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OLOL: LSU sports medicine partnership can lure talent, improve research

Our Lady of the Lake’s recently announced sports medicine partnership with LSU will serve weekend warriors as well as university athletes and will include rebranding existing clinics, says Dr. Catherine O’Neal, OLOL’s chief medical officer. 

Louisiana higher education officials defend proposed spending increases 

Louisiana higher education officials testified before the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, fielding questions on requested increases in student aid, a dip in the...
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Local banks ramping up cybersecurity measures

Though cyber attacks on businesses and government entities have been making news for years, recent breaches involving banks across the country have focused even greater attention on cybersecurity and forced financial institutions to spend more on safeguards, according to local security companies.

Baton Rouge companies prepare to deal with even higher gasoline prices

As gasoline prices surge, local companies with vehicle fleets are being forced to figure out how to manage the increasing strain on their operating costs.

Companies shelling out for TV ads to recruit workers  

The tight labor market has forced companies to pull out all the stops to gin up applications, including raising salaries, offering signing bonuses and...

Game Coin signs 61 LSU student-athletes to NIL deals 

Baton Rouge-based cryptocurrency company Game Coin today announced it has signed NIL deals with 61 student-athletes from football, men’s and women’s basketball, gymnastics and the LSU Tiger Girls Dance Team. 

See which companies are pulling out of Russia and who’s staying  

A “who’s who” list has been floating around business executives and analysts in recent days, showing which companies have pulled out of Russia amid...

Turner Industries at No. 1 among four Baton Rouge firms named top 10 industrial...

Four Baton Rouge-based companies made the top 10 of Associated Builders and Contractors' annual Top Performers list, which ranks its commercial and industrial contractor members. 
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Red Stick Social will expand outdoor space, renovate interior

Red Stick Social is expanding and upgrading its outdoor music venue as well as its interior five floors in coming months.

Two measures used to gauge inflation tell different stories

The Labor Department’s inflation numbers, which most people pay attention to, and the numbers the Federal Reserve cares about aren’t the same. Those differences...

Biden to ban Russian oil imports over Ukraine invasion

President Joe Biden has decided to ban Russian oil imports, toughening the toll on Russia’s economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the matter, the Associated Press reports.

LSU’s ‘Sputnik moment’ requires $100M investment by state, Tate says

LSU President William Tate cites those investments in calling for $100 million in state money to strengthen LSU in five key areas. 
LSU leadership

LSU board approves controversial CenTrio, Tiger Energy Partners deal

The LSU Board of Supervisors has approved the long-contested deal between two private partners to operate the energy system of the Baton Rouge campus.

Pedal Pub hits the streets of Baton Rouge  

There it goes, that zany, canary yellow-trimmed vehicle powered by the raw enthusiasm of 16 passengers. Pedal Pub is off and running in Baton Rouge.

EPA rule would require new tractor-trailer rigs cut nitrogen oxide emissions

The Biden administration is proposing stronger pollution regulations for new tractor-trailer rigs that would clean up smoky diesel engines and encourage new technologies during the next two decades.

Disaster recovery, infrastructure projects fuel construction job growth

The ongoing recovery from recent storms continues to support job growth in the construction industry, says Ken Naquin, CEO of Louisiana Associated General Contractors. 

The Shed Barbecue replacing The Oasis on Burbank

The Shed Barbecue and Blues Joint, a popular restaurant stop for beach travelers in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, is opening a Baton Rouge location in The Oasis on Burbank Drive.

New offices for the hybrid era? Many companies are on board 

If you build a shiny new office building, will your employees show up to work in it? Many U.S. companies are banking on it because...

Business lobby opposes proposed Quality Jobs program changes

The Louisiana Economic Development agency is proposing to change a state incentive that gives companies an annual rebate on a portion of their payroll and sales taxes, and two prominent business groups think it’s a bad idea.
cybersecurity

Avoiding financial pandemonium

With digital attacks on the rise, Baton Rouge area banks are ramping up cybersecurity investments.