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How hypnosis can make you a better leader
Despite David Wachs’ success as founder of Phoenix-based robotics company Handwrytten, he says he's struggled with managing stress and operating in a "reactive state."
To...
Baton Rouge General, Ochsner BR get ‘A’ grades for safety
Baton Rouge General Medical Center and Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge both received “A” grades in a new report regarding safety at general...
Sigma Consulting Group merging with Mississippi engineering firm
Sigma Consulting Group, a privately owned civil engineering and surveying company headquartered in Baton Rouge, announced it has agreed to merge with Waggoner Engineering...
Sherwood Pointe shopping center sells for $1.6M
The Sherwood Pointe shopping center on South Sherwood Forest Boulevard has sold for $1.6 million, according to records with the East Baton Rouge Parish...
Roundup: Starbucks strike / Minimum prices / Housing starts
Labor action: Starbucks workers at more than 100 U.S. stores say they’re going on strike today in what would be the largest labor action...
Louisiana ranks 49th on “prosperity index”
Louisiana ranks 49th in the nation for “overall prosperity” among states and Washington, D.C., according to a new report.
According to the American Dream Prosperity...
US initial jobless claims drop slightly
Filings for U.S. unemployment insurance fell slightly last week and remained near historically low levels amid a still-tight labor market, The Wall Street Journal...
Income rose 6% in the Capital Region during 2021, but trailed most metros
The per capita personal income in the Baton Rouge metropolitan statistical area was $56,396 in 2021, a rise of 6.2% from the previous year,...
Tech layoffs don’t guarantee job cuts imminent in other sectors
Tech company layoffs are not expected to prompt a tsunami of job losses in other industries, The Washington Post (subscription) reports, but they are...
Lawmakers briefed on state sales tax as they weigh changes in April session
Officials with the Louisiana Department of Revenue and Legislative Fiscal Office presented lawmakers with information on the state's sales tax Wednesday as they prepare...
Shoppers can expect full shelves this holiday season as supply issues fade
Easing supply-chain pressures mean American consumers can look forward to their first normal holiday season in three years, industry executives and analysts say. They...
LSU study projects state will add 3,500 oil and gas jobs by Q2 of...
Louisiana’s oil and gas sector is expected to gain 3,500 jobs by the second quarter of next year, according to the latest edition of the LSU Center for Energy Studies’ Gulf Coast Energy Outlook.
MasteryPrep sale seen as potential boost for other Capital Region startups
Baton Rouge-based education tech firm MasteryPrep, said to be one of the fastest-growing K-12 education companies in the nation, was acquired this week by New York City education investment firm Achieve Partners for an undisclosed sum.
BRAC Handshake report card updates effort to retain college graduates
BRAC partnered with LSU and Southern in 2020 to use Handshake, a nationwide digital job board, to help connect students to jobs in the region.
90% of US counties dealt with weather disaster in last decade
Ninety percent of US counties suffered a weather disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a report published today.
Some endured as many as 12...
Regions Bank joins companies offering tuition assistance as employee perk
Regions Bank announced today that its full- and part-time associates can now earn a tuition-free college degree at partnering universities such as LSU.
Metro Council to take another look at short-term rental ordinance
The East Baton Rouge Metro Council today will consider creating rules to govern short-term rentals.
Lack of child care is keeping a record number of parents out of work
More than 100,000 Americans missed work last month because of child care problems, an all-time high that’s even greater than during the height of...
Finding happiness is more simple than you think, according to Harvard study
Money can't buy happiness, but it certainly helps. And while some people are dealt a genetic temperament that makes them predisposed to being happier,...
Cheniere cleared to return LNG storage tank to service at Sabine plant after leak
Cheniere Energy Inc. said Monday that federal regulators authorized the return to service of one of two shut storage tanks at the U.S. liquefied...
