2 Baton Rouge public high schools make 'America's Best' list of 1,000
Of the 1,000 public high schools across the country ranked by The Daily Beast on its "America's Best High Schools 2012" list, seven are located in Louisiana—with just two of them in Baton Rouge. Only one Louisiana school, New Orleans'...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Chinese company to buy U.S. movie theater chain AMC
Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group Co. announced this morning it's buying a major U.S. cinema chain—AMC Entertainment Holdings—for $2.6 billion in China's biggest takeover of an American company to date. The Beijing-based company...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Troubles roil biodiesel credit-trading market
In recent months, the tax credit-trading market for the biodiesel industry has been rattled by fraud allegations, plummeting confidence and numerous lawsuits. The Houston Chronicle reports the EPA has identified more than 140 million...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
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
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
New animal alliance director outlines focus on shelter improvements
In an open letter to the community released this morning, the Companion Animal Alliance's new director Kim Sherlaw says, "Much work must be done to provide a clean, comfortable, safe, species-appropriate, stimulating and enriching environment" at...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
LaPolitics by Maginnis: Trash talking at the Capitol
Loping through the Capitol basement, an ebullient John Kennedy hardly looked like a treasurer who had just been accused of bogus accounting by the governor's office, after he accused the state leader of budgetary scare tactics. "I just want to know,...
DATE: May 18, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Editor: Cowards steer our ship of schools
Cut out the inflammatory rhetoric on the subjects of public education, school choice and independent districts, and Business Report Executive Editor JR Ball says you're left with this simple, inescapable conclusion: Few people, if any, are...
DATE: May 18, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
CABL president: Higher ed cuts would cause damage for decades
The cuts to higher education being proposed at the Capitol, if implemented, will be an "absolute disaster for Louisiana," says Council for a Better Louisiana President Barry Erwin. "Not just a disaster for schools and campuses, but for the entire...
DATE: May 18, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Restaurants say USBC championships helping sales
The United States Bowling Congress Open Championships have been rolling at the Baton Rouge River Center for three months now, and downtown-area restaurants say the influx of bowlers has created a noticeable uptick in business. Mayor Kip Holden...
DATE: May 18, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
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