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New Orleans-based Tidewater's 2Q earnings up 2.8 percent
Oct 29, 2009 ... Tidewater Inc. said second-quarter earnings rose 2.8 percent to$98.2 million, or $1.90 a share, from $95.4 million, or $1.85 ashare, for the same quarter last year. Second-quarter 2009 earnings were impacted by a $34.3 million, or66 cents a share, tax benefit resulting from a ...
Nearly $1M in roadwork begins in preparation for riverfront park in New Orleans
Oct 29, 2009; ... The New Orleans Department of Public Works broke ground last weekon a $990,000 roadway and sidewalk project in the French Quarter,Marigny and Bywater neighborhoods. The investment is the city's way of expressing its support forthe planned $30 million construction of a riverfront ...
Entergy New Orleans chosen for $5M stimulus grant
Oct 29, 2009 ... Entergy New Orleans said it has been selected to receive anapproximately $5 million federal stimulus grant for a pilot projectto help low-income customers better manage electric bills. The U.S. Department of Energy has notified Entergy about thegrant. Entergy said the next step is ...
La. Sen. Mary Landrieu vows to fight proposed oyster regulation
Oct 29, 2009 ... Sen. Mary Landrieu says she will fight a Food and DrugAdministration proposal that would require oysters caught in warm-weather months to be treated after harvest to kill potentiallydeadly bacteria. The proposed regulation, which would take effect in 2011, wouldrequire all ...
Report: New Orleans has largest percentage of charter school students
Oct 29, 2009 ... A higher percentage of public school students attend charterschools in New Orleans than any other city in the nation, accordingto the annual Top 10 Charter Communities by Market Share reportreleased today by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. New Orleans ranks first ...