Business

Wedding photographers like Baton Rouge-based Eric Garcia are noticing a shift in their industry, with clients planning smaller events and requesting a faster turnaround on photos. 

The LSU AgCenter Food Innovation Institute's (Foodii) latest plans include a new retail shop and a focus on product development and bottling.

Louisiana Nursery, a Baton Rouge fixture, is not only celebrating its past but also planning for its future.

While seven Louisiana’s metro markets made The Wall Street Journal’s summer emerging housing market index released this morning, they all ranked near the bottom of the list. 

Tammy Little served several stints at Shell Norco and other facilities before taking on the role of plant manager in 2020, but it was...

Automation was already expected to wipe out millions of jobs in the U.S., but the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the pace of these changes.  

Nearly two weeks after the explosion at the Dow Chemical facility in Plaquemine, a preliminary incident report from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality finds that the blast may have contaminated nearby water, but the potential impact on area residents is still not clear.  

Origin Materials’ first commercial site will soon begin making chloromethyl furfural, a chemical used to make plastic, and hydrothermal carbon, used for carbon black...

Leaders of more than 300 hospitals reported higher revenue in a recent survey, with most of the acceleration happening on the outpatient side. 

Louisiana’s fastest-growing software firm could have been launched anywhