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NEW ORLEANS SAINTS WIN SUPER BOWL !
Stirring fourth quarter surge lifts New Orleans to its first Super Bowl championship! Full Article
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Apple: Hard iPad Sell
With the introduction of the iPad, Apple's status as a cultural icon reached new heights. The media's crush on Apple is not just alive and well, but it has gone global. The challenge for Apple, however, with the iPad will be less about improving an established market than building a new one. Full Article.
LSU Students’ Ad to Air During Super Bowl
A local commercial by two LSU marketing students for Gulf Coast Bank & Trust will air during the Super Bowl.Gagliardi and Balcerowicz’s spot encourages customers to take time to save, highlighting milestones in people’s lives such as early childhood, school, graduation and marriage. Full Article.
Secretary Praises Reforms by State--But It's No Shoo-in for Race To the Top
Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently lavished praise on the LA system that enables the state to tie student test scores to the teachers who taught them and to the education schools that taught those teachers. But Duncan, in an interview with a roundtable of reporters, said that doesn't necessarily mean that Louisiana is a shoo-in to win the high-stakes competition between states. Full Article.
U.S. Unemployment Drops Below 10%
Recent government reports indicated that the unemployment rate dropped unexpectedly in January to 9.7 percent from 10 percent while employers shed 20,000 jobs. Labor Dept. Analysts said the rate dropped because a survey of households found the number of employed Americans rose by 541,000. Full Article.
LA’s College Streamlining Commission Panel Votes for Two Higher Ed Boards
LA should have only two higher education management boards: one for universities & one for community & technical colleges, the state’s college streamlining commission voted on 2/4/2010. Gov. Jindal supports even strong consolidation into a single board for all higher education. Full Article.
Shortage of Female Entrepreneurs, Despite Evidence That Female-Led Businesses Outperform
Men and women entrepreneurs are similar, with equivalent education levels, early interest in starting their own business, and similar other advantages, yet no woman has ever been CEO of a Wall Street firm. Kauffman Foundation's analysis of Dun & Bradstreet data showed that women were primary owners of only 19% of the 237,843 firms founded in 2004. Full Article.
One of Largest Sugar Cane Refineries in US Being Built in Gramercy, La.
Construction recently began on one of the largest sugar cane refineries in the country at Gramercy. The LA Sugar Refining plant, a $190 million project, is a joint venture between Cargill Inc., Imperial Sugar Co. and Louisiana sugar growers. Full Article.
