New Orleans CityBusiness back issues from February 2008:
New Orleans-based Tidewater profits fall in 3Q
Feb 01, 2008 ... Tidewater Inc. today reported third-quarter profits for theperiod that ended Dec. 31 of $89.4 million, or $1.66 a share, downfrom $93.4 million, or $1.67 a share, for the same quarter a yearago. Third-quarter revenues were $314.2 million, an increase over$287.9 million in the ...
Commentary: Mardi Gras mixes well with Super Bowl in N.O.
Feb 01, 2008; ... Ever notice how often the term "conventional wisdom" is used toillustrate how unwise it is to rely on such alleged wisdom? Case in point: Conventional wisdom had Hillary Rodham Clintonlosing New Hampshire but she snatched victory from favored BarackObama in spite of all punditry ...
New Orleans sets up temporary clinic for Carnival
Feb 01, 2008 ... With Mardi Gras four days away, the city today announced theopening of a Mardi Gras Temporary Urgent Care Clinic at 1927 TulaneAve. near University Hospital. The clinic will be open from noon today until noon Wednesday, theday after Mardi Gras. It will be fully operational around ...
Louisiana Economic Development makes staff appointments
Feb 01, 2008 ... Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Stephen Moret todaynamed three appointments for the department - a deputy secretary,undersecretary, and policy adviser. Steven Grissom, currently executive vice president and interimpresident and CEO of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber, will ...
Caring krewes: N.O. Carnival groups give more than free trinkets
Feb 01, 2008; ... Free Carnival parades are a main tourist lure, but krewe membersalso provide charitable contributions to the city, particularlysince Hurricane Katrina. Rex members, for example, began a concentrated effort to rebuildNew Orleans just three weeks after Katrina by creating the Pro ...
New Orleans Hornets' Chris Paul, David West make All-Star team
Feb 01, 2008 ... New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul and forward David West werenamed to the 2008 Western Conference All-Star team as reserves, theNational Basketball Association said. Paul and West mark the eighth and ninth All-Stars in Hornetshistory. Paul has averaged 20.8 points, 10.7 ...
Construction to begin at three N.O. housing developments by mid- 2008
Feb 01, 2008 ... City officials expect construction on the redevelopment of threeof New Orleans' largest public housing developments to begin withinin the next six months. "I am encouraged to learn that construction will begin as earlyas mid-year on three of the four developments," said Mayor C ....
French Market Coffee launches two more coffees nationally
Feb 01, 2008 ... French Market Coffee, the oldest coffee roaster in New Orleans,today said it is adding two lines of coffee in stores nationwide:Restaurant Blend Dark Roast and Decaf Coffee & Chicory. The new coffees join French Market's original Coffee & Chicory,its signature red can, which is ...
Commentary: Krewes could gain strength by consolidation
Feb 01, 2008; ... Mark Carnival 2008 down as a potentially historic event. It couldbe the year that triggers the downsizing of Mardi Gras, as paradesleading up to the final four days of frivolity have involvedshrinking krewes and smaller crowds. Timing and weather have played a part in thinning the ...
Hot New Orleans Hornets give NBA's best value
Feb 02, 2008; ... The New Orleans Hornets were the best team value in the wild,wild Western Conference of the National Basketball Associationthrough the first half of the season. The Bees were a bargain for owner George Shinn, who paid $2.056million for each win compared with $2.482 million for the ...
Hornets Byron Scott named Western Conference Coach of the Month
Feb 02, 2008 ... Hornets head coach Byron Scott has been named the January WesternCoach of the Month the NBA announced Friday. The Hornets finishedwith a record of 12-2 during the month, including a 5-0 mark on theroad, tying a franchise-high for wins and also setting a franchise-best winning percentage ...
N.O. Jazz & Heritage Foundation to screen premiere of Treme documentary
Feb 02, 2008 ... The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation presents the premierescreening of the film "Faubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black NewOrleans" as part of its Tom Dent Congo Square Lecture Series. The screening takes place at 7 p.m. Feb. 16 at Holy Faith TempleBaptist Church,1325 ...
Chertoff: Hazard mitigation money should not go to Louisiana
Feb 03, 2008 ... Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff saidFriday President Bush should veto the SMART Act written by Sen. MaryLandrieu, D-New Orleans, which allows Louisiana to use $1.17 billionin hazard mitigation grants to complete funding for The Road ...
