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Adding 96,000 new jobs to Louisiana over the next two years would normally be growth to take note of, but even if that happens, the state will only be back to its 1998 employment level, while New Orleans will be almost three decades further behind — thanks to Hurricane Katrina.
The annual Louisiana Economic Outlook said the state will add 53,800 jobs next year and 42,000 in 2008 for growth rates of 3 percent and 2.3 percent.
NEW ORLEANS -- Adding 96,000 new jobs to Louisiana over the next two years would normally be growth to take note of, but even if that happens, the state will only be back to its 1998 employment level, while New Orleans will be two decades farther behind _ thanks to Hurricane Katrina.
Louisiana will add 96,000 new jobs over 2007 and 2008, but the state will remain far below its pre-Hurricane Katrina employment levels, especially in the New Orleans area, a group of state university economists predicted Wednesday.
NEW ORLEANS -- Louisiana will add 96,000 new jobs over 2007 and 2008, but the state will remain far below its pre-Hurricane Katrina employment levels, especially in the New Orleans...
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana will add 96,000 new jobs over 2007 and 2008, but the state will remain far below its pre-Hurricane Katrina employment levels, especially in the New Orleans area, a group of state university economists predicted today.
MCLEAN, Va.----Employment statistics, sales tax collections, large construction projects and other key economic indicators point to an accelerating recovery in many Gulf Coast communities damaged by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.
A new 10-nation survey of Pentecostal and charismatic Christians shows they are deeply influencing the Roman Catholic and mainstream Protestant churches and are poised to make a big impact on global ...
Ex-WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers reported to a federal correctional institution in Oakdale, Louisiana Tuesday to begin his 25-year sentence for his role in an $11 billion accounting fraud.
Southwest Louisiana has "rebounded at a remarkable pace" since Hurricane Rita struck one year ago, but much remains to be done, according to a new state report.

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