Business

Baton Rouge-based BBQGuys, a grill and outdoor equipment retailer, announced Tuesday that it is expanding into south Florida with a new Backyard Design Center...

Few social institutions feel the pressure of high expectations like law enforcement, and fewer still do it while also juggling a diminishing workforce. If...

For four decades, Business Report has recognized the disruptors and visionaries shaping our region’s economic evolution through the annual Business Awards & Hall of Fame. This year’s...

Speed Bancroft, owner of Baton Rouge tech startup Speedy Eats, says his company may be deploying its first “unmanned outdoor drive-thru store” as early...

UBE Corp., a Japanese chemical company, announced Thursday that it plans to build a $500 million manufacturing facility for key electric vehicle battery components...

In retrospect, 2008 probably wasn’t the best year for the managers of Pala Group to borrow money and begin transitioning into an employee-owned company. The...

The Rolling Stones' She’s a Rainbow blasts from the speakers of the Raising Cane’s River Center as Jaime Glas Odom glides down a red...

Over the course of its storied history, few events have altered Louisiana like Hurricane Katrina. The mammoth storm slammed into the coast in August 2005,...

Nannette Noland has always been a bit ahead of her time. Her father taught her how to drive a car once she could see...

The executives of Mockler Beverage announced Thursday morning that the company has purchased Southwest Beverage Company, the Anheuser-Busch distributor in Lake Charles, Alexandria and...

A ballroom filled with Hollywood heavyweights was a far cry from the ballfields of the late George A. Foster Jr.’s tiny Louisiana hometown of...

Innovation isn’t just a buzzword. By definition, it is designed to create significant improvements or create new value in the market to maintain competitiveness,...

THE NEWS: With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Jeff Landry has redefined the rules of Louisiana’s Industrial Tax Exemption Program, or ITEP. THE DETAILS:...

When I was in college, I went to an information session at the law school. This moment sticks in my mind because I unexpectedly...

The owners of Baton Rouge-based Marem announced they will close their storefront this fall and shift sales of the boutique online.  Marem was launched in...

In January, it was announced that a statewide team led by LSU had secured a $160 million National Science Foundation grant in support of...

During his keynote speech at the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry’s annual meeting today, Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order aimed at streamlining participation in the Industrial Tax Exemption Program.

Baton Rouge-based Patient Plus Urgent Care is expanding outside of the Capital Region with a new location in Hammond. 

Marsh McLennan Agency announced Tuesday that it is acquiring Baton Rouge-based Louisiana Companies.

A group of emergency management experts is launching a new veteran-owned disaster services company in Baton Rouge.