Report: Louisiana governor's hiring freeze 'working'
Feb 04, 2008 ... Commissioner of Administration Angele Davis today released thefirst report on a state government hiring freeze enacted by Gov.Bobby Jindal on his first full day in office Jan. 15. "This initial report shows that the hiring freeze is working andthat we have successfully begun to ...
Firm awarded $300,000 to design historic Perseverance Hall project in Treme
Feb 04, 2008; ... The opening note has been sounded on the long-awaited renovationof a historic jazz hall in Treme, signaling progress for what isexpected to become a major tourist attraction in a part of the citylong ignored by most tourists, despite its storied past. A nationally recognized ...
N.O. CityBusiness Question of the Week results: Majority of people go to four or more parades
Feb 04, 2008 ... Most people will attend four or more parades this Carnivalseason, according to CityBusiness' online Question of the Week. Out of 315 total votes cast in a week, 139, or 44.13 percent,went to four or more parades.The second most popular choice was none, which received 67 ...
President Bush pushes for $5.76B in N.O. storm protection
Feb 04, 2008 ... President Bush has made an emergency request for $5.761 billionin federal funds for the hurricane and storm damage reductionproject in greater New Orleans. The work would include internal drainage, as a single project tobe constructed with the state as a cost-sharing partner ...
Art is industry to Covington gallery owner
Feb 04, 2008; ... Susan Brunner, Arts Patron of the Year for St. Tammany Parish,wants you to know you may be part of the most glamorous yetunrecognized sector of the economy around: cultural production. "You are part of the cultural economy," said Brunner. "I am, too.The man who made you dinner at ...
McMoRan Exploration reports third successful well at Flatrock
Feb 04, 2008 ... McMoRan Exploration Co. today said it has a third successful wellat the Flatrock field at South Marsh Island Block 212 in 10 feet ofwater.The Flatrock No. 3 delineation well, which commenced drilling onNov. 5, is located about 3,000 feet south of the Flatrock discoverywell ....
Galatoire's chef to make 'Today Show' Mardi Gras appearance
Feb 04, 2008 ... Galatoire's chef Brian Landry will join "Today Show" host AlRoker on Mardi Gras morning to prepare some of his restaurant'sFrench Creole dishes. ...
Media interest in Mardi Gras as a way to gauge recovery of New Orleans all but disappears
Feb 04, 2008; ... Heavy rain washed out the first day of Carnival Jan. 25 butunlike the previous two years, a massive contingent of national andinternational media correspondents weren't in New Orleans to witnessthe downpour. "What a difference a couple of years make," said SandraShilstone, ...
Hot New Orleans Hornets give NBA's best value
Feb 04, 2008; ... The New Orleans Hornets were the best team value in the wild,wild Western Conference of the National Basketball Associationthrough the first half of the season. The Bees were a bargain for owner George Shinn, who paid $2.056million for each win compared with $2.482 million for the ...
Feb. 4-10
Feb 04, 2008 ... Feb. 4 Dr. John's Mardi Gras Mambo, 10 p.m. at the House of Blues, 225Decatur St. Tickets are $33.50 each. For more information or topurchase tickets, call 310-4999 or visit www.hob.com. Feb. 5 Mask-n-Mambo, 8-11 a.m., on stage at the corner of CausewayBoulevard and ...
Louisiana Restaurant Association program expected to help fill job openings
Feb 04, 2008; ... "Help wanted" signs were up first on the restaurant recovery menupost-Hurricane Katrina and a Louisiana Restaurant Associationprogram is expected to help fill those job orders now and in thefuture. The LRA ProStart Program teaches high school upperclassmen how torun every aspect ...
New Orleans Hospitality Briefs: February 4, 2008
Feb 04, 2008; ... The National Restaurant Association projects restaurant sales inLouisiana to increase to $4.8 billion, or 3.7 percent, in 2008, from$4.6 billion in 2007. Louisiana's projected volume gain ranks No. 28nationwide. U.S. sales projections of $558 billion in 2008 would be a 4.4percent ...
Look Who's Talking: Doug Talbot, owner of Lucky Dog Inc.
