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Ruesch International Renews Alliance with GlobalAtlanta.com

Washington, DC—November 16, 2006—Ruesch International, Inc., a leading provider of global payment services headquartered in Washington, DC, is pleased to announce that GlobalAtlanta has renewed its partnership with Ruesch International and will refer its subscribers to Ruesch International for their corporate payment processing and cross-border transaction needs.

GlobalAtlanta.com serves as a clearinghouse for news and analysis of a global nature that is pertinent to Atlanta businesses and to GlobalAtlanta’s more than 11,000 subscribers in the Southeast international business community. Ruesch International’s market news services, such as its monthly foreign currency profiles, provide added value and are a natural fit for GlobalAtlanta’s subscribers. Visitors to GlobalAtlanta.com are encouraged to contact Ruesch International to analyze their payment and global risk management needs.

Ruesch International is a provider of business-to-business payment solutions that facilitate global commerce. More than 18,000 companies have chosen Ruesch to help them convert to electronic payments, consolidate payment applications, and better control global risk. Ruesch International is unique in enabling its corporate business clients to retain control over critical business decisions that enhance operational processes.

"We are looking forward to renewing our already strong relationship with GlobalAtlanta. We are confident that the combination of Ruesch International payments expertise and GlobalAtlanta’s strength in the market place will continue to add value for all parties,” said John M. Perry, Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing from Ruesch International.

“We are pleased to continue our relationship with Ruesch International. Ruesch’s unique global payments expertise will be instrumental in assisting GlobalAtlanta’s more than 11,000 subscribers to manage cross-border electronic payments consolidate payment applications, and better control global risk,” said Gail Rockburne, Marketing Director.

About Ruesch International
Ruesch International is a leading global financial institution specializing in international business-to-business payment products and solutions. The corporation has full-service corporate foreign exchange operations in Australia, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, the United States, and the United Kingdom that serves more than 18,000 corporate clients. Each year, Ruesch's international payment consultants develop risk management strategies and global payment solutions that help clients manage nearly $30 billion in payment transactions worldwide. Ruesch International is principally owned by the private equity firm of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe.

About GlobalAtlanta.com
GlobalAtlanta reports on international business as it applies to metro Atlanta and Georgia through the media of an electronic newsletter, announcements and a fax news service, it also maintains the GlobalAtlanta Web site, which hosts filmed interviews of business executives and international dignitaries and an extensive archive of articles. The Atlanta-based company has reported on international business developments since 1991.

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