Stephanie Riegel is the editor of Business Report.

NOLA commercial tenant asks court to decide whether coronavirus is an ‘act of God’ 

While attorneys have been fielding phone calls for the past week from tenants and...

Virus response: BBQGuys learning to adapt, innovate during crisis

Though the coronavirus crisis is wreaking havoc on the economy, local businesses are quickly...

How to help employees during trying times  

If the frightening ramifications of the growing coronavirus crisis are making it hard for...

Baton Rouge hospitality industry takes hit as business dries up 

Industry leaders are beginning to assess the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the...

‘Nonessential’ retailers prepare to close after state mandate 

Retailers deemed “nonessential” by the state spent the day preparing to shut their doors...

Local supermarkets, distributors doing brisk business amid crisis

While the economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis worsens, supermarkets and the distributors that...

BRAC releases how-to video for applying for disaster relief 

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber has put together a video and a PDF with...

Residential real estate transactions slow as social distancing becomes the norm 

Like every other sector of the economy, residential real estate transactions slowed to a...

Baton Rouge tenants telling landlords they won’t be able to pay rent during outbreak

The realities of the coronavirus crisis are beginning to hit the commercial real estate...

Baton Rouge hotels in cost-cutting mode as occupancy plummets to record lows

Occupancy at area hotels is averaging between 12% and 15% as a result of...