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Senate committee head looks out for small business
By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer NEW YORK — When a witness at a March Senate hearing on small business accused state and local governments of not doing enough to prepare for disasters, he g...
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The Amelia Belle Casino. Staff Photo
La. March casino revenue $232.2M: up from Feb. & 2012
NEW ORLEANS — Although Harrah’s land-based casino in New Orleans won less from gamblers in March than it did both a month and a year earlier, increased winnings at riverboat and racetrack casinos m...
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Chabill’s to open new facility in Baton Rouge
MORGAN CITY, La. — Chabill’s Tire Service plans to open its newest retail facility at 13887 Coursey Blvd. in Baton Rouge with a grand opening and ribbon-cutting at 10 a.m. May 24. The facility is ...
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Job fair planned in Lafayette
LAFAYETTE, La. — Dozens of Acadiana’s top employers will be on hand to screen potential job candidates at the LEDA Job Fair on Wednesday, May 15, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Cajundome Convention Cente...
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Business briefs
Late seafood advocate’s wife appointed HOUMA — Sarah Voisin, the widow of the late seafood advocate Mike Voisin, has been appointed to the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board. The app...
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Spitale Drugs held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday morning on Victor II Boulevard in Morgan City. From left are Kevin Voisin, St. Mary Parish councilman; Linda Spitale; Donna Meyer, St. Mary Chamber of Commerce president; Dr. Bob Bourgeois; Jennifer Maurice; Becky Whiting; Giuliana Spitale; Dana Albarado, manager; Stacy Spitale; Beth Dupuy; Stacey Smith; Sam Spitale; Isabella Spitale; Angelo Spitale; Louis Spitale, owner and pharmacist; Sidney Roy; Don Ryan; Frank Grizzaffi, Morgan City mayor; David Kirkpatrick; Jarrod Longman, parish assessor; Tommy Longman; Bob Harrison; Cherie Laiche; and Emily Berry.
Spitale’s Pharmacy back in business as Spitale Drugs
MORGAN CITY, La. — A decade after closing its doors, Spitale’s Pharmacy will re-open for business as Spitale Drugs. Louis Spitale is resurrecting a long tradition of Spitale family pharmacists serv...
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U.S. rig count increases by 33 this week to 1,771
HOUSTON (AP) — Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. rose by 33 this week to 1,771. The Houston-based company sa...
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St. Mary Parish jobless rate drops by 1.4% in a year
BATON ROUGE, La. — The St. Mary Parish unemployment rate dropped from 8 percent in February 2012 to 6.6 percent this February, the federal Bureau of Labor reported Monday. During the same period, t...
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Louisiana business briefs
$25,000 donation for Lafourche Sheriff’s Office THIBODAUX — Chevron has donated $25,000 to the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office. A news release from Sheriff Craig Webre says the donation was made ...
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Louisiana Motor Transport Association holds annual safety banquet
BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Motor Transport Association held its 23rd Annual Safety Banquet at the Baton Rouge Marriott March 23. Among those honored were the 2012 Great West Casualty Fleet Safety ...
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Conrad announces end-of-year results, new business
MORGAN CITY, La. — Conrad Industries, announced on March 28 its fourth quarter and 12 months 2012 results and the addition of new business during the first quarter of 2013 totaling $51.4 million. ...
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LHC Group buys Ala. hospice agency
LAFAYETTE — Louisiana home health care provider LHC Group Inc. said that it bought Infirmary Hospice Care of Alabama. LHC said the agency has about $2.5 million in annual revenue. It is based in Mo...
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