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The head of the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce says he used to get asked about poor relations with New Orleans.
They are shaping their policies on a series of issues they have discovered they share common ground on.
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The recession finally ended in August in one out of every five metro areas in the United States, especially in the Midwest and Great Plains, according to the latest Adversity Index from Moody's Economy.com and msnbc.com. Including the metro areas of Baton Rouge, and New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner in Louisiana.
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A new study indicates that per capita income in New Orleans has grown at a faster pace than in any other U.S. metropolitan area. Figures for all of 2008 put the average income in the city now at $44,136.
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State loses 2,500 positions; down 32,100 from year ago
Two engines of the economy — manufacturing and the trade-transportation-utilities sectors — accounted for most of the annual job losses in Louisiana, showing the broad impact of the national recession that began in late 2007.
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Home Depot laid off an unspecified number of employees at some New Orleans area stores this week, saying it needs fewer workers as post-hurricane rebuilding efforts taper. Which metro area stores were affected or how many individuals lost their jobs were not specified.
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New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner area employers expect to hire at a slow pace during the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.
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The state has dropped a plan to seek about $300 million of federal aid to launch passenger railroad service between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
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The National Trust for Historic Preservation says the recession is forcing it to close the New Orleans field office that it opened weeks after Hurricane Katrina...
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Instead of taking the half-million alligator eggs from marshes and swamps that they had in recent years, alligator farmers are expected to pull in 30,000 this year, with a final tally in December. And state wildlife officials expect the 2009 harvest of adult gators, which begins Aug. 26, to amount to a small fraction of last year's 35,500.
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