U.S. consumers hold back, even as gas prices fall
Lower gas prices in April weren't enough to embolden U.S. consumers to spend much more elsewhere. The Commerce Department reports this morning retail sales rose just 0.1% last month. After excluding gasoline station sales, consumers increased their...
DATE: May 15, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Gas and oil prices shift fracking focus in La., rest of U.S.
While northwestern Louisiana, Pennsylvania and other gas-rich shale plays across the United States are losing jobs and revenue as the fracking industry shrinks following a price collapse, oil-rich North Dakota and Texas are in the midst of a boom,...
DATE: May 15, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
House leadership has 'followship' problem
The upside for the Jindal administration, after the gutting of its budget, is that the appropriations bill is out of the rebellious House and now in the friendly hands and wise heads of the Senate. Led by the masterful Senate president, John Alario,...
DATE: May 15, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
News roundup: Roemer says Americans Elect still alive and kicking … Walk-On's adds catering to its menu … Former BP worker claims evidence proves innocence
Resilience defined: Though no candidate qualified by Monday's midnight deadline to compete in Americans Elect's online balloting to find an independent candidate for president, former Gov. Buddy Roemer says media outlets calling the...
DATE: May 15, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Gregory Gilmore
Greg Gilmore went corporate for a while, working for Merrill Lynch in New Jersey and New York City, but came home to Louisiana to start his own business. At age 13, he says, he sometimes worked 50 to 70 hours a week during the summer at construction...
DATE: May 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: Executive Spotlight
Sorting it out
President Barack Obama signed the landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, in March 2010. The rules and regulations of the act, which continue to evolve, are coming down from Washington, D.C. But the implications of those...
DATE: May 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
Man of the year
David McKey (right), broker-owner of Coldwell Banker One in Baton Rouge, was recently named the 2011 Louisiana Realtor of the Year by Louisiana Realtors. His reward?
DATE: May 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
Testing FuturEBR
After nearly five years on the market, the 2.9-acre tract of vacant land at the intersection of Kenilworth Parkway and Perkins Road was set to change hands this month, and realtor Ty Gose thought he had a good deal in the works. A group of buyers...
DATE: May 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
Supersized
Three years into an organized effort to give southeastern Louisiana a more powerful voice in its economic future, leaders of the fledgling initiative say it has found its wings. The Southeast Super-Region Committee, formed to unite the Baton Rouge,...
DATE: May 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
Let’s set the agenda for parish elections
This fall you will go to the polls and decide who will lead our community for the next four years.
DATE: May 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: Rolfe McCollister
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