Investors looking to Fed for answers on economy today
Worry and speculation have consumed investors since Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke to Congress last month about the Federal Reserve's drive to keep long-term interest rates at record lows. Today, many hope the Fed will settle the confusion. Will the...
DATE: June 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
'Business Report': Manufacturing making a historic comeback across south Louisiana
Paul Stratford spent a dozen years of his career working for ExxonMobil in Singapore. North American manufacturing was stagnant, and Southeast Asia was the place to be. But two and a half years ago, he was named manager of ExxonMobil's Baton Rouge...
DATE: June 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Name the city
On the day before the legislative session ended, state Sen. Bodi White acknowledged that his bill giving voters a chance to carve out a new school district in southeast East Baton Rouge Parish had no shot of mustering the needed 70 votes in the...
DATE: June 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
Winners and losers
(From Yahoo News) America as a whole has regained all the household wealth it lost to the Great Recession and then some, thanks to higher stock and home prices.The average household still has a long way to go.
DATE: June 06, 2013 | CATEGORY: News
Vaughn, Wilson team up again for The Internship
The wise-cracking comedy duo of Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson are hoping to reignite the fire from the 2005 hit Wedding Crashers. This weekend, the two are back for The Internship. Directed by Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum and...
DATE: June 05, 2013 | CATEGORY: (Weekender) Movies
Real estate recap: Creekstone and contractors nearing settlement … Red River Bank signs purchase agreement on parcel at Perkins, S. Acadian … Capital Creamery closes in downtown B.R.
Coming to terms: Attorneys for Creekstone Developers and Associated Concrete Contractors have asked for another 30 days to settle a matter involving a lien on the property at Juban Crossing. In a joint motion filed late last week,...
DATE: June 04, 2013 | CATEGORY: Real Estate Weekly
How tweet it is
Twitter, the online social networking service, continues to grow worldwide at an incredible rate. If you're not on Twitter yet, you may want to join after you read this issue.
DATE: May 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: News (225)
Capital Creamery closes in downtown B.R.
At a time when downtown is welcoming a slew of new restaurants, bars and specialty shops, it has lost its only ice cream parlor: Capital Creamery, which closed in late April after its lease was not renewed. "We were kind of disappointed," says owner...
DATE: May 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: (Dine) Roundup
Average U.S. household far from regaining its wealth
The average U.S. household has a long way to go to recover the wealth it lost during the Great Recession, a report by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis concludes. The typical household has regained less than half its lost wealth, the analysis...
DATE: May 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Capital Creamery closes in downtown B.R.
At a time when downtown is welcoming a slew of new restaurants, bars and specialty shops, it has lost its only ice cream parlor: Capital Creamery, which closed in late April after its lease was not renewed. "We were kind of disappointed," says owner...
DATE: May 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
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