Recently added articles from New Orleans CityBusiness:
Job seekers face pitfalls online
Jul 02, 2009; ... Lola Lass, owner of Adeeta Corporate Staffing in New Orleans,frequently finds e-mail addresses in her inbox that catch herattention even before she opens the file. Brownsugarsexymama@yahoo.com. Hotmama2389@gmail.com. "I get those weekly," Lass said, referring to the ...
Funds for New Orleans soft second mortgage almost gone
Jul 02, 2009 ... Nearly all of the money allocated for a soft second mortgageprogram for first-time homebuyers in New Orleans has been spent orset aside for qualifying applicants. The Finance Authority of New Orleans administers the First TimeHomebuyer Fund program, which offers up to $65,000 in a ...
University of New Orleans applicants up 5.8 percent
Jul 02, 2009 ... The University of New Orleans today said applications for thefall 2009 semester are up for the second year in a row. Total ...
New Orleans CityBusiness Innovator of the Year nominations due by 5 p.m. today
Jul 02, 2009 ... Innovator of the Year nominations are due by 5 p.m. today. In its eighth year, Innovator of the Year recognizes individuals,companies and organizations that succeed by operating in new andexciting ways or creating unique products. Submitting multiple nominations for one ...
48 hours left to submit Innovator of the Year nominations to New Orleans CityBusiness
Jul 01, 2009; ... Innovator of the Year nominations are due by 5 p.m. Thursday. In its eighth year, Innovator of the Year recognizes individuals,companies and organizations that succeed by operating in new andexciting ways or creating unique products. Submitting multiple nominations for one ...
Gas prices fall in New Orleans
Jul 01, 2009 ... City gas prices slipped overnight, falling from an average $2.542per gallon of regular grade Tuesday to $2.54 today, according toAAA. A month ago, city ...
IberiaBank prices stock in public offering
Jul 01, 2009 ... IberiaBank Corp. said it has priced a public offering of 3.85million shares of common stock at $39 a share. The company ...
Renaissance Hall in New Orleans opens
Jul 01, 2009 ... Renaissance Hall, a 1,800-square-foot facility at 3869 GentillyBlvd., opened Saturday. New Orleans native and ...
$9.8 million restoration planned for Joseph Bartholomew golf course in New Orleans
Jul 01, 2009 ... Construction is scheduled to begin Saturday to restore JosephBartholomew Sr. Municipal Golf Course, an $9.8 million project inPontchartrain Park.The facility, damaged by Hurricane Katrina, is slated to open togolfers next year. "The Joe Bartholomew Golf Course is the ...
Louisiana receives $100,000 for apprenticeship programs
Jul 01, 2009 ... Louisiana will receive $100,000 to help people find jobs as partof the U.S. Department of Labor's Registered Apprenticeship program. The apprenticeship program is an earn-while-you-learn programthat provides a combination of on-the-job learning and relatedclassroom instruction so ...
Canseco's grocery store opens in Gentilly
Jul 01, 2009 ... Gentilly residents have a new place to buy groceries. Canseco's Elysian Fields Market opens today at 11 a.m. Sinesio Canseco is the owner of the 5217 Elysian Fields ...
$7M overhaul planned for Carver Theater in New Orleans
Jul 01, 2009; ... Much of the talk of the New Orleans performing arts community hasbeen focused on the return of the Mahalia Jackson Theater of thePerforming Arts and the planned renovation of the Saenger andOrpheum theaters. But there is another project, less-discussed but just asimportant, that ...
Q&A with New Orleans musician Davis Rogan
Jul 01, 2009; ... A character in the upcoming David Simon series, "Treme," on HBOis partially inspired by local musician Davis Rogan. Actor SteveZahn will play the character, also named Davis. How closely will the character resemble you? Obviously it's a fictional work and the writers and Steve ...
First Fridays brand expands to include 'fashion cafe' in New Orleans Lower Garden District
Jul 01, 2009; ... Saturday's scheduled opening of the First Fridays Life FashionCafe in the Lower Garden District marks more than the launching ofanother retail outlet. If entrepreneur Anthony Patton's visionbecomes reality, it could put New Orleans on the map as theheadquarters of a national ...
New Orleans Comedy Arts Festival shoots for stars
Jul 01, 2009; ... The New Orleans Comedy Arts Festival, which has scraped by with aminimal budget in its first two years, is shooting for the stars in2010. Organizers plan to seek live performance tax credits to helpthem to pursue A-list talent to headline the third annual eventscheduled for late ...
One month left to submit N.O. CityBusiness Best Places to Work nominations
Jul 01, 2009 ... Nominations are now being taken for the CityBusiness Best Placesto Work program. Nominations must be received by 5 p.m. July 31. For the seventh year, CityBusiness will rank companies doingbusiness in the area according to how well they treat their mostimportant asset -- their ...
Brad Pitt's 9th Ward rebuilding project, Make It Right to expand into multifamily construction
Jul 01, 2009 ... Brad Pitt's 9th Ward post-Katrina rebuilding project, Make ItRight, has focused on building single-family homes since the projectbroke ground in 2008. But with plans to build duplexes, the project is expanding thetype of homes it constructs. "Before the storm, there were a ...
American Teleservices Association chooses N.O. for meeting
Jul 01, 2009 ... The American Teleservices Association will bring its 2009convention and expo to New Orleans Oct. 4-7. More than 500 people are expected to attend. "A New ...
New Orleans City Councilman Arnie Fielkow proposes ordinance to fight wage theft
Jul 01, 2009; ... New Orleans City Councilman Arnie Fielkow has proposed creatingan ordinance to protect workers, particularly Hispanic day laborers,from wage theft. At a council committee meeting Tuesday, dozens of workers packedthe chambers to provide firsthand accounts of how contractorsrefused ...
Sen. Landrieu to chair hearing on small business trade in N.O.
Jun 30, 2009; ... Sen. Mary Landrieu today planned to chair a Senate committeehearing in New Orleans on exporting for small businesses. The hearing of the Senate Committee on Small Business andEntrepreneurship, "Keeping America Competitive: Federal Programsthat Promote Small Business Exporting," is ...