News roundup: Yahoo to sell half of its Alibaba stake for $7.1B … FBI warns about hackers targeting hotel guests … Reports: Nasdaq 'embarrassed' about Facebook delay
Rebooted: Struggling Internet company Yahoo Inc. has secured a lifeline after agreeing to sell half of its prized stake in Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba for about $7.1 billion, with most of the cash going to shareholders. The...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
News roundup: Albemarle raises prices on flame retardant … Ex-BP engineer challenges travel restrictions … Norquist endorsement fuels fire for Jindal as Romney's running mate
Flaring up: Baton Rouge specialty chemical maker Albemarle Corp. announced today it's increasing prices on a flame retardant known as SAYTEX HP by 20% to its customers across the globe, or as contracts allow. The increase is...
DATE: May 18, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Getting into fitness
Back about 6 months ago, I sat down with then editor Tom Guarisco and Jeff Roedel and talked about blogging for 225 Magazine. There was no real timeline and in fact no real plan other than, "Maybe do some videos." "You travel for work,...
DATE: May 18, 2012 | CATEGORY: Live Through This
Make microchipping mandatory
All it takes is a one-second opportunity—a rusty gate latch, a loose fence board or a screen door left slightly ajar—combined with natural curiosity about the neighbor's garden, or the prey drive to catch that pesky squirrel, for Fideaux...
DATE: May 18, 2012 | CATEGORY: Unleashed
Economists predict hurricanes will get stronger, more costly
Development and changing weather patterns will mean more intense storms that will deliver increasingly more economic harm to Louisiana and the entire Gulf Coast area, says economist Loren Scott, who was one of more than a dozen experts and local...
DATE: May 18, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Downtown Hilton to get new management, possibly new owner
Beginning Monday, the downtown Hilton will be under the new management of a Dallas-based company that will consider over the next 60 days whether to buy the historic hotel on Lafayette Street, which originally opened as the Heidelberg Hotel in 1927.
DATE: May 18, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
No 'Capitol Views' column today
John Maginnis is out today, and his 'Capitol Views' column on the legislative session will resume upon his return.
DATE: May 17, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Films al fresco
Baton Rouge Gallery's laudrd summer film series, Movies & Music on the Lawn, returns Saturday, May 26, with a lineup of short films from one of cinema’s pioneers, George Melies, all set to a never-before-heard score by...
DATE: May 17, 2012 | CATEGORY: (AR) Lagniappe
No 'Capitol Views' column today
John Maginnis is out today, and his 'Capitol Views' column on the legislative session will resume upon his return.
DATE: May 16, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
News roundup: Shaw signs new contract … Jindal signs more bills …Woman's sponsors women-only races
Building nuclear power: The Shaw Group has signed a new contract with Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp. to provide maintenance and other support services to its nuclear power plant northeast of Burlington, Kan. The Wolf Creek...
DATE: May 16, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
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