Business

Companies looking to tap the debt markets will likely accelerate those plans after Federal Reserve minutes revealed that half-percentage point rises in interest rates...

On the first floor of the LSU Football Operations Center, left of the front desk, is the performance nutrition center.

A proposal to enshrine the current rules governing Louisiana’s Industrial Tax Exemption Program in the state constitution pits business interests against local government leaders. 

As the labor market reorders, more Americans are making the leap from blue-collar jobs and hourly work to “new collar” roles that often involve...

President Joe Biden’s requirement that all federal employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 was upheld Thursday by a federal appeals court. In a 2-1 ruling, a...

Last year, Louisiana jumped on the bandwagon to allow college sports stars to benefit financially from their name, image and likeness through endorsement deals....

Fast-rising consumer prices are pushing many employees to go to the mat for larger-than-normal pay increases, but many companies aren’t factoring inflation into what...

Congressman Garret Graves’ recent request for $2 million in federal dollars for an initiative at the Water Institute of the Gulf focused on flood...

Louisiana has the 12th-lowest tax burden compared to other states, with residents taxed at an effective rate of 9%, according to a new report...

LSU is among a small number of colleges taking advantage of a 2020 NCAA rule that allows programs to pay student-athletes for getting good grades, according to ESPN. 

Since inflation began bursting higher last year, large U.S. companies have found a simple way to keep making record profits: Pass all those price increases along to customers.

Baton Rouge-based Genesis 360 founder Craig Stevens has received a businessperson of the year award from the U.S. Small Business Administration. 

Kolache Kitchen is the latest Baton Rouge-based restaurant to dip into franchising, joining the likes of Raising Cane’s and Walk-On’s.

The average wage earner in the Capital Region’s three biggest housing markets still can qualify to buy a house, though that may change as prices continue to rise faster than wages, a new national report suggests. 

A new rendering of the University Lakes project depicts a planned bridge that will replace May Street and connect the two largest lakes. 

The latest edition of Business Report features 20 Capital Region health care leaders who are each rising stars in their specialties.  From researchers working to...

Power outages from severe weather across the U.S. have doubled over the past two decades, as a warming climate stirs more destructive storms that cripple broad segments of the nation’s aging electrical grid, according to an Associated Press analysis of government data.

Baton Rouge-based Kolache Kitchen on Tuesday announced it is opening its first out-of-state location, in Key West, Florida, this month. 

Economic uncertainty related to the pandemic and its fallout over the past two years didn’t stop entrepreneurs from launching new businesses in the Capital Region. 

Entergy has proposed a new project to give backup generators to grocery stores and other commercial customers across the state to form microgrids that can be used during outages and peak demand times, but Entergy wants the rest of its customers to pay for them.