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Houston-based Salata Salad Kitchen has begun recruiting potential franchise partners to open stores in the Baton Rouge area.

Republic Finance, a rapidly growing consumer lender founded in Baton Rouge 70 years ago, is establishing its headquarters in Plano, Texas. 

Lumber prices are falling across the country after more than a year of the wood being hard to find, hard to ship, and expensive to buy. However, it may take a while for the Baton Rouge area to see any relief.

Leadership is one of the most studied and written topics in the business world. But there’s an emerging concept categorizing leaders by whether they lead with their heart, their head or their hands, which adds an interesting new wrinkle to the subject, Inc. reports. 

Republic Finance, a 70-year-old consumer loan provider, is moving its headquarters from Baton Rouge to Plano, Texas, according to Texas-based media reports. 

Baton Rouge’s three riverboat casinos posted a drop of more than $2 million in April, the first collective loss since January. 

Industrial automation company Yokogawa Corporation of America, the Japanese company’s U.S. branch, today announced that a Baton Rouge location will open in June. 

Capital Region cigar smokers have plenty of places to explore the world of cigars.

The LSU Foundation had almost $698 million in assets at the end of 2020, which represents more than 17% of the total for all public university foundations, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s Office found. 

Ochsner Health today announced it will open its new Ochsner 65 Plus–Bocage this fall in the former Pearson’s Luggage and Gifts space. 

The iPod began with a modest goal: Let’s create a music product that makes people want to buy more Macintosh computers.

Six historically Black universities in five Southern states, one of them Southern University in Baton Rouge, will be getting the first IBM cybersecurity centers aimed at training underrepresented communities, the company announced this week. 

Vegetable oil prices have soared in recent months, forcing local restaurant owners to decide whether to raise prices on customers.

The company, founded in 2019, announced last summer its plans to open a franchise program for its restaurants, which are built using shipping containers.  

By trying to limit how much schools can help college athletes cashing in on their fame, the NCAA seems to have inadvertently opened the door for boosters to get a foothold in a burgeoning market.

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome has selected Marlee Pittman to be the first director of community revitalization for East Baton Rouge Parish. 

A dispute between Amtrak and two freight companies could threaten implementation of New Orleans-to-Mobile passenger service. 

The current version of the state’s capital outlay bill includes a $20 million commitment to complete the University Lakes improvement project, Sen. Franklin Foil says. 

Refinancing in Baton Rouge has hit the brakes as mortgage rates rise, putting an end to the pandemic refinancing boom sparked by historically low interest rates. 

Louisiana Oil and Gas Association President Mike Moncla today released a statement urging the federal government to renew its five-year offshore leasing plan, in...