Bernhard Capital acquires downstream, heater engineering operations of Willbros Group

Bernhard Capital Partners has acquired two business segments of Houston-based Willbros Group, the companies...

Baton Rouge tech services firm acquires Mississippi company

Baton Rouge-based technology services firm Gage has reached an agreement to acquire Mid State...

Riegel: For better or worse, society will only become more techy

Business Report Editor Stephanie Riegel says that when a new Bell South phone book...

Budget deal made by Louisiana lawmakers has short-term fixes, patches

A day after lawmakers passed a $24 billion budget in a frenzied end to...

US seeing ‘fastest and steepest decline’ as global oil layoffs reach 150,000, recruiting firm says

Pelted by the oil-market crash, the energy industry’s job cuts reached 150,000 by the...

Ray Belton named Southern president and chancellor

The Southern University System’s Board of Supervisors announced today it has tapped Ray Belton...

Can Highland Games champ Matt Vincent defend his title?

Baton Rougeans might remember Matt Vincent's work with the LSU track and field team...

‘NY Times’ highlights Shreveport area flooding

In a New York Times feature on flooding in the Shreveport area, Caddo Parish...

Shaq slams IPO access, invests in startup brokerage firm that’s ‘all about the common man’

Legendary LSU and NBA basketball star Shaquille O'Neal wants to make it easier for...