News roundup: Bernanke signals Fed will continue stimulus efforts … Oman using solar power to pump oil … NASA taps Texas firm to see whether 3-D printed food can fuel a mission to Mars
Holding steady: Chairman Ben Bernanke is telling Congress that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to end its extraordinary stimulus programs. In testimony to the Joint Economic...
DATE: May 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Should robots offset dearth of workers in elder care?
If the number of care workers for the elderly across America fails to grow alongside the aging baby boomer generation, many people might end up being cared for by robots, The New York Times reports. According to the Health and Human Services...
DATE: May 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
News roundup: LSU graduates 3,735 at 280th commencement … Gauge of U.S. economy's future health up in April … Future retirees at risk of downward mobility, Pew finds
Book ends: When LSU wraps up its 280th commencement ceremonies later today, it will have handed out 3,735 degrees, including 22 to faculty and staff members. The ceremonies feature 416 people who graduated with academic honors.
DATE: May 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Baton Rouge's new power broker: John Georges
In 1999, John Georges went into the tugboat business. It was unchartered territory for him. Though he had a successful wholesale distribution company and a thriving video poker business, offshore maritime was a totally new ballgame.
DATE: May 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
Rising tide
Like everywhere else, the Baton Rouge area had a recession. But, as local elites will constantly remind you, our recession wasn't as bad as most.
DATE: May 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
Executive Spotlight: Jennifer Vosburg
Have you ever heard of NRG Energy? Or its fully-owned subsidiary, Louisiana Generating? Maybe not. But Jennifer Vosburg says most people catch on when they hear "Big Cajun I and Big Cajun II," which Fortune 300 energy company NRG owns. Since leaving...
DATE: May 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Jennifer Vosburg
I love to be challenged. The electric industry is both static and dynamic. While the foundation of the electric industry is currently status quo, there is a growing wave of change to how power is generated, delivered and used as part of our lives.
DATE: May 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Executive Spotlight
Joey Coco
On the first day of the MBA program, Joey Coco's class defined “an entrepreneur” as someone who brings disparate resources together to create value.
DATE: May 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
Imagining again
While golfers and advocates for change bicker over what to do with City Park Golf Course, BREC Superintendent Carolyn McKnight has her own vision for the future of the park.
DATE: May 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
Brave new world
In the business world, “adapt or die” is a truism. The ubiquity of the Internet is altering—in some cases, radically upending—the models for all sorts of industries. Exhibit A: the current turmoil in print journalism.
DATE: May 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
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