Contributor ReportsEconomist predicts slow La. job growth
Source: The Advocate
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | updated Wed Oct 07 23:17:04 -0700 2009 | business-news
Louisiana’s economy will grow during the next two years, but at a rate that’s slower than usual after a recession and with much slower job growth than the state experienced after the 2005 hurricanes, according to an annual forecast released...
Tucker: No overhaul planned for ethics enforcement
Source: Baton Rouge Business Report
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | updated Fri Nov 13 20:45:16 -0800 2009 | business-news
House Speaker Jim Tucker says he doesn't expect lawmakers to support sweeping changes to the state's ethics enforcement laws. Frank Simoneaux, the chairman of the Board of Ethics, objects to a law that moved judicial power from the ethics board...
B.R., other areas get almost $13.5M from HUD
Source: Baton Rouge Business Report
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | updated Fri Oct 16 11:39:04 -0700 2009 | business-news
Tammany Parish will get nearly $13.5 million in federal grants for community development and affordable housing...Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced the grants Thursday in New Orleans. All four areas are getting community development block grants — Baton...
Former furniture store finds new life
Source: Star Tribune
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | updated Mon Oct 12 00:12:43 -0700 2009 | business-news
Former furniture store finds new life The former Ethan Allen store in Eagan closed more than a year ago. Its reincarnation as a mini-mall is nearly fully leased already, though it's not scheduled to open until January. By SUSAN FEYDER...
36 million acres to be offered at offshore sale
Source: Seattle Times
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | updated Fri Nov 13 21:36:43 -0800 2009 | business-news
The federal Interior Department is putting up nearly 36 million offshore acres for the annual sale of petroleum leases in the Central Gulf of Mexico. The department says the region could produce up to 1.3 billion barrels of oil and...
Nicolas Cage Loses Two Homes to Foreclosure
Source: People.com
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | updated Fri Nov 13 17:25:02 -0800 2009 | business-news
Cage, 45 who filed a lawsuit blaming his financial collapse on his longtime business partner, had his two historic French Quarter homes purchased in a foreclosure auction Thursday. The houses went for $4.5 million – about two-thirds the appraised value...
Nickelodeon splits with co. hoping to revive park
Source: Baton Rouge Business Report
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | updated Tue Nov 10 13:25:25 -0800 2009 | business-news
The Nickelodeon cable television network says it has ended its relationship with a new Louisiana company it partnered with in August to redevelop the abandoned Six Flags amusement park in New Orleans. Nickelodeon said it ended its licensing agreement with...
Three indicted for alleged bribery scheme
Source: United Press International
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | updated Fri Nov 06 14:59:23 -0800 2009 | business-news
Authorities said corruption in New Orleans' government was dealt a blow when three suspects were indicted on charges connected to an alleged bribery scheme. Former city technology chief Greg Meffert, his wife, Linda, and his business associate, Mark St.
Defendant's move may speed drywall case
Source: United Press International
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | updated Tue Nov 03 15:27:41 -0800 2009 | business-news
U.S. legal proceedings against Chinese drywall manufacturers could be speeded up by a concession made by a defendant, observers say...Ltd., one of the major manufacturers being targeted in the case, has agreed not to demand that plaintiffs in a class-action...
Dell on hook for $12.8M in New Orleans crime camera suit, jury ...
Source: Austin America-Statesman/Texas Longhorns
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | updated Mon Nov 02 19:09:41 -0800 2009 | business-news
A jury found Dell Inc. liable Monday for $12.8 million in damages stemming from unfair competition and conspiracy claims in a lawsuit involving New Orleans' problematic crime camera surveillance program. Southern Electronics Supply Inc. and Active Solutions LLC had sought...
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