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- Dow to shut 3 US ethylene plants
Related topics: Materials & Formulation, Ingredients, excipients and raw materials Dow Chemical is closing three US manufacturing plants, including an ethylene production unit in Hahnville, Louisiana in a further bid to expand its specialty chemicals
- SAIC awarded US Army contract
Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE:SAI) announced on Wednesday it has been awarded a task order by the US Army's Director of Information Management (DOIM) at Fort Polk, Louisiana, to provide a IT and network support services. SAIC, a
- BG Group enters U.S. gas shale market
DALLAS, July 1 (UPI) -- BG Group, the London-traded integrated oil and gas company, invested more than $1 billion to explore gas shale deposits in north Louisiana and east Texas. BG Group invested $1.3 billion in a joint move with Texas-based Exco in its
- BG Group Alliance with EXCO Resources to Develop US Shale Gas
BG Group has announced an alliance with EXCO Resources, Inc., a US oil and natural gas exploration and production company. Key points Upstream ? BG Group acquires a 50% interest in 120 000 net acres in east Texas and north Louisiana. Of these, 84 000
- American Club plans historical 4th of July celebrations
The Malaga chapter of the American Club of the Costa del Sol has been invited to celebrate the 4th of July in the village of Macharaviaya, the birthplace of General Bernardo de Gálvez, Governor of Spanish Louisiana in the 18th century. The village is
- 5 defendants plead no contest in 'Jena Six' case
Five of the six black high school students charged with attempted murder in 2006 for allegedly beating a white classmate pleaded no contest in a Louisiana court Friday, closing the book on a racially charged case.
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Louisiana became the United States eighteenth state on April 30, 1812. The capital is Baton Rouge. Louisiana is named after King Louis XIV and is the only state in the Union that has parishes instead of counties. Because of slow communication, the famous Battle of New Orleans was actually fought two weeks after the War of 1812 ended. Louisiana is one of the most racially and culturally diverse states, with French, Spanish, Cuban, and African influences. The Pelican State ranks 33rd among the 50 states in land size with a total land area of 43,566 square miles.
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AP - Prosecutors are playing audiotapes of former Louisiana congressman William Jefferson talking with a woman about business deals he is accused of brokering in exchange for bribes.
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