Regional Business News

New Orleans City Business
NOLA Live (Times Picayune
Business News)
Bayou Buzz - LA Tech. Biz News
Baton Rouge Business Report

Economic Indicators 

Leading Economic Indicators
(The Conference Board)
Leading Economic Indicators
(Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Economic Indicators 
(US Census Bureau)
Consumer Price Index 
(Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Unemployment Statistics
 by Metro Area  
(Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Local and regional employment opportunities:

Commercial Real Estate

Search commercial property for sale and lease 

New Orleans Metro Real Estate Analysis from reis.com

Residential Real Estate

Residential real estate for sale (National Association of Realtors)

Apartments for rent  (homestore.com)

Doing Business  in the
 New Orleans Region

Governmental entities online
information regarding the
requirements for doing business in
each jurisdiction.

City of Gretna
Jefferson Parish
City of Kenner
City of Slidell
Orleans Parish / City of New Orleans
Plaquemines Parish
St. Bernard Parish
St. Charles Parish
St. James Parish
St. John the Baptist Parish
St. Tammany Parish
First Stop
 - Louisiana Secretary of State's Office

Business Yellow Pages  

White Pages

Regional Business Reports and Data

Greater New Orleans Community Data Center  Demographic Data on the New Orleans Region 

Regional Comparison

See how the region stacks up in the  New Orleans Profile - Sperling's Best Places

Also use Sperling's Best Places tool to compare cost of living in New Orleans to other US cities, 

Compare New Orleans to other areas and national averages in various categories  from Sperling's  Best Places.

National Business News
Publications and Sites

Barrons
Bloomberg
Business Week
CBS MarketWatch
CNBC
CNNfn
Economist
Fast Company
Financial Times
Forbes
Fortune
Hoovers
Investor's
Bus. Daily
Kiplinger
Money
Morningstar
Motley Fool
Quicken.com
Red Herring
SmartMoney
TheStreet.com
Wall Street Journal