re: Saints bus gets egged in ATL

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Forbes.com declared New Orleans the No. 1 "brain magnet" in the country in 2011, the same year that Inc. named it the Coolest Start-up City in America. F

Forbes magazine ranked New Orleans No. 1 in Information Technology Job Growth and No. 2 in Overall Job Growth in 2011, while Southern Business & Development magazine awarded New Orleans its Major Market of the Year, in a tie with Charlotte, N.C. Reuters called New Orleans "Silicon Valley on the Bayou," pointing to positive economic momentum in the tech sector as well as a palpable shift in the way City Hall conducts business.

The Wall Street Journal's Marketwatch named New Orleans Improved City for Business in 2011 in a survey that examined more than 100 metro areas. At the five-year anniversary of Katrina in 2010, Forbes.com ranked New Orleans No. 2 among the Best Big Cities for Jobs, while the Brookings Institution reported entrepreneurial activity in the city was 40 percent above the national average.

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