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OPEC bets on growth, ups oil supply
OPEC is holding its global oil-demand forecast steady despite rising trade tensions, expecting demand to grow by 1.29 million barrels per day this year,...
Denham Springs storage facility deal closes at $5.2M
A self-storage facility property roughly covering 4 acres on South Range Road Avenue in Denham Springs is now owned by one of the largest...
Top 100 Private Companies: A closer look at Lyons Specialty Company
Lyons Specialty Company operates largely behind the scenes—but plays a central role in keeping convenience stores across Louisiana and the Gulf South stocked with...
Roundup: Latest on lease sales / Apple’s rare earth move / Inflation on the...
A new mandate: President Donald Trump's "one big beautiful bill" includes several provisions expanding federal subsidies and tax benefits for the oil and gas...
‘LaPolitics’: A late entry adds wrinkles to the New Orleans ballot
A few weeks ago, the field for the New Orleans mayoral election seemed to be pretty well set. New Orleans City Councilmember Helena Moreno...
Why Corporate America can’t hang up its landlines
While most households have traded traditional landline telephones for cellphones, in the business world, landlines are still thriving, The Wall Street Journal writes.
Hotels, hospitals,...
This company bought an office property on Innovation Park Drive
Baton Rouge company Compliance EnviroSystems has acquired an office property and a vacant 3.8-acre parcel along Innovation Park Drive in South Baton Rouge.
Compliance bought...
Mayor Edwards is attending Harvard’s city leadership program
Mayor Sid Edwards has been tapped for the ninth class of the Bloomberg Harvard Leadership Initiative, a professional management training program.
Edwards joins 47 mayors...
Roundup: Banking sector / Starbucks / Private jet sales
A tale of two markets: U.S. banking has lately split into two distinct markets: strong gains for megabanks and struggles for smaller lenders. Large...
US manufacturing is stuck in a rut
Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on much, but they share a conviction that the government should help American manufacturers, one way or another.
Democratic President...
Roundup: The American dollar / Bitcoin / WARN notices
Steep drop: The ICE U.S. Dollar Index, which compares the U.S. currency to a basket of six others, just posted its worst first half...
This cardiologist has opened a second location
Several months after buying an office building on North Harrell’s Ferry Road to expand her cardiovascular practice, Dr. Cordel Parris says the business’s second...
How much lawmakers budgeted to renovate Louisiana State Capitol
Gov. Jeff Landry and state lawmakers have put $31.7 million toward refurbishing the outside of the Louisiana State Capitol, Louisiana Illuminator writes.
The money—part of...
Capital Region health care is on the rise
Capital Region health care is booming—and the numbers prove it. For the insurance providers and care companies on Business Report’s 2025 Top 100 Private...
Roundup: Kraft Heinz breakup / Quality Jobs program / Customs collections
Filing for divorce: Kraft Heinz is preparing to break itself up, a decade after an infamous merger of two of the biggest names in...
The global oil supply is growing faster than expected
Global oil supply is set to rise three times faster than demand this year, The Wall Street Journal reports.
That’s according to the International Energy...
C-Suite moves and company news
Jared Watkins is the new CFO at Currency Bank. Watkins, who has served in similar roles in the community banking sector, will oversee the...
The new college sports agency regulating NIL is rejecting some deals
The new agency in charge of regulating name, image, likeness deals in college sports sent a letter to schools Thursday saying it had rejected...
Roundup: United Airlines / Emergency alerts / Louisiana Rural Hospital Coalition
New flights: United Airlines is adding direct flights for some of the biggest college games of the 2025 football season, including one that LSU...
Meta and Hyundai are going after these state tax incentives
Meta and Hyundai have started applying this summer for Louisiana’s incentive programs as they prepare to break ground on their projects in Richland and...
