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The Baton Rouge area in general and Ascension Parish in particular has received some exciting job and economic growth news. Trafigura - which is an international commodity trading company - has elected to purchase an idled terminal in Burnside. This terminal will be used to ship coal, bauxite an...
06/05/2011
The Daily Beast has just released its annual survey of best US cities for college graduates and Baton Rouge placed 15th on the list! The rankings are based on affordable rents, inexpensive dining, salaries and employment prospects. Here are some of Baton Rouge's stats: - % of population aged 22...
06/05/2011
April 2011 home sales trends numbers are available for Houston, Texas and it looks like there was a dip in unit sales volume for the month. There were 5,099 homes sold in Houston, Texas during April 2011 as compared with 5,932 sold during April 2010. Year to date, there have been 16,857 homes so...
05/29/2011
April 2011 home sales trends are now available for Collin County, Texas and - like most cities in Texas - there was a dip in unit sales from last April. There were 1,050 homes sold in Collin County, Texas in April 2011 as compared with 1,254 sold during April 2010. Year to date, there have been ...
05/29/2011
April 2011 home sales trends are out for San Antonio, and there was a dip in unit sales. There were 1,481 homes sold in San Antonio during April 2011 as compared with 1,918 sold during April 2010. Year to date, there have been 5,137 homes sold versus 5,788 sold during the same time period in 201...
05/29/2011
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April 2011 home sales trends are now out for Austin, Texas. There were 1,851 homes sold in April 2011 as compared with 2,230 sold during April 2010. Year to date, there have been 5,824 homes sold in Austin versus 6,451 sold during the same time period in 2010. The average home sold for $264,900...
05/29/2011
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April 2011 home sales trends numbers are now available for Dallas, Texas and unit volume continues to be a bit soft. There were 3,809 homes sold in April 2011 as compared with 4,791 sold during April 2010. Keep in mind the homebuyers tax credit was still in effect last April which led to elevate...
05/29/2011
The Bayou Country Superfest is making a return trip to Baton Rouge this weekend. This mega-concert event is expected to draw 90,000 fans to LSU's Tiger Stadium to see some of the top country artists perform. This event will draw thousands of out of town guests into Baton Rouge for the holiday we...
05/28/2011
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I blogged a couple of days ago about the tax incentive program Louisiana has in place to spur business relocation and growth in the digital and social media areas. Baton Rouge - in particular - has benefited from this program. Just yesterday another company has announced their intention to relo...
05/27/2011
Louisiana has developed a package of generous tax incentives to spur growth of the video gaming and social media industries. In fact, our state offers one of the very best incentive packages available to these companies. As a result - not only have small businesses from other states relocated t...
05/25/2011