Insurers seek dismissal of La.’s Road Home suit

Lawyers for some of the nation's largest insurance companies asked a federal judge today...

Dow cutting 160 jobs in Plaquemine

Dow Chemical Co. employees say job cuts the company announced today at its Plaquemine...

Stocks slip after GDP report, mixed earnings

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slumped for a second straight day Friday as investors...

Acadiana banks’ earnings fall

(From The Business Report) BATON ROUGE - A trio of Acadiana-based banks with presence...

AEDC head likes regionalism

(From The Business Report) GONZALES - J. Michael Eades is the new president/CEO of...

U.S. economy shrinks at fastest pace since 1982

The economy shrank at a 3.8% pace at the end of 2008, the worst...

News roundup: Springsteen plugs LSU professor’s book … Economy causing more people to donate sperm, eggs

'The Boss' is a fan: A book by LSU history professor Nancy Isenberg pops...

Editor: Bailout leaves taxpayers in the dark

We know the federal government has approved a $700 billion bailout plan to help...

LaPolitics by John Maginnis: Bernhard feeling out Senate prospects

During the Washington Mardi Gras festivities, Shaw Group Chairman Jim Bernhard is making the...

MidSouth Bank, Home Bank, Teche Federal Bank announce earnings

A trio of Acadiana-based banks with presence in Baton Rouge says they earned less...