Emmet and Toni Stephenson
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Emmet and Toni Stephenson were frustrated with the responses during the Hurricane Katrina devastation in Louisiana. The Stephensons, who were Bastrop, Louisiana natives and Louisiana State University (LSU) alumni, announced a $25 million gift to LSU, with $11 million of which going to the establishment of Stephenson Disaster Management Institute (SDMI), a center that will research and train on emergency responses. Emmet Stephenson is founder of private equity firm Stephenson and Co.
Publication Name: Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
Subject: Business, regional
ISSN: 0747-4652
Year: 2007
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Stocks that can pay off when people go to work
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Jeffrey A. Joerres, chairman of Manpower Inc. stated that when people feel that the economy is improving they buy the employment company stocks and when they feel the economy is not going strong they sell the stocks. A growing economy makes staffing stocks popular because there is more need for worker-placement services from temporary staffing to recruitment help.
Publication Name: Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
Subject: Business, regional
ISSN: 0885-6613
Year: 2004
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Walking away for good
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Karen Stagg, former vice president of Amedisys, talks about her career change. Stagg left her job in the company to work in a nonprofit organization called Connections for life, which helps women from prisons. She also discusses her current work, including the challenges that she encounters.
Publication Name: Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
Subject: Business, regional
ISSN: 0747-4652
Year: 2007
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