Back on: A Jazz & Cocktails summer social cohosted by the LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business and the LSU Flores M BA Alumni Association has been rescheduled for Thursday, July 19. The social had been set for last month but was cancelled. All LSU MBA alumni, current and prospective MBA students, sponsors, recruiters and their guests are invited to attend the free event, which will be held from 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m. in The Commons area of the Business Education Complex. RSVP online and get more details here.
Zero: The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in Louisiana remained unchanged this week. Houston-based oilfield services company Baker Hughes reports 120 rigs in Louisiana as of today. That’s 49 fewer than the same week a year ago. The U.S. added six rigs this week, with 1,965 as of today. Of those, 1,419 rigs were exploring for oil and 542 for gas. Four were listed as miscellaneous. A year ago, Baker Hughes reported 1,887 rigs. The U.S. rig count peaked at 4,530 in 1981 and bottomed out at 488 in 1999.
Sitting on top of the world: New Orleans has been selected by Travel + Leisure readers as their fifth-favorite American or Canadian city in the magazine’s annual “World’s Best Awards.” In last year’s rankings, New Orleans was the No. 6 favorite. New York retained its ranking as readers’ favorite North American city, followed by Chicago, San Francisco and Charleston, S.C. Meanwhile, three New Orleans hotels made the top 50 list for favorite American hotels. Check out all the World Best Awards winners here.
