'Business Report': Impact of IBM deals in Midwestern cities debated
In May 2010, state and local officials in Columbia proudly announced one of Missouri's biggest economic development wins in recent history: IBM was coming to town to open a technology service delivery center that would create 800 permanent jobs, put...
DATE: May 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Kerrigan to deliver keynote at Influential Women in Business luncheon
Access to capital remains one of the greatest challenges to female entrepreneurs, says Karen Kerrigan, president and CEO of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council. Women only get 3.5% to 4% of the nation's venture capital, or what Kerrigan...
DATE: May 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Jennifer Vosburg
I love to be challenged. The electric industry is both static and dynamic. While the foundation of the electric industry is currently status quo, there is a growing wave of change to how power is generated, delivered and used as part of our lives.
DATE: May 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Executive Spotlight
Southern culture
In 2011, the Southern University System signed a deal with EOServe, a for-profit company that specializes in delivering online courses for historically black colleges and universities. System President Ronald Mason worked with the same company when...
DATE: May 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
Brave new world
In the business world, “adapt or die” is a truism. The ubiquity of the Internet is altering—in some cases, radically upending—the models for all sorts of industries. Exhibit A: the current turmoil in print journalism.
DATE: May 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
Visit Baton Rouge predicts strong year
Last year was a big one for Baton Rouge tourism, with the U.S. Bowling Congress delivering an estimated $113 million economic impact. But while there's nothing that big expected for 2013, Visit Baton Rouge President/CEO Paul Arrigo sees a good year...
DATE: May 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Interior secretary to oil industry: Don't throw regulators under the bus
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell delivered a blunt message to some of the nation's top oil industry executives during an inaugural meeting with the group on Wednesday: Don't cast blame our way. "I did poke them a little bit about not throwing the...
DATE: May 09, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Judge rips BancorpSouth in ruling
For nearly three years, BancorpSouth "willfully refused to comply" with discovery requests made by developer Windy Gladney in his protracted court battle with the bank over $2 million in construction loans. So says 19th Judicial District Judge...
DATE: May 09, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
The problem with Iron expectations
Tomorrow, Iron Man 3 will be released, will be a hit across the globe, and be solidified as the second-best Iron Man film ever made.
DATE: May 02, 2013 | CATEGORY: What's the Big Picture
'Advocate' to ramp up run at 'Times-Pic' under new ownership
Dan Shea, the former managing editor of The Times-Picayune who has been tapped as new general manager of The Advocate,
DATE: May 01, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
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