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Editor: Bailout leaves taxpayers in the dark

We know the federal government has approved a $700 billion bailout plan to help...

LaPolitics by John Maginnis: Bernhard feeling out Senate prospects

During the Washington Mardi Gras festivities, Shaw Group Chairman Jim Bernhard is making the...

MidSouth Bank, Home Bank, Teche Federal Bank announce earnings

A trio of Acadiana-based banks with presence in Baton Rouge says they earned less...

New AEDC head likes regional approach

J. Michael Eades is the new president/CEO of the Ascension Economic Development Corporation, after...

Dispatches

BATON ROUGEBaker Sales Inc. , a wholesale steel pipe and fence supply distributor, has...

Exxon Mobil shatters record for annual profit

HOUSTON (AP) — Exxon Mobil Corp. on Friday reported a profit of $45.2 billion...
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Economy shrank at fastest clip since ’82

WASHINGTON (AP) —The economy shrank at a 3.8 percent pace at the end of...

Smart Marketing in a Recession Webinar

Keating Magee, a 28-year-old communications firm based in New Orleans, hosts the webinar Smart...

St. Tammany West Chamber of Commerce President’s Roundtable

Louisiana Department of Education Superintendent Paul Pastorek is the featured speaker at the St....

Melancon stands alone on stimulus vote

The only member of Louisiana’s House delegation who voted with President Barack Obama’s proposed...