Eye On The Market

Business Facilities Ranks Louisiana Among Top States - Louisiana Economic Development

Louisiana #2 in the nation for Economic Growth Potential and #7 for Best Business Climate

Also: La. FastStart Named Nation's Best State Workforce Training Program

Louisiana #2 in USA in Absolute Job Growth Over Last 5 Years- The Business Journals

VIDEO: CBS Report on Biloxi 'Booming' - SunHerald

Businesses Begin To Return to NOLA East - WDSU

Tangipahoa Leaders Encouraged by Sales Tax Numbers - WWLTV

Lafayette Parish Retail Sales Continue to Climb - The Independent

Survey Says Baton Rouge Good Place to Start a Career- The Business Journals

EA to Break Ground on Testing Center - Baton Rouge Business Report

Ronpak to Build Manufacturing Facility in Shreveport - Louisiana Economic Development (LED)

Packaging manufacturer's project at the Port of Shreveport-Bossier to create 175 new direct jobs

Schumacher to Complete a Major Headquarters Expansion in Lafayette - LED

Company to create 600 new direct jobs over the next 5 years

Cheniere Energy Announces $6.5 Billion Natural Gas Facility in SW Louisiana - LED

Cameron Parish project to create 148 new direct jobs; link to Haynesville Shale play

DG Foods Opens Plant in Bastrop - LED

Company's $10M reinvestment in closed paper mill site will result in 317 direct jobs

Mississippi Gulf Coast - 2nd Quarter 2011 CEO & Business Owner Confidence Survey

Gulf Coast Business Council Research Foundation

Baton Rouge Area Economic Climate Update: July 2011 - Baton Rouge Area Chamber