republic while the parent company GW2E is to manage the contract for Kyrgyzstan. GW2E is to create business units for each location through separate operating agreements. Call Douglas Scott, 404-542-8194.
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