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Roundup: A new leader for Tesla? / Big tech bounce / Debuts and do-overs
Shifting gears: The Wall Street Journal reports that Tesla's board of directors has reportedly initiated a search for a successor to CEO Elon Musk....
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Roundup: Credit downgrade / Defunding Louisiana / Camping under fire
Woodside’s financial exposure: S&P Global Ratings downgraded Australian energy firm Woodside Energy’s credit outlook from “stable” to “negative” Wednesday after the company committed to...
Meet the 500: Nial Patel
Recognized as a top leader and known for his volunteer activism, Nial Patel established himself as one of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s longest-serving senior staff...
Rolfe McCollister: Under Gov. Landry, is Louisiana open for business, or lawsuits?
This happened in one decidedly unfoolish week in April: A headline in Forbes read, “Louisiana Is Litigating Away Its Economic Prosperity;” while a column...
Two years after pulling out of Baton Rouge, EA continues cuts
Electronic Arts Inc. is laying off hundreds of workers and canceling a Titanfall game that was in development at its Respawn Entertainment subsidiary, Bloomberg...
Visa wants to give your credit card to AI assistants
Artificial intelligence “agents” are supposed to be more than chatbots. The tech industry has spent months pitching AI personal assistants that know what you...
Lawmakers consider scrapping inspection stickers for most vehicles
Louisiana lawmakers are considering scrapping the requirement for inspection stickers for most vehicles, The Center Square reports.
Under current law, nearly all vehicles registered in...
Roundup: Lettermans relocates / Chinese imports drop / Lowering medical costs
Moving to Livingston: Lettermans, founded in Baton Rouge in the 1940s, has relocated its print production facility to Denham Springs. The new space, which...
How companies are redefining the role of middle management
Despite predictions of their decline, middle managers remain vital to organizational success, but their role is undergoing a transformation, according to the Harvard Business...
Woodside, BP strike a gas supply deal for the Louisiana LNG project
To support its massive Louisiana LNG project in Lake Charles, Australia-based Woodside Energy Group has signed a gas supply deal with British energy giant...
Roundup: US economy shrinks / Wall Street reacts / Oil prices
First-quarter GDP: The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.3% annual pace from January through March, the first drop in three years, as President Donald...
Lawmakers strike down bill giving parishes say-so on carbon capture projects
In a significant move, the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment on Tuesday voted down legislation that sought to grant each of the...
Legislators are considering these bills to help lower auto insurance rates
Louisiana lawmakers on Monday advanced a suite of bills aimed to address the state’s high auto insurance rates, Louisiana Illuminator reports.
House Bill 34, sponsored...
Roundup: Plug power / Public notices / On the ballot
Online: Plug Power has completed construction of a hydrogen production plant in Louisiana, the company announced this week, set to supply major clients like...
Get a first look of Bayes Oyster Bar in downtown
Bayes Oyster Bar is set to open next month in the former Jolie Pearl Oyster Bar space in downtown Baton Rouge, 225 writes.
The new...
Is America’s hiring boom losing steam?
Job openings in the United States fell in March as President Donald Trump’s trade wars clouded the economic outlook.
U.S. employers posted 7.2 million vacancies...
Roundup: UPS layoffs / LDEQ official exits / FedEx WARN notice
Cutting expenses: United Parcel Service said on Tuesday that it will cut 20,000 positions this year, moving to slash expenses months after it parted...
BP plans to boost its US oil and gas production by more than 50%...
BP, the oil company that once aimed to lead the shift to renewable energy, is now on board with President Trump’s mantra of “drill,...
‘LaPolitics’: Freshman GOP representatives falling in line, so far
“It was a very surprising moment," reflects Rep. Annie Spell, "and a little surreal."
One tends to remember the moment they become the newest member...
