Business

This year’s Small Business Saturday―a national event that promotes small businesses and  incentivizes holiday shoppers to support them―wasn’t quite the success that it has been in the past, some Baton Rouge business owners say. 

Louisiana government agencies entered into about $3.3 billion in contracts over seven years without specific approval from the Office of State Procurement, the Louisiana...

Among the many challenges small businesses face as they try to grow these days, getting a loan is right near the top.

While burnout is on the rise globally, many workplaces are facing a separate, equally pressing issue: “boreout,” or a chronic boredom and motivation in the workplace. 

Retaining employees who don't want to work in person is an issue for companies, but relatively few employers (13%) have introduced incentives that would make employees more accepting of it, according to a newly released poll conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago. 

Electric reliability has been a hot topic lately—from congressional hearings to regulatory agencies and at the regional transmission organizations that run the electric grid in much of the country.

The U.S. Census Bureau released new data on America’s families Tuesday, showing the percentage of childless households could approach 50% in the next few years. 

Since the Supreme Court ended race-conscious admissions programs and reversed affirmative action in June, right-wing activist groups nationwide have been filing complaints and lawsuits...

Higher prices for steel, labor and debt financing have raised the cost of developing a wind farm by almost 40% since 2019, The Wall...

The Pennington family is withdrawing its financial support for Pennington Cancer Center at Baton Rouge General after 23 years and has given the hospital permission to remove signage and marketing materials containing the Pennington name. 

Rare is the executive who doesn’t sneak in at least a bit of work while they’re traveling. If you must do it, Inc. magazine offers a few best practices.

At 3.3%, Louisiana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is once again sitting at a record low, according to data released by the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The late crush of holiday travelers is picking up steam, with about 2.7 million people expected to board flights on Wednesday and millions more...

The generational landscape at the workplace is expected to shift next year, with Baby Boomers being surpassed by Gen Z.

Cloud platforms specialized for given industries are off to a slow start, with some companies saying they simply don’t need them, thanks to existing...

Denham Springs-based Pipe and Steel Industrial Fabricators is investing $4.3 million in an expansion of its Livingston Parish manufacturing facilities.

CF Industries Holdings Inc. is ready to close its acquisition of Incitec Pivot Limited’s ammonia production complex in Waggaman, AgWeb reports. 

The transition for Gov.-elect Jeff Landry continued Monday as he and his wife, Sharon, met with the current occupants of the Governor’s Mansion.

Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, suggested Monday that the economy appears to be on what he calls the “golden path,” another term for what economists call a “soft landing,” in which the Fed would curb inflation without causing a deep recession.

American corporations moved back into growth mode last quarter with better-than-expected earnings that lifted stocks sharply, Axios reports.