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Judge appoints federal trustee to oversee Thinkstream

A federal bankruptcy judge this afternoon ordered the appointment of an interim trustee to...

TOP 100-Top Employers/The Capital Region’s Biggest Employers*

*Ranked by total workforce ASCENSION PARISH BASF Corp.    1,047 Wal-Mart Stores    700 Shell Chemical Co.    650 LeBlanc’s Food Store  ...

State leaders anxiously await word of Louisiana’s new credit rating

Louisiana lawmakers struck a budget deal that spared health care and colleges from deep...

TOP 100-Introduction

HOW THE LIST COMES TOGETHER In the spring, Business Report sent letters and emails to...

Houston energy executive resigns as chairman of Thinkstream’s board, saying he had been ‘misled’

This story has been updated since its original publication to include comments from Thinkstream...

INBOX

ILLUSTRATION: ISTOCK 19526167 UP IN THE AIR It is embarrassing to have clients, customers and family...

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Troubled empire Creditors have dragged Barry Bellue's Thinkstream into bankruptcy court for the second time...

COMPANY NEWS

1000 FEET CREDIT: Charles Breard The Fairfield Inn & Suites and Springhill Suites on Essen Park...

MOVING UP

DAVID THOMPSON Red River Bank   MICHELLE MASSÉ LSU Graduate School   HELEN SEDER LSU Executive Education and the LSU Stephenson...

FLASHBACK/The Year: 1997

It was a far different era when the Louisiana Legislature wrapped up business in...