BATON ROUGE- Crews began removing signs from the former Shaw compound on Essen Lane Wednesday, after a multi-billion dollar deal to purchase the business was closed.
CB&I completed its acquisition after signing documents at the Secretary of State's Office earlier in the day. The move means the Capital City... more »
BATON ROUGE - CB&I completed its acquisition of The Shaw Group Inc. Wednesday, a move that means Baton Rouge will no longer be headquarters for a Fortune 500 company. CB&I and Shaw shareholders overwhelmingly approved the $3 billion deal in December. CB&I will operate Shaw as a separate business unit... more »
NEW YORK - Stocks are rising strongly after a round of corporate takeovers and reports that Europe's bailout fund will be larger than anticipated.
Mattel and J.M. Smucker were among companies that rose after announcing acquisitions. Caterpillar jumped 5.5 percent after it raised its profit forecast for the year.... more »
WALKER- Police are looking for leads after a church was burglarized and a 300-pound safe stolen overnight.
Police were called when workers at Walker... more »
CLINTON- Deputies in East Feliciana are working a murder outside of town a department official told WBRZ News 2.
Deputies confirmed that one person... more »
BAYOU CORNE - A spokesperson for Texas Brine said the company started making buyout offers today for homes and property affected by the Bayou Corne... more »
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch... more »