Leading overall growth of U.S. exports, Louisiana's year-to-date 2011 worldwide merchandise exports increased by 45% in value over the same period in 2010, according to a report issued today by the World Trade Center of New Orleans. Through the third quarter, Louisiana exports totaled $39.8 billion, compared to $27.4 billion the previous year.
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Louisiana is Leading the Nation in Global Export Growth
Further Reading: Athenian Rhapsody Edition
The chance to look at the earth from 6 million miles away Dynamic hedge sees a volatile trading range setting up before a likely move lower. Yesterday was the anniversary of Swaziland becoming independent. On this day the last captive thylacine died. Is volatility still too high? The subprime crisis “was contained” Bernanke said. Glad he is confident...
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Five Guys…Mmmmmmmmm
Behind the scenes with Five Guys Burgers, a relatively new entrant to Baton Rouge’s restaurant scene.
The Stanford Group Fraud
I have had a problem with the Stanford Group, and the “CD’s” they were pushing, for several years now. No need to explain why at this point. Anyway, this has hit Baton Rouge extremely hard. I don’t believe in relative terms (outside of Antigua itself) any other community had a larger exposure to Stanford...
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Baton Rouge’s Towne Center up for sale
Baton Rouge Towne Center is being listed for sale: A Dallas company is listing the Towne Center at Cedar Lodge retail center as an investment opportunity. Holliday Fenoglio Fowler is marketing the 358,000-square-foot shopping center as a trophy asset, noting that the retailers in Towne Center such as Whole Foods, American Eagle Outfitters and...
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The Economic Outlook for Louisiana
To start, we are having a boom in our petrochemical industry : “We have counted $45 billion in construction projects in the area, by far a record number for the region,” Scott says. While other parts of the country struggle economically, the Capital Region is experiencing growth in part from its expanding petrochemical industry....
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Baton Rouge gets a Greenway
From Baton Rouge Business Report: BREC’s Planning and Engineering Committee has unanimously recommended a 2.8-mile corridor from Siegen Lane to Bluebonnet Boulevard along Dawson and Ward creeks as the site for East Baton Rouge’s first “linear park.” The concept will be presented to the BREC Commission for possible approval at its next public meeting,...
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Louisiana’s Economic Outlook
While the economic outlook for the nation as a whole is pretty murky, Louisiana, and Baton Rouge specifically, may be in a better position: Peter Ricchiuti, assistant dean of the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University, said the New Orleans-area economy is countercyclical because of all the energy interests. When high energy...
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Baton Rouge’s Downtown Jewel
From The Baton Rouge Business Report we learn that one of the key linchpins in Baton Rouge’s rapid progress in revitalizing the downtown, the Shaw Center for the Arts, has been recognized by The American Institute of Architects: The Shaw building is among 28 projects chosen from 800 entries for the award. Winners were...
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