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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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EPA takes aim at auto emissions, sulfur in gas
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration proposed new regulations Friday to clean up gasoline and automobile emissions, claiming the new standards would provide $7 in health benefits from cleaner...
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La. jobless rate edges up to 6 percent in Feb. 

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal unemployment statistics show Louisiana's unemployment rate edged up to 6 percent in February, despite an uptick in the number of people working in non-agricultural jobs. ...
Mar 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Landrieu, Vitter: $1.4M grant for Port Fourchon
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's two U.S. senators say the Greater Lafourche Port Commission is getting a $1.4 million grant to elevate and improve the drainage of a road at Port Fourchon, which serv...
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Industrial group to hear insurance executive
The St. Mary Industrial Group will hold its monthly luncheon meeting at noon Monday at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City. The guest speaker will be Michael Bertaut. He is a financial modeler and f...
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IBM putting 800-job tech center in Baton Rouge
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — IBM expects to employ 800 people within four years at a service center to be built in Baton Rouge, Gov. Bobby Jindal and IBM Senior Vice Preside...
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Banks receive Greenwich awards
Hancock Bank and Whitney Bank received a combined eight national and regional Greenwich Excellence Awards in small business and middle market banking for 2012. The two Gulf South financial institut...
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