Uber takes alternate route to provide local service
The mobile application car service Uber finally hit New Orleans streets last week, and its customers were cold to the concept.
View ArticlePort pursues cruise passenger parking dollars
The thriving cruise business at the Port of New Orleans is sending ripples through the city’s economy, but there’s one revenue stream that port officials want to contain.
View ArticleStevedores feel pinch for space on riverfront
The Port of New Orleans changed course on a decision to bid out a lease for the First Street Wharf after the current tenant protested the move.
View ArticleMetairie bank expands northward
Mutual Savings and Loan Association is planning to build its second location in Mandeville, along Capital Trace Row.
View ArticleConstruction drives First NBC earnings, high yield
High yields, or the rate of return for lenders, from those loans have some investors concerned that the bank might be taking more risk than its peers.
View ArticleRTA faces budget pinch, push for transparency
The pace of development in some areas of New Orleans is putting pressure on the Regional Transit Authority to expand its services, which could further strain its limited finances.
View ArticleAbita aims for more beer, visitors
Besides growing its brewing capacity, Abita’s expansion project will allow it to expand its public tours, which the company uses as its primary marketing tool.
View ArticleChiquita proposal doesn’t affect New Orleans, port says
Port of New Orleans official says he does not believe a potential Brazilian buyout of the company would affect Chiquita’s move to the port.
View ArticleHigher housing costs put pinch on local workforce
The cost of housing keeps rising in New Orleans, while incomes remain steady. The math points to a possible breaking point, where middle-income residents may no longer be able to afford to live in the...
View ArticleChiquita’s search for space fruitless so far
Nearly three months since Chiquita announced plans to move its headquarters from the Port of Gulfport to New Orleans, the company has found nowhere to build and is now in talks with several port...
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