NEW YORK-- NBC News President Steve Capus, who presided over years of strong ratings at the news division and expanded digital offerings but was hurt by the downfall of the "Today" show, said Friday that he was resigning.
This year's Super Bowl will be held at New Orleans' Mercedes-Benz Superdome, and the city has been transformed since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, reports CNBC's Brian Shactman. Mark Simone, WOR Radio Talk Show host and CNBC's Contributors Keith Boykin and James Pethokoukis, discuss the news of Dan Marino's love child.
NEW ORLEANS-- Tidewater Inc., which operates an offshore drilling fleet, said on Friday that its third-quarter net income fell 12 percent because of special charges. The company earned $29.9 million, or 61 cents per share, for the quarter that ended Dec. 31. That was down from $34.1 million, or 67 cents per share, during the same period a year earlier.
NEW ORLEANS-- So much for labor peace in the NFL. Smith began by threatening to file a grievance if the NFL refuses to institute a system to verify the credentials of all medical personnel on the 32 teams.
HOUSTON, Feb 1- As J. Wayne Leonard retires from the ranks of U.S. electric utility executives, the former chairman of New Orleans- based Entergy Corp said he will continue to push the industry and the nation to combat climate change.
*Gold on track for strongest performance since July 2010. Mint resumed sales after huge demand triggered a brief suspension, and gold coins also posted their best performance since July 2010. "Not only do we have clients calling in, they are buying in huge quantities," said David Beahm, vice president of Blanchard& Co, a New Orleans- based retail coin dealer.
*BP still faces civil penalties and state claims. *BP has 60 days to submit remedial plan to U.S. authorities. Jan 29- A U.S. judge accepted an agreement by BP Plc to plead guilty for its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
*Gold on track for strongest performance since July 2010. Mint resumed sales after huge demand triggered a brief suspension, and gold coins also posted their best performance since July 2010. "Not only do we have clients calling in, they are buying in huge quantities," said David Beahm, vice president of Blanchard& Co, a New Orleans- based retail coin dealer.
NEW ORLEANS-- New Orleans Saints spokesman Greg Bensel says general manager Mickey Loomis has a contract that runs through 2017.. He returned to work last week after serving a full-season suspension in connection with the NFL's bounty probe of the Saints.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Darrell Issa, a California Republican, and ranking Democrat Elijah Cummings of Maryland asked Smith to turn over documents connected to HGH negotiations between the NFL and the NFLPA.
WASHINGTON, Jan 28- A long-delayed $50.5 billion aid package for victims of Superstorm Sandy cleared the Senate on Monday, three months after the storm destroyed or damaged hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in coastal New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
WASHINGTON, Jan 28- The U.S. Senate plans to vote on a long-delayed $50.5 billion aid package for victims of Superstorm Sandy on Monday, three months after the storm devastated New Jersey and New York coastlines and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses.
Bobby Jindal's administration scrapped plans Wednesday to shutter Louisiana's Medicaid hospice program in February, meaning the state will continue to provide end-of-life care to people on their death beds who can't afford private insurance. said deRada, who works for a hospice service in St. Tammany Parish, 40 miles north of New Orleans.
CHICAGO, Jan 14- Vessels on the Mississippi River were gearing up on Monday for the shipping superhighway to fully reopen within weeks after being crippled by a severe drought as heavy rains at the weekend and an earlier-than-expected finish to the rock removal improved prospects for shippers.
TOKYO/ SEATTLE, Jan 13- Japan Airlines Co said on Sunday that a Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner jet undergoing checks in Tokyo following a fuel leak at Boston airport last week had leaked fuel during tests earlier in the day. The jet is out of service after spilling about 40 gallons of fuel onto the airport taxiway in Boston due to a separate valve-related problem.