Business News

CVS Caremark wants employees to give them personal health information, like their weight, or pay a $600 a year fine.

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A huge Open House is going on tomorrow, so residents can see all the improvements being made in downtown Shreveport.

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A leading national site selection magazine has honored Benteler Steel/Tube with one of its 2012 Corporate Investment and Community Impact awards. Benteler, you may recall, is the German-based company that's building a $900-million hot rolling tube mill at the Caddo-Bossier Port.

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New Sam's Club location headed to Bossier City.

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The Dow Jones closed yesterday another 50 points higher to settle at near record highs.  While it is nice to see high stock prices, does it mean the economy is improving?

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A lot of folks were worried that the new Guitar Center on Youree Drive might put our locally-owned music stores out of business. And while Shreveport Music Company has closed its doors on East 70th Street, it's not gone for good.

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Governor Bobby Jindal's tax reform plan would rearrange how the state collects its revenue.  The Jindal administration's plan would eliminate personal and corporate income taxes and replace it with an increased state sales taxes.

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There is talk about enacting laws requiring online shoppers to pay sales taxes to the state they live in. This would mean every online purchase you make, whether it is buying a coat from Maine-based L.L. Bean, a TV from Arkansas-based Walmart or buying from Pennsylvania-based IKEA USA, you will have to pay sales tax to your state of residence.  So, if you live in Louisiana, you pay Louisiana.  Live in Texas, you'd pay Texas.

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Senator Mary Landrieu has joined a coalition of other senators and representatives in calling for a collection of state sales taxes on internet shopping. 

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Based on the latest survey of conditions in 146 major markets by Realtor.com, our city is the 10th best in the country when it comes to affordable median home prices and a shrinking list of homes available for sale.

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