New Orleans touts Chinese homes, goods for recovery
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Desperate New Orleans-area officials touted Chinese-made homes and building supplies on Tuesday as a way to speed up the slow recovery of their storm-stricken city.
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NEW ORLEANS -- They hauled off soil tainted by Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters and rebuilt a grandstand roof ripped free by the storm's winds. After more than a year of renovations, costing about $16 million, a Thanksgiving tradition _ horse racing _ returned to New Orleans on Thursday. And a record...
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Thousands of people in Louisiana and along the Mississippi Gulf Coast are struggling to rebuild their lives. In some areas, the population and economy are growing, but in others, serious issues remain such as battered infrastructure and violent crime.
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Employment statistics, sales tax collections, large construction  projects and other key economic indicators point to an accelerating  recovery --- and even growth -- in many Gulf  Coast communities damaged by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
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Two years after Katrina, prominent New Orleanians give their thoughts on rebuilding and recovery
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The city is staged for a sustainable recovery from Hurricane Katrina's floods but a lack of affordable housing and other challenges could impede its progress, a demographer said in a new report.
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Like New Orleans and its ravaged economy, Liberty Bank and Trust Company has a long way to go in its recovery.
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Cheap Chinese products, which are flooding Asia, are met with deep appreciation by the regionâs poorest people.
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The ravages of Katrina are still evident everywhere you turn. But there is reason for optimism in New Orleans. A city that once laughed at its colorful and inept political culture has found its civic pride.
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Boats have become a necessary means of transport in the flooded streets of Quxian, north-east of Sichuan province. Picture:Reuters.
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By John Dobberstein, Tulsa World, Okla.  Feb. 6--A Louisiana company is reopening its plant in Tulsa to meet increasing demand for industrial piping and pipe systems.
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Now that the hurricane season has ended, New Orleans residents notice a lag in work to rebuild the cityÂs flood protection infrastructure.
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NEW ORLEANS, Florida  - Mardi Gras revelers packed New Orleans on Saturday as large crowds turned out to watch parades and fill the French Quarter in what many viewed as another step in the long recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
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More than 15 months after Hurricane Katrina, Mayor Ray Nagin is ready to open a city office to direct New Orleans' recovery, with a leading regional planner and disaster recovery expert in charge.
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City leaders in New Orleans say the success of the NBA All-Star game should be proof enough that their city is capable of hosting major events.
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Dancing, drinking revelers crowded the streets of New Orleans on Tuesday as colorful parades rolled through the damaged city on the final day of a Mardi Gras that locals touted as another step in the long recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
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Since Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans city government has taken steps such as consolidating remote operations into its main data center and adding Web services and GIS technology to help it track reconstruction activities.