NEW ORLEANS - Young Leadership Council (YLC) and Arc of Greater New Orleans (ArcGNO) have announced the 2019 return of their Mardi Gras Recycling Initiative. The endeavor is a collaboration between Young Leadership Council’s YLC Recycles project and ArcGNO. In 2018,…
NEW ORLEANS - With the holidays right around the corner, employers are looking to fill part-time and full-time positions, which makes it the perfect time for job seekers to explore new opportunities. New Orleans & Company is hosting its November Job…
BATON ROUGE, La. – Officials from the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, City of New Orleans, Housing Authority of New Orleans, and local elected leaders unveiled a series of banners depicting the history of Basin Street in New Orleans…
NEW ORLEANS - Trahan Architects, headquartered in New Orleans with offices in New York and Chicago, has been ranked No. 9 among the top 50 design firms of 2018 by ARCHITECT Magazine, the official journal of the American Institute of Architects…
NEW ORLEANS – On Tuesday, Nov. 13, Mayor LaToya Cantrell celebrated the value of international education and exchange worldwide with New Orleans’ international scholars and students with International Education Appreciation Day at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz and Heritage Center. Details…
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's economy shrank slightly in the third quarter of 2018, the first quarterly decline since early 2015, due to declining exports and bottlenecks in getting new cars certified under tougher emissions tests. The Federal Statistical Office reported…
CINCINNATI (AP) — Macy's is heading into the crucial holiday season firing on all cylinders, logging its fourth consecutive quarter of sales growth at existing locations and getting strong reactions from customers both online and in its stores. The company…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional advisory panel says the purchase of internet-linked devices manufactured in China leaves the United States vulnerable to security breaches that could put critical infrastructure at risk. In its annual report on Wednesday, the U.S.-China Economic…
EUNICE, La. — Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards highlighted the announcement from Riceland Crawfish President Dexter Guillory that the company will make a $3 million capital investment to expand its facility in Eunice. Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner…
NEW YORK (AP) — CNN sued the Trump administration Tuesday, demanding that correspondent Jim Acosta's credentials to cover the White House be returned because their revocation violates the constitutional right of freedom of the press. The administration stripped Acosta of…
NEW ORLEANS - Christopher O. Davis of Baker Donelson has been elected president of the Comité Maritime International (CMI). The announcement was made in a press release. The CMI, formally established in 1897, is a non-governmental organization based in Antwerp, Belgium,…
NEW ORLEANS - Loyola University New Orleans will present one of its highest honors next week to a renowned physician who left an academic position at Emory University in 1983 to become an apostolate among the poor children of the developing world.…
NEW ORLEANS - In an effort to highlight local nonprofits, trepwise and Eiffel Society recently launched a fall monthly event series dubbed “trepwork for good.” The final event for this season takes place on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at Eiffel Society (2040 Saint Charles Ave.), during…
NEW ORLEANS – The National WWII Museum will host the 11th International Conference on World War II in New Orleans from Thursday, Nov. 29, to Saturday, Dec. 1. Presented by The Pritzker Military Museum & Library and The Pritzker Military Foundation, this…
NEW YORK - A solid 70 percent of Americans plan to shop on Black Friday this year, according to a recent NerdWallet study conducted by The Harris Poll. But the nature of a day centered around shopping can almost inevitably lead…
NEW YORK (AP) — Home Depot breezed past all expectations in the third quarter and raised its annual profit expectations again as Americans plow money into their homes, even amid hints that the housing market is cooling. Comparable-store sales, a…
NEW YORK - U.S. stock indexes were mostly higher in early trading Tuesday, erasing some of the losses from a steep, technology-driven sell-off a day earlier. Gains in banks and technology companies outweighed losses elsewhere in the market. Crude oil prices…
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is hard to escape. Whether you've bought shoes at Zappos, picked up milk at Whole Foods or listened to an audiobook on Audible, you've been caught up in Amazon's growing web of businesses. And now,…
The largest cruise ship to home port in New Orleans left for its first voyage on Sunday afternoon.
NEW YORK - The holidays are a huge deal in the Weston household — and every year, the expenses threatened to gallop out of control. Keeping the holiday joyous and less stressful means keeping a firm rein on our spending. Here's…
NEW ORLEANS - With a smile and a sense of humor, Francesca Brennan regulates her ever-changing work-life balance – a tricky endeavor familiar to most women. She’s the mother of two children under four-years-old, the president of the Oak Street Po-Boy…
NEW ORLEANS – The Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation (GNOSF) is celebrating 30 years of successfully attracting and managing major sporting events to Louisiana and the Greater New Orleans Area. Since its inception, the GNOSF has hosted hundreds of sporting…
NEW ORLEANS - The Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance (GNOHA) is encouraging residents to join them at the upcoming City Planning Commission (CPC) hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 13, to stress the need for mandatory inclusionary zoning as part of the Smart Housing…
METAIRIE, La. — Tulane Lakeside Hospital for Women and Children was awarded an ‘A’ from The Leapfrog Group’s Fall 2018 Hospital Safety Grade. The announcement was made in a press release. The designation recognizes Tulane Lakeside’s efforts in protecting patients from harm and…
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Pabst Brewing Company and MillerCoors are going to trial, with hipster favorite Pabst contending that MillerCoors wants to put it out of business by ending a longstanding partnership through which it brews Pabst's beers. The case has…
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are opening moderately lower on Wall Street, led by declines in technology and internet companies. Apple fell 3.7 percent in early trading Monday…
NEW YORK - Athenahealth shares soared Monday after the struggling medical billing software maker received a $5.7 billion cash buyout offer. Veritas Capital and Evergreen Coast Capital plan to give athenahealth shareholders $135 per share in a deal that will take…
STAMFORD, Conn. – WWE® (NYSE: WWE) and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards announced that WrestleMania 34 generated $175 million in economic impact for the greater New Orleans region this past April, according to a study conducted by the Enigma Research Corporation.…
NEW YORK (AP) — Media and publishing giant Meredith Corp. says it is selling its Fortune brand for $150 million in cash to Fortune Media Group. The deal, subject to regulatory approval, is expected to close by the end of…
BATON ROUGE, La. – After the Lt. Governor’s successful sales mission to China in September, Brand USA – the national U.S. tourism promotion agency – sent a team of Chinese tour operators to Louisiana on an educational familiarization tour. Tour…