Feb 04, 2008; ... Age: 70 Family: wife, Judi; and sons Kirk and Mark Education: attended Southern Mississippi University Hometown: Bay St. Louis, Miss. Doug Talbot started in the food industry in the mid-1960s with anOrange Julius kiosk at Lakeside Shopping Center. "From ...
Commentary: Mardi Gras means business to N.O.
Feb 04, 2008 ... This year's muted Mardi Gras fits nicely into an otherwise hecticfirst quarter. A robust Mardi Gras is still crucial to restoring ourmultibillion-dollar tourism industry. No other events capture theimagination of tourists like our Carnival escapades. But the Bowl Championship ...
Commentary: Mardi Gras mixes well with Super Bowl in N.O.
Feb 04, 2008; ... Ever notice how often the term "conventional wisdom" is used toillustrate how unwise it is to rely on such alleged wisdom? Case in point: Conventional wisdom had Hillary Rodham Clintonlosing New Hampshire but she snatched victory from favored BarackObama in spite of all punditry ...
Commentary: Scalise now dominates race to replace Jindal
Feb 04, 2008; ... For months, political insiders in St. Tammany Parish speculatedSt. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis, a Republican, would enterthe race for Congress if Bobby Jindal vacated the seat. Jindal waselected governor, and early polls showed Davis as the leading NorthShore candidate in the ...
Louisiana's new AG says doctors and nurses will no longer be criminalized during times of crisis
Feb 04, 2008; ... Louisiana's new Attorney General James "Buddy" Caldwell saiddoctors and nurses will no longer be criminalized during times ofcrisis. He said he will not repeat the "mistakes" of his predecessor,Charles Foti, who Caldwell accuses of antagonizing the medicalcommunity through the ...
Louisiana port officials seek $300M in funding
Feb 04, 2008; ... Louisiana port officials plan to lobby Gov. Bobby Jindal andLouisiana legislators for about $300 million in 2008 funding. Jindal said he plans a second special session, following theethics reform session starting Sunday, to reform corporate taxstructure and divvy up the $1-billion ...
Why Stay? New Orleans Hornets Honeybees manager
Feb 04, 2008; ... Living and working in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans suitsAshley Deaton's personality just fine. Deaton, 31, relishes her job as the New Orleans Hornets Honeybeesmanager and choreographer. The LaPlace native danced on the 20-member Honeybee squad threeyears before taking ...
Commentary: Saints set for British invasion in 2008
Feb 04, 2008; ... The Saints are going to England. In a grand old tradition started in 2007, the National FootballLeague will hold a regular season game in Europe, specificallyEngland, to enhance and promote its brand worldwide. It isanticipated all 32 NFL teams will play in Europe over the next ...
What others say
Feb 04, 2008 ... 'New Orleans' record on rebuilding firehouses: 0-22,' CNN, Jan.24 New Orleans has yet to rebuild a single fire station more thantwo years after Katrina destroyed or damaged 22 of the city's 33firehouses. Appalled by the city's lack of action, an actor isleading the way in ...
The New Orleans Recovery Agenda: Barack Obama
Feb 04, 2008; ... Age: 46 Party: Democrat Family: wife, Michelle Obama; and daughters Malia, 9, and Sasha,6 Political background: Illinois Senate, 1997-2004; and Senator,2004-present Education: bachelor's degree, Columbia University; and jurisdoctor, Harvard ...
Louisiana's Road Home closings top 60 percent
Feb 04, 2008; ... A total of 2,601 homeowners closed with The Road Home for theweek ended Jan. 28 in the busiest week of the young new year. With 95,556 closings in hand, The Road Home has now concluded itsbusiness with 60 percent of the 159,406 eligible ...
LSU picks site for $98M cancer research center
Feb 04, 2008; ... The Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors has approvedthe location and design of a proposed $98-million cancer researchcenter at the corner of Tulane and Claiborne avenues. The Louisiana Office of Facility Planning and Control is expectedto grant its approval for the ...
Mardi Gras parade spells trouble for Circle Bar sign in New Orleans
Feb 04, 2008; ... The red neon glow marking the Circle Bar at 1032 St. Charles Ave.went dark Jan. 26 night after a blast of Mardi Gras beads blew outthe gas-lit tubes that have brightly spelled out BAR since thewatering hole opened in 1999. The neon-busting beads were thrown during the Krewe ...
