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Baton Rouge company to assume chemical production from DuPont
Baton Rouge-based Deltech Holdings will be assuming the production of divinylbenzene from DuPont, the companies announced Tuesday.
Deltech Holdings, a portfolio company of New York-based...
‘LaPolitics’: Department-level cuts are part of budget-balancing act
When it was clear lawmakers would not offer voters a new constitution, and there would be no package of Article VII amendments targeting finance...
‘LaPolitics’: Department-level cuts are part of budget-balancing act
When it was clear lawmakers would not offer voters a new constitution, and there would be no package of Article VII amendments targeting finance...
17,000 AT&T workers in the Southeast strike over contract negotiations
More than 17,000 AT&T workers in nine states across the Southeast are on strike after accusing the company of unfair labor practices during contract...
See the latest company to announce mass tech layoffs
General Motors is cutting more than a thousand employees globally in its software and services division, a partial reversal of a hiring binge in...
Labor Day travel bookings are up
After a record-breaking summer, vacation bookings remain up looking ahead, Bloomberg reports.
Bookings for domestic travel over the Labor Day weekend are up 9% from...
Yet another one-time payment has been approved for Louisiana judges
Editor's Note: This article has been updated since its original publication.
Louisiana judges are set to receive a one-time supplemental payment of $1,500 from the...
US settles with billionaire Carl Icahn for using his company to secure personal loans
Billionaire Carl Icahn and his company were charged by U.S. regulators with failing to disclose personal loans worth billions of dollars obtained using the...
Roundup: Local explosion / AT&T strike / GUMBO 2.0
Fatality: A Lake Charles man working on a natural gas pipeline in a marshy coastal area was killed in a weekend explosion, Louisiana State...
Many buyers and sellers remain skeptical that mortgage rates will fall
After the last two years, there’s a lot of mortgage rate angst across the housing sector, Fast Company reports.
Mortgage rates increased faster than expected...
Roundup: Russel Honoré / Oil prices / Key indicators
Press Club: Gen. Russel Honoré, retired commanding officer of the First U.S. Army and now leader of the Green Army, a coalition of environmental...
Planning Commission to take up several key items at tonight’s meeting
The team that drafted the master plan to boost economic development along the Florida Boulevard corridor will present the plan at Monday night’s Planning...
Sororities across the US are spending millions on houses to stay competitive
Sorority houses are looking a lot different these days.
As The Wall Street Journal writes, many sororities around the nation are either building multimillion dollar...
Genesis 360 makes itself indispensable through a uniquely diverse business model
Sponsored by Genesis 360
Genesis 360 has fashioned itself into an indispensable, multi-faceted resource for the Louisiana business community. In the years since its founding,...
Celebrating 100 years of Tiger Stadium memories
Over the last 100 years, Tiger Stadium has seen it all—football greats, earthquakes, dorm dwellers, and even Taylor Swift.
Known today as one of the...
What the latest Louisiana unemployment numbers show
Louisiana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in July decreased for a fourth consecutive month, according to the latest figures from the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
The seasonally...
Today’s housing market resembles that of the ‘80s, but worse
Homebuying affordability dropped last fall to the lowest level since September 1985, and it fell near that level again in June, The Wall Street...
Roundup: Lake Charles bridge / Business First Bancshares / Mastercard layoffs
Moving forward: Construction to replace Louisiana's most notorious bridge on Interstate 10 could finally begin this year, ultimately clearing a national chokepoint for cross-country...
Kamala Harris lays out a broad set of economic proposals
Vice President Kamala Harris is promoting a broad set of economic proposals aimed at lowering the cost of living for Americans.
Harris will be in...
Property housing well-known Government Street business sells
The property that houses longtime interior design company McMillin Interiors has changed hands following a recent transaction.
Thames Assets LLC purchased the property on Government...
