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These two title companies are wrapped up in a dispute over trademark infringement
Baton Rouge-based Central Title & Closing Co. LLC is suing Lafayette-based Central Title LLC for trademark infringement.
According to the lawsuit filed with the U.S....
How young managers are using AI to elevate their leadership
Often seen as a tool to boost efficiency, young managers are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence softwares to help become better leaders, Inc. reports.
In...
Why a federal judge struck down the new overtime rules
Small business owners have had a mostly positive reaction to a judge’s decision to strike down an overtime rule that would have qualified more...
These Louisiana congressmen want to expand the state’s borders
A pair of Louisiana congressmen are asking their peers to expand Louisiana’s state waters along the coast further into the Gulf of Mexico.
The Offshore...
Roundup: Future rate cuts / Walmart / Exxon’s outlook
Slowing things down: As labor market risks have somewhat decreased, Federal Reserve officials are maintaining broad support for a careful approach to future rate...
St. George Transition District leader talks tax transfer vote
On Dec. 7, St. George voters will decide whether to transfer control of the revenue from the 2% sales tax collected in the new...
Roundup: Airline fees / School bus driver union / Yellow Brick House
Cost of convenience: A Senate subcommittee report released Tuesday shows that from 2018 to 2023 five major U.S. airlines collected a combined $12.4 billion...
A closer look at the constitutional amendments on the Dec. 7 ballot
Four proposed constitutional amendments appear on the Dec. 7 ballot, for which early voting is underway, the USA Today Network reports.
The proposed amendments range...
What do Trump’s proposed tariffs look like?
President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China as soon as he takes office as part of his...
How cities are making it easier to convert office space to residential
As nearly one-fifth of office space across the country sits empty thanks to a record-high vacancy rate that’s expected to keep growing, cities across...
This company just bought land between Jefferson and Airline for its headquarters
The owner and president of Servpro of East Baton Rouge and Ascension Parish recently purchased a 3-acre lot in the Kodiak Business Park along...
‘LaPolitics’: Plenty of work remains on local taxation issues
Heading into the recent special session on taxation, those who make, track or influence legislative votes knew the big picture outcome would be shaped...
‘LaPolitics’: Plenty of work remains on local taxation issues
Heading into the recent special session on taxation, those who make, track or influence legislative votes knew the big picture outcome would be shaped...
See what CABL says about the new tax structure
The Council for a Better Louisiana has released a new commentary on the recent legislative special session that looked to overhaul Louisiana’s tax structure.
While the...
Where the state’s potential ‘business court’ stands
Louisiana voters in March will decide whether lawmakers should be able to establish new state-run specialty courts outside of the traditional judicial system, Louisiana...
Roundup: EV chargers / LNG export moratorium / EV rebate revival
EV innovation: A number of startups, and the cities contracting with them, want to put EV chargers right on the street to make them...
What to know about the Outlook outage
If you’re having email problems today—you’re not alone.
Thousands of workers across the nation on Monday reported issues with Microsoft’s suite of products, including the...
Roundup: Coffee concerns / Mango / New economic data
Where’s my frappuccino? Coffee futures in New York climbed to the highest since 1997 on worries about crops in top growers, threatening to further...
This deal would create a behemoth producer of construction materials in North America
Concrete-maker Quikrete has struck a $9.2 billion deal for Summit Materials that would merge the two largest producers of building materials in the nation,...
What Trump’s vow to end offshore wind energy development means for Louisiana
President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to kill offshore wind energy development “on day one” of his second term is already triggering project slowdowns on the...
