Editing New Orleans (section)

===Business===
The city is the home to a single [[Fortune 500]] company: [[Entergy]], a power generation utility and [[nuclear power plant]] operations specialist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fortune 500 2011: States: Louisiana Companies - FORTUNE on CNNMoney.com |url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2011/states/LA.html |access-date=2021-07-31 |website=money.cnn.com |archive-date=July 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731123655/https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2011/states/LA.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After Katrina, the city lost its other Fortune 500 company, [[Freeport-McMoRan]], when it merged its copper and gold exploration unit with an Arizona company and relocated that division to [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]. Its McMoRan Exploration affiliate remains headquartered in New Orleans.<ref>{{Cite web |title=McMoRan Exploration shareholders approve plan to merge with Freeport-McMoran |url=https://www.nola.com/news/business/article_c14b2d5b-9e5b-56b5-bd29-579b2bc405bb.html |access-date=2021-07-31 |website=NOLA.com |date=June 4, 2013 |language=en |archive-date=December 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207204329/https://www.nola.com/news/business/article_c14b2d5b-9e5b-56b5-bd29-579b2bc405bb.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Companies with significant operations or headquarters in New Orleans include: Pan American Life Insurance, Pool Corp, [[Rolls-Royce plc|Rolls-Royce]], Newpark Resources, [[AT&T Inc.|AT&T]], TurboSquid, iSeatz, [[IBM]], Navtech, [[Superior Energy Services]], [[Textron Marine & Land Systems]], [[McDermott International]], Pellerin Milnor, [[Lockheed Martin]], Imperial Trading, Laitram, [[Harrah's Entertainment]], Stewart Enterprises, [[Edison Chouest Offshore]], [[Zatarain's]], Waldemar S. Nelson & Co., [[Whitney National Bank]], [[Capital One]], [[Tidewater (marine services)|Tidewater Marine]], [[Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits]], [[Parsons Brinckerhoff]], [[MWH Global]], [[CH2M Hill]], Energy Partners Ltd, The Receivables Exchange, [[GE Capital]], and [[Smoothie King]].

Entrepreneurship is encouraged, with a number of initiatives designed to support small business and start-ups, including [[Entrepreneurs' Row]] and the New Orleans Startup Fund.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gnoinc.org/business-climate/initiatives/startup-fund|title=New Orleans Startup Fund|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121014425/https://gnoinc.org/business-climate/initiatives/startup-fund/|archive-date=2021-01-21}}</ref>