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BBB Acadiana warns businesses about DNS Services
Most Acadiana businesses take pride in paying their bills on time to protect both their credit standing and reputation, but one company looks to take advantage of this good will to trick businesses...
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Jimmy Johnson
M C Bank celebrates 40-year employee's retirement
M C Bank employees gathered recently to recognize one of their 40-year employees. Jimmy O. Johnson began his employment with Morgan City Bank in 1973 as one of their main office couriers. In 1997, ...
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Moody-Price acquires Guico Specialty
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Moody-Price LLC, a Baton Rouge equipment and supplies distributor, has acquired Guico Specialty Co., a Lafayette firm that sells high-pressure industrial equipment. Terms of the ...
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BauerFinancial awards Whitney Bank 4-Star rating
NEW ORLEANS — Whitney Bank on Dec. 20 received an Excellent 4-Star rating from BauerFinancial Inc., the nation’s leading bank rating and research firm, for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 2012. Bauer’...
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AgCenter Sugar Institute ribbon cutting Jan. 25
ST. GABRIEL — The LSU AgCenter Audubon Sugar Institute will hold a ribbon cutting at 10 a.m. on Jan. 25 to mark the completion of a pilot plant dedicated to producing biofuels and biochemicals from...
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McDermott signs shipyard contract for construction
HOUSTON — McDermott International Inc. announced Dec. 27 that one of its subsidiaries has signed a contract for the design and construction of a new high-spec, highly capable dynamically positioned...
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Owner Melissa Pirnar, landlord Lillian Chedotal and Chef Patrick Martinez await the opening of the Pierre Part Café-Seafood and Steak in the old Chedotal’s grocery store at the foot of the Pierre Part Bay bridge on La. 70.
Pierre Part Cafe - Seafood and Steak coming soon
By LINDA COOKE By the end of January or first of February, if all goes well, the community of Pierre Part will welcome the opening of a brand new restaurant — the Pierre Part Café-Seafood and Steak...
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Chevron's CEO: Affordable energy is crucial 

NEW YORK (AP) — Chevron CEO John Watson notices something important as he visits his company's operations around the globe: Governments everywhere find high energy prices much scarier than the thre...
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Transocean provides fleet summary
Transocean issued a monthly fleet update summary Monday which includes new contracts, significant changes to existing contracts and changes in estimated planned out of service time of 15 or more da...
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Gulf Island Fabrication CEO to retire Jan. 1
HOUMA (AP) — The head of Terrebonne Parish’s largest private company will retire Jan. 1. Kerry Chauvin has been at Gulf Island Fabrication for 27 ½ years, most of them as CEO and board chairman. Ch...
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St. Mary Leadership reports progress
By ERIN SAUCE Leadership St. Mary Co-Chair Participants in the second Leadership St. Mary class have completed three of the seven day-long sessions scheduled for the program this year. The class ha...
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Conrad declares cash dividend
MORGAN CITY — Conrad Industries announced Friday that its board of directors declared a special cash dividend of $2 per common share. The special cash dividend is payable to shareholders of record ...
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