Going underground
(From AP) ALBANY, N.Y. — When Dan Fitzsimmons looks across the Susquehanna River and sees the flares of Pennsylvania gas wells, he thinks bitterly of the riches beneath his own land locked up by the heated debate that has kept hydraulic...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: News
Gender role reversal
(From The New York Times) HOUSTON — Wearing brick-red scrubs and chatting in Spanish, Miguel Alquicira settled a tiny girl into an adult-size dental chair and soothed her through a set of X-rays. Then he ushered the dentist, a woman,...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: News
Congressional discourse a grade level lower than in '05, study says
Congress now speaks at almost a full grade level lower than it did just seven years ago, with the most conservative members of Congress speaking on average at the lowest grade level, according to a new analysis from the nonprofit, nonpartisan...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Small businesses in La. still pessimistic about economic recovery
Louisiana businesses have more faith in the local economy than in the national economy when it comes to expectations for improvement, according to a new survey conducted by Capital One Bank. In its quarterly "Market Pulse" survey, the bank says...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Capitalism the Communist way
(From The New York Times) SHANGHAI — The Hollywood studio DreamWorks Animation recently announced a bold move to crack China's tightly protected film industry: a $330 million deal to create a Shanghai animation studio that might one day...
DATE: May 18, 2012 | CATEGORY: News
Curbside Links it Up!
Because serving up some of the best burgers in town from a food truck just wasn't enough, owner and chef Nick Hufft recently launched his next endeavor in his expanding mobile food empire: Curbside Links. This new truck has a very familiar look,...
DATE: May 18, 2012 | CATEGORY: Bite and Booze
Entrepreneurs will change the world
In the May 225 Magazine issue, the editors described 11 ideas to make Baton Rouge a better place to live and work. But ideas are just ideas until someone makes them happen.
DATE: May 18, 2012 | CATEGORY: Startup Cartography
School system's new bus plan would require 50 fewer buses
Officials with the East Baton Rouge Parish School System, which is legally required to provide bus service to Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge schools, have previously said the system could save $2 million next year by changing the start time of the...
DATE: May 17, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Jones resigns as RIO director
Terry Jones has submitted his resignation to the Baton Rouge Area Chamber as head of its Regional Innovation Organization, BRAC officials announced this morning. Details on why Jones is departing, and exactly when, remain scarce as of press time.
DATE: May 17, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
B.R. pharmaceutical company begins new trials on ovarian cancer drug
Esperance Pharmaceuticals, a Baton Rouge-based company founded on technology developed at LSU, Pennington Biomedical Research Center and the LSU AgCenter, announced today it has begun enrollment of a randomized, multicenter Phase 2 trial of its lead...
DATE: May 17, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
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