To celebrate their milestone 175th anniversary, Morris and Dickson Company, Louisiana's second-oldest business, hosted a grand party July 16 in downtown Shreveport.

“It’s a beautiful historic building with a rich history that acts as a kind of gateway to downtown,” said co-owner and founder, Beau Raines. “After looking everywhere from Benton to Robson Road, we were fortunate to land this location. We’re happy to call it home.

“The investors are interested in those things that differentiate companies, they want to invest in companies that they can have a lot of confidence are going to do the right thing, they’re going to be out there practicing good safety, good...

Examples of such machine to machine communications include traffic signals, which are controlled over the cellular network, digital signage, digital billboards, Redbox video rental machines, kiosk and ATM transactions and other similar processes, Nicholson said.