The New Orleans Recovery Agenda: Hillary Rodham Clinton
Feb 04, 2008; ... Age: 61 Party: Democratic Family: husband, Bill Clinton; and one daughter, Chelsea Political background: New York senator 2001-08, first lady 1993-2001 Education: bachelor's degree, Wellesley College; and jurisdoctorate, Yale Law School Religion: ...
N.O. to upgrade tow trucks
Feb 04, 2008; ... City workers have been test driving a new tow truck that PublicWorks Director Robert Mendoza says will help streamline the removalof illegally parked vehicles. Samson Lift Technologies of Boca Raton, Fla., sent an SLVR (sideloading vehicle retriever) truck to New Orleans to aid in ...
Court Watch NOLA critical of hearing continuances
Feb 04, 2008; ... Unnecessary delays in the New Orleans criminal justice system arecreating too much time between court dates. These are the topfindings from Court Watch NOLA's second quarterly report. The groupis urging judges and attorneys to discourage the abuse ofcontinuances. "It is a ...
Patients, doctors join in lawsuit to reopen Charity Hospital in New Orleans
Feb 04, 2008; ... Former patients of Charity Hospital, health care professionals,law enforcement officials and community leaders have filed a classaction lawsuit against Louisiana State University for the closure ofCharity Hospital without the consent of the Louisiana Legislature. The lawsuit states ...
The New Orleans Recovery Agenda: Mitt Romney
Feb 04, 2008; ... Age: 60 Party: Republican Family: wife, Ann Romney; and five children Political background: Massachusetts governor 2003-07 Education: bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University;master's degree in business, juris doctorate from Harvard BusinessSchool/Harvard ...
The New Orleans Recovery Agenda: John Edwards
Feb 04, 2008; ... Age: 54 Party: Democrat Family: wife, Elizabeth Edwards; and children, Catharine, 25,Emma Claire, 9, and Jack, 7 Political background: served in the U.S. Senate from 1998 to 2004 Education: bachelor's degree in science, North Carolina StateUniversity; and ...
The New Orleans Recovery Agenda: John McCain
Feb 04, 2008; ... Age: 71 Party: Republican Family: wife, Cindy Hensley McCain; and three children from aprevious marriage Political background: Senator since 1986 Education: U.S. Naval Academy, the National War College Religion: Baptist Tidbit: born in the Panama ...
The New Orleans Recovery Agenda: Mike Huckabee
Feb 04, 2008; ... Age: 51 Party: Republican Family: wife, Janet; and three children Political background: Arkansas governor, 1996-2007; andlieutenant governor, 1993-96 Education: bachelor's degree, Ouachita Baptist University, 1975;and master's degree, Southwestern Baptist ...
Flipping is serious biz for students of realty at New Orleans college
Feb 04, 2008; ... A real estate fad turned reality TV sensation will go academicthis month with a no-credit night class at the University of NewOrleans Metropolitan College. The three-session course "Is Flipping for You?," which will betaught at the college's Lakefront campus Feb 13, 20 and 27, and ...
Commentary: La Provence maintains familiar French roots
Feb 04, 2008; ... La Provence $$$$$ 25020 U.S. Highway 190, Lacombe Reservations recommended (985) 626-7662 Dinner Wednesday through Sunday. Brunch Sunday. La Provence has unique natural appeal. It's been that way sincefounder Chris Kerageorgiou converted a former ...
Correction
Feb 04, 2008 ... The Krewe of Rex raised $30,000 in 2007 for the Police andJustice Foundation to help defray police overtime costs ...
'Rob and Bo' sign off New Orleans radio station 99.5 FM
Feb 04, 2008 ... New Orleans radio station 99.5 FM canceled the "Rob and Bo Show"because it could not work out the time crunch for former mayoralcandidate Rob Couhig, who worked with longtime radio personality BoWalker. The show aired from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. Monday through Friday. Couhig said the ...
N.O.-area foreclosures lag national rates
Feb 04, 2008 ... Foreclosures last year in the New Orleans area soared past 2006figures but are still well off the national pace. Data from RealtyTrac, an Irvine, Calif.-based online marketplacefor foreclosure properties, reports there were 1,819 foreclosures inJefferson Parish last year, eight ...
