Mississippi Business Journal » Plaquemines Parish http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Meet “Gorilla Man” and the “Empress of Steak” http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/19/book-biz-the-gorilla-man-and-the-empress-of-steak/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=book-biz-the-gorilla-man-and-the-empress-of-steak http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/19/book-biz-the-gorilla-man-and-the-empress-of-steak/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:01:12 +0000 Lynn Lofton http://msbusiness.com/?p=52602 The sub title of this work of non fiction is “A New Orleans Family Memoir.” It is that and more. Where else could this true tale of two bigger-than-life eccentrics take place? Anyone who loves the Crescent City, its food, culture, rowdy history and characters will enjoy this book because its sweep includes a wide [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/05/24/bps-ability-questioned-as-gulf-oil-chokes-marshes/feed/ 1 Giant box being loaded on barge, headed for Gulf http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/05/05/giant-box-being-loaded-on-barge-headed-for-gulf/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=giant-box-being-loaded-on-barge-headed-for-gulf http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/05/05/giant-box-being-loaded-on-barge-headed-for-gulf/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 17:49:30 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/2010/05/giant-box-being-loaded-on-barge-headed-for-gulf/ PORT FORCHOUN, La. — A 100-ton contraption to help funnel out oil spewing from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico was loaded onto a barge Wednesday so it could begin its journey to the leak site about 50 miles off the Louisiana coast. The giant-concrete-and-steel box is the best short-term solution to bottling up [...]

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