The Associated Press, Author at Baton Rouge Business Report

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. climbed this week to...

The number of Americans filing unemployment claims last week fell slightly as businesses continue...

For months, American consumers and businesses have been hearing that President Trump’s massive import...

Charter Communications has offered to acquire Cox Communications, a $34.5 billion merger that would...

Volley after volley of tariffs—and at times on-again, off-again trade actions—have put companies around...

U.S. consumers spent slightly more at retail stores last month after ramping up their...

The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it plans to weaken limits on some...

U.S. retail egg prices fell in April from the record-high prices they hit earlier...

Inflation cooled for the third straight month in April even after some of President...

U.S. and Chinese officials said Monday that they had reached a deal to roll...