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A Gonzales company just bought several properties for a combined $3M
Gonzales-based civil contractor SKR Construction has purchased the property that houses its facility, as well as a pair of surrounding industrial warehouse properties in...
A look at the growing infrastructure portfolio of Bernhard Capital Partners
Bernhard Capital Partners is building something big.
As Business Report writes in its latest issue, the Baton Rouge private equity firm has in recent years...
Sides reach tentative deal to avert a strike by dockworkers
U.S. longshoremen reached a contract agreement with ports and shippers Wednesday, averting a potential strike that could have damaged the American economy.
The International Longshoremen’s...
Roundup: DDD newsletter / Entergy’s storm fee / Interest rates
For your inbox: Baton Rouge’s Downtown Development District launched its redesigned newsletter, The Drift, on Wednesday. To be published weekly, the newsletter is designed...
Why Mitsubishi Chemical is pulling the plug on its $1.3B Geismar plant
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. is pulling out of its plans to build a $1.3 billion methyl methacrylate, or MMA, monomer plant in Geismar, the company...
Here are the key issues Mayor Sid Edwards plans to prioritize
Mayor-President Sid Edwards says his administration is exploring various strategies to increase police presence in Baton Rouge, including the potential rehiring of retired officers.
Edwards...
Eloise Market and Cakery is moving to the Garden District
Eloise Market and Cakery, a bakery on Lee Drive, is relocating to a larger space in the Garden District.
A representative for the business tells...
Local leaders offer insight on how to master 2025
Cyber threats. Growth and scaling in a time of economic uncertainty. The AI revolution. Talent management and succession. Engendering mental health and wellness.
Any one...
Roundup: Hiring and wage growth / Honda EV / Gulf of America
Slowing market: U.S. private sector hiring and wage growth slowed in December, indicating an ongoing moderation in demand for workers. Employment rose by 122,000...
What a top Fed official says about rate cuts in relation to Trump’s tariff...
A top policymaker at the U.S. Federal Reserve said Wednesday he still supports cutting interest rates this year, despite elevated inflation and the prospect...
Todd Graves set a record in buying this Nashville building
Raising Cane’s founder and CEO Todd Graves has reportedly closed on the Margaritaville building on Broadway in Nashville for $75 million, the Nashville Business...
Roundup: Back to the office / Board of Ethics / Offshore drilling
JPMorgan Chase edict: JPMorgan Chase & Co. is preparing to tell all its employees to return to the office five days a week, ending...
This new rule should make it easier for many to get a small business...
Unpaid medical bills will no longer appear on credit reports, where they can block people from mortgages, car loans or small business loans, as...
A local energy expert says this about Biden’s coastal drilling plan
A local energy industry researcher says, despite both praise and criticism of President Joe Biden’s executive order banning offshore drilling in huge swaths off...
Roundup: Online sales / Oil prices / St. George mayor
Holiday spending: Online spending rose 8.7% during the holiday season from last year, as deals and the use of AI-powered chatbots helped inspire purchases....
‘LaPolitics’: Associations face leadership changes in new year
While other changes across the association landscape are still likely in 2025, the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association has already selected its next executive director and...
One key sticking point remains as talks resume with dockworkers
Vowing to stop machines from taking their jobs, 45,000 U.S. longshoremen are threatening to go on a strike that would shut down ports on...
Why the US job market is weaker than it appears
While the U.S. economy has added more than 2 million jobs over the past year, a growing number of those out of work are...
See who Mayor Edwards has tapped to serve as his chief of staff
East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Sid Edwards on Monday named Lon Vicknair as his chief of staff.
Vicknair retired as a naval officer after 20...
Hillar Moore sounds the alarm on his office’s underfunding
East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore has issued a stark warning about the financial challenges facing his office.
Speaking at the Press Club...
