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Roundup: Diversity Star Award / ExxonMobil reaction / Ochsner Health System
Apply: The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today announced it is accepting applications for its Diversity Star Award to spotlight and honor regional businesses that...
DiVincenti Brokerage acquires Grey Hammett Commercial Real Estate
DiVincenti Brokerage has acquired Grey Hammett Commercial Real Estate, with the latter becoming a subordinate entity to DiVincenti Brokerage while retaining its staff and...
Have a great workplace? Register your company for 2020 Best Places to Work consideration
Think your company is one of the best places to work in the Capital Region?
Find out by registering for Business Report’s 2020 Best Places...
Companies learning to balance profit with social mission
Though more entrepreneurs are pursuing social or environmental goals, they still have to find a successful product or service to sell, the New York...
Bridge Center board chair: ‘We understand the optics’ but can’t make lease public
The chairperson of the Bridge Center Board for Hope is defending her agency’s refusal to make public a lease agreement with Collis Temple Jr.,...
Louisiana Housing Corporation bonds $13.5M for Baton Rouge projects
The Louisiana Housing Corporation approved selling $13.5 million in bonds this month to build new affordable housing in East Baton Rouge Parish.
The housing corporation’s...
Medical facility off Goodwood sold to Texas firm
A Texas-based leasing group has purchased a specialty medical facility on East Airport Avenue, off Goodwood Boulevard, for more than $4 million.
Doing business as...
Roundup: Higher ed goals / Corporate Cup / Proposals
Session plans: Leaders from the UL and LSU systems are pushing for relief from mandated costs like health care, money for faculty, and help...
Car dealers telling hard-up borrowers to have their old cars voluntarily repossessed
The trade-in, where a buyer hands a car back to a dealership and uses it as credit toward another one, is often a crucial...
Get tickets to the Business Awards and Hall of Fame in March
Tickets are now available for the Business Report’s Business Awards and Hall of Fame, set for Tuesday, March 24.
The gala honors leading professionals and...
Investment Tip of the Week, sponsored by Financial Advisors Breaux Nader and Brandon Hurley...
Recent political and world health concerns may have investors concerned about their portfolio priorities. Read more about how recent news events aren’t changing the...
Workforce Tip of the Week, sponsored by Spectrum Employee Services: We all know that...
Diversity is commonly associated with certain benefits that can often help your company find its competitive advantage. As stated by Kim Abreu from Entrepeneur.com...
Application pulled for controversial Plank Road request
A request to rezone seven lots near the corner of Plank and Choctaw roads from residential to heavy commercial has been withdrawn by the...
Ax throwing coming to downtown Baton Rouge
Sharpen your axes, Baton Rouge is getting a third ax-throwing venue this spring.
The Canadian-based Bad Axe Throwing is expected to open up in downtown...
Shell offering its employees AI skills training
Royal Dutch Shell PLC is expanding an online program that teaches its employees artificial intelligence skills, the Wall Street Journal reports, part of an...
Roundup: Burrow’s giraffe / Unilever decision / US manufacturing
Long-legged legacy: LSU Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Joe Burrow has a new honor to add to his long list of awards and achievements. He inspired...
Check out four Baton Rouge homebuyers who tried to fool the public
As in previous years, a growing number of homebuyers in the high-end segment of the local residential market in 2019 opted not to disclose...
Edwards establishes rural Louisiana revitalization effort
Gov. John Bel Edwards said Friday that rural Louisiana is in crisis and announced the establishment of a council to seek ways for revitalization.
Edwards,...
ICYMI: Top stories from ‘Daily Report’ this week
Key news you might have missed:
• Opposed to days off for football championship, LSU Faculty Senate takes issue with the Board of Supervisors
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The Rug Place on Siegen closing
After 22 years, The Rug Place on Siegen, next to The Ambrosia Bakery on Siegen Lane, is shutting its doors.
In a mailed flyer, owner...