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, N.O. District, awards Cajun Contractors $132M floodwall contract
Feb 04, 2008 ... The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, awarded a$132-million contract to construct a 8,300-foot floodwall stretchingsouth from Harvey Canal sector gate at Lapalco Boulevard to the S-curve of Old Peters Road. "This is the largest floodwall construction contract on ...
Commentary: Mardi Gras means business to N.O.
Feb 06, 2008 ... This year's muted Mardi Gras fits nicely into an otherwise hecticfirst quarter. A robust Mardi Gras is still crucial to restoring ourmultibillion-dollar tourism industry. No other events capture theimagination of tourists like our Carnival escapades. But the Bowl Championship ...
Ochsner Medical Center in Kenner begins Lent with free screenings
Feb 06, 2008 ... Ochsner Medical Center - Kenner and The St. Charles Health Centerare offering free health screenings from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday atOchsner Medical Center-Kenner, 200 W. Esplanade Ave. The event isopen to the public. Options include screenings for: blood pressure,glucose, diabetes ...
City Year Louisiana holds open house in N.O.
Feb 06, 2008 ... City Year Louisiana, a nonprofit that enlists young people for ayear of full-time community service, will hold its first nationalopen house today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at its ...
SDT Waste concludes quick Mardi Gras cleanup in New Orleans
Feb 06, 2008 ... SDT Waste and Debris crews began at midnight removing mounds oftrash left behind by crowds on Bourbon Street and the FrenchQuarter. SDT owner Sidney Torres IV followed the New Orleans PoliceDepartment as it shut down Carnival. The company is using frontloaders, water trucks and power ...
Gilmore and Son Construction to handle $11.5M Elmwood road project
Feb 06, 2008 ... Gilmore and Son Construction Corp. this week will remove anabandoned railroad track in the Elmwood area in an $11.5-millionproject. As a result, a block of Edwards Avenue between Powell Street andSalmen Avenue will be closed beginning at 5 p.m. Friday and endingat 7 a.m. Monday ....
Senate committee to meet in N.O. to discuss Road Home
Feb 06, 2008 ... A Louisiana Senate committee will meet at 1 p.m. today in CityCouncil chambers to discuss The Road Home at 1300 Perdido St.State Sen. Derrick Shepherd chairs the Committee on Local andMunicipal Affairs. State Sen. Cheryl A. Gray is ...
Small businesses feeling lending pinch
Feb 06, 2008 ... With one-third of U.S. banks surveyed by the Federal Reservehaving recently tightened lending standards for loans to smallbusinesses, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., chairman of the Committee onSmall Business and Entrepreneurship, said today he will introducelegislation to reduce loan costs ...
Jefferson Parish plans second inspection sweep
Feb 06, 2008 ... On Monday, Jefferson Parish's Public Works Department willconduct the second in a series of public property inspections alongall major thoroughfares on the East Bank and West Bank. Public Works employees will be on the lookout for broken curbs,missing or leaning street signs or ...
Protesters plan rally for N.O. homeless
Feb 06, 2008 ... Protesters will hold a rally at 4 p.m. today in opposition towhat they say is Mayor C. Ray Nagin's enforcement of the New Orleans"public ...
Analyst: Homeowners should retain most value
Feb 06, 2008 ... Walter Hall, a real estate entrepreneur, today projected existinghomes should retain nearly all appreciation from the years from 2002-06.For example, home values appreciated 34 percent on average inMassachusetts during this period. As of January, it appears averagedepreciation ...
Banners to increase tourist traffic in N.O.'s Vietnamese community
Feb 06, 2008 ... To draw more tourists and business to the Vietnamese community ineastern New Orleans, 56 "Viet Village" banners will be placed inVillage de l'Est. The Mary Queen of Vietnam Community Development Corporation willhold a ceremony for the banners and to celebrate Vietnamese New ...
Obama to make campaign stop in N.O.
Feb 06, 2008 ... Sen. Barack Obama will be in New Orleans for a Thursday morning"community event," according to Obama's 2008 presidential campaignWeb site. Obama will appear at Tulane University's Fogelman Arena at FreretStreet and ...
Little Caesars eyes N.O. area for expansion
Feb 06, 2008 ... Carryout pizza chain Little Caesars said it plans to open 30locations during the next 10 years in the New Orleans area employingabout 900 people. "From its historic French Quarter to the city's jazz scene, NewOrleans is one of the nation's most spirited cities, and we areexcited ...