Retail woes: Companies can’t raise prices if consumers won’t buy 

Economists estimate the trade war could increase costs by hundreds of dollars for the...

LSU professor working with NASA to keep water clean in space  

An LSU mechanical engineering professor has designed a new way to clean water using...

Hiring for a culture fit doesn’t have to undermine diversity 

Although most managers agree it’s important to hire people who fit in with your...

Roundup: Workforce grant / A. Hays Town building sells for $1.4M / Injury insurance startup  

Funding: Louisiana is one of six states selected by the National Governors Association to...

Roundup: Hottest September / US home construction spikes / Walmart credit card 

Record-breaking: With high temperatures eclipsing 90 degrees every day so far this month, and...

Roundup: Cokie Roberts dies at age 75 / Capital Area Promise / ExxonMobil hits offshore oil 

Rest in peace: Cokie Roberts, a longtime, renowned political reporter for NPR and ABC...

Executive Spotlight: Emergent Method founder Nick Speyrer  

Emergent Method, the Baton Rouge-based management consulting firm Nick Speyrer founded in 2012, ranked...

Bracing for new audit rule, public companies are tightening their controls

Public companies preparing for a new auditing rule are unearthing knotty internal issues, the...

Roundup: AG campaign finances / Steamboat detects water quality / US factory output

War chests: Republican Jeff Landry's campaign war chest dwarfs other statewide elected officials other...

Alford: Sizing up the second-place race for governor 

The locker room chatter in and around the gubernatorial campaign of U.S. Rep. Ralph...