Business
What this election will mean to businesses
The French have an expression: “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.” The more things change, the more they stay the same. […]
Dan Juneau
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Move over Saudi Arabia
Throughout my 40 years representing the business community—first with the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce and then with LABI—I have been a student of energy issues and energy economics. […]
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Spending is a bipartisan obsession
If you engage with government long enough, as I have, it is hard not to become cynical. Then again, cynics often see an unfiltered version of the truth. At this moment, politics weigh heavily upon voters who care. […]
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How our state stacks up nationally
The Tax Foundation has released its 2013 State Business Tax Climate Index. It ranks Louisiana in the bottom half of states at 32nd (the lower the number, the better the score in this index). […]
Business
What manufacturing means to state
Oct. 5 has been designated “Manufacturing Day” in the U.S. It is appropriate to reflect upon the role manufacturing plays in our economy nationally and here in Louisiana.
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Battle for the Senate taking shape
With less than two months to go before the Nov. 6 election, the focus of the media is on the presidential race. […]
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LSU seeks glory beyond grid iron
As trying as these times are at LSU, all is well at the heart of the campus, Tiger Stadium. […]
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Isaac brings misery and hope
Hurricane Isaac brought danger, misery and hope with it when it ambled on shore early Wednesday morning below Houma. Mercifully, its sustained winds never exceeded 80 miles per hour.
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State’s UC trust fund solvency would win a silver medal
The 2012 Summer Olympics recently concluded in London and are now consigned to the annals of history. Yet, the awarding of gold, silver and bronze to the best in anything are laurels we all understand and routinely apply. […]