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Small business owners are both hopeful and anxious about the holidays
All signs point to a relatively solid holiday season for America’s small businesses. But owners of these companies appear to have a collective anxiety about the months ahead.
Capital Region leads the nation in construction workforce growth
The Capital Region surpassed the rest of the country with a year-over-year job growth of 19.4% in the construction sector.
Marucci CFO expects continued local growth under new ownership
Baton Rouge-based Marucci Sports was just sold for the second time in four years, this time for $572 million.
The change in ownership will not...
Here’s how hard the wildfires hit Louisiana’s timber industry
Wildfires that engulfed more than 50,000 acres of Louisiana forests during this summer’s record-breaking heat and drought dealt a blow of at least $71...
Infinity Valve and Supply expanding Acadiana air compressor facility
Infinity Operators LLC today announced it is investing $1.1 million to increase production capacity of its new air compression division through equipment upgrades and physical expansion of its manufacturing facility in Lafayette Parish.
Who used to the governor’s suite to see Beyoncé?
Gov. John Bel Edwards’ office says it doesn’t know who used the governor’s two suites at the Caesars Superdome for the sold-out Beyoncé Renaissance concert in New Orleans Sept. 27
A look at the state of carbon sequestration in the Capital Region
Carbon capture projects, pivotal to the energy transition in the nation’s industrial sector, are garnering substantial attention, especially in Louisiana’s Capital Region as it becomes a hotspot for such projects.
Marucci Sports’ Baton Rouge success story continues with $572M sale
Marucci Sports started in 2004 in the River Bend backyard of Kurt Ainsworth, a former Catholic High and LSU pitcher whose professional baseball career was derailed by injuries.
b1Bank launching new derivatives services line
Baton Rouge’s b1Bank is planning to launch a line of derivatives products and services, which will provide clients with more flexibility managing interest rate risks.
US employers pulled back on hiring in October, adding 150,000 jobs
The nation’s employers scaled back their hiring in October, adding a modest but still decent 150,000 jobs, a sign that the labor market remains...
Rising costs threaten development of US offshore wind industry
Good news or bad news first? Because there was plenty of both this week for the fledgling U.S. offshore wind industry.
Gulf oil and gas lease sale off again, pending a federal hearing
The upcoming sale of federal Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases was officially postponed today amid legal fights over protections for an endangered species of whale.
Louisiana Legislature set to revisit carbon capture debate
A Louisiana legislative task force established to consider the local impacts of carbon capture and sequestration will begin meeting on Monday.
Companies are taking a slow approach to using a new instant payment system
The Federal Reserve rolled out its FedNow real-time payment system in July of this year, which allows companies to pay their suppliers in seconds,...
Here’s why the I-10 bridge replacement project in Lake Charles stalled
A $2.1 billion plan to replace the aging Interstate 10 bridge in Lake Charles suffered a potentially fatal blow last week when state lawmakers rejected the project’s financing plan because it relied heavily on tolls criticized by trucking companies, reports NOLA.com.
Will shoppers spend more―or less―this holiday season?
The National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, expects shoppers will spend more this year than last year, but their pace will slow given all the economic uncertainty.
Uncertain project economics can put a contractor’s profitability at risk. Here’s how some are...
An industrial contractor’s ability to maintain a healthy profit margin can be tenuous, at best, in an age of fluctuating material prices, rising wages...
Courts are being asked to weigh the need for companies to protect their trade...
Baton Rouge attorney Jude Bursavich recalls a case that involved an employee who took company books home for the weekend, quit the job on...
Whitney Johnson: Imagining the job that doesn’t exist—yet
Over the years, I’ve talked to many people who landed a job that didn’t exist until they imagined it into being.
My first guest when...
Jon Gordon: Struggle leads to strength
My wife calls me ChatJG because whenever she asks me for the right words for one of her social media posts, I can spit...
