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How to prepare for Google’s analytics shift
Big changes are coming to the world of user data analytics and business owners should consider being proactive with their analytics processes.
Employees turning to their companies for help in paying down student debt
More workers are turning to their company’s benefits to pay down their student loans as businesses big and small adopt expanded debt-repayment benefit policies,...
Home improvement contractors could become extinct in Louisiana
The bill would essentially eliminate the licenses of the roughly 3,200 home improvement contractors in Louisiana, Rep. Bryan Fontenot, R-Thibodaux, says.
Senate committee will begin debating tax proposals on Monday
Several of the tax proposals filed in the state Senate will be taken up by the Senate’s Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee on Monday as legislators gear up to make the most of the odd-numbered year that allows them to tackle tax issues.
Capital Region gains 2,700 jobs in March
The Capital Region saw the most job growth in March of any of the state's nine metropolitan statistical areas, according to the latest seasonally...
With rain in the forecast, Live After Five moving indoors to The Tunnel
The second Live After Five concert for the spring season has been moved indoors thanks to expectations of bad weather, the Downtown Business Association...
Louisiana’s combined local and state sales tax remains the nation’s highest
Louisianans are paying a bigger percentage of sales tax than anyone else in the U.S. at nearly 10%
The Face Place medical spa opens on Perkins Road
New medical spa The Face Place opened in the Garden District on Perkins Road last month, but its owners don’t want it to feel like a doctor’s office.
New medical spa The Face Place opened in the Garden District on Perkins Road last month, but its owners don’t want it to feel like a doctor’s office.
How to communicate difficult news with your team
It’s natural to want to dodge the tough work of sharing bad news with your team at work.
After all, who wants to tell a...
Louisiana’s mortgage delinquency rate has fallen more than 10% in past year
The number of delinquent mortgages in Louisiana fell from 6.7% in February to 6.61% in March, but that rate is still the nation’s second highest.
Around 145,000 Louisianans left their jobs during January and February
Around 77,000 Louisiana workers quit their jobs in February, according to the latest report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, making it the...
‘LaPolitics’: Three questions for LCA President Greg Bowser
LaPolitics: What are the Louisiana Chemical Association's members watching for during the regular session? Is there a top priority or two for LCA?
Louisiana Chemical...
Turkey and stuffing food truck concept wins LSU venture challenge
Brothers and LSU business students Sam and Joe Shapiro, who founded Rollin’ Yöggler’s Turkey Durkeys, won first place in the 2023 J Terrell Brown...
See how the IRS wants to change the way businesses report gratuities
For the past two decades, tipped employees have had the responsibility of reporting their tips, which are subject to income and payroll taxes, to the Internal Revenue Service.
Postlethwaite & Netterville CEO says acquisition is all about ‘opportunity’
Company executives say the deal allowing for Baton Rouge-based Postlethwaite & Netterville to be acquired by New York-based EisnerAmper was centered around providing more services.
Louisiana workers’ pay has risen sharply in recent months
Louisiana workers saw their median annual wages reach $54,300 in March—the highest since at least October 2020—according to research from the ADP Research Institute.
Small businesses rallying against Biden’s proposed tax hikes
More than 11,000 small business leaders have rallied together in a petition to protest the tax hikes proposed in President Joe Biden's latest proposed budget.
Eight Capital Region small businesses chosen for Shell’s accelerator program
A handful of entrepreneurs from the Capital Region have been selected to take part in Shell's business accelerator program, the company announced today.
Postlethwaite and Netterville agrees to become part of global advisory firm EisnerAmper
Baton Rouge-based accounting firm Postlethwaite & Netterville is being acquired by global business advisory firm EisnerAmper, the companies announced today.
What Baton Rouge area hospitals are doing to combat a nurse shortage
As the nationwide nursing shortage continues, Baton Rouge-area hospitals are grappling with how to fill open positions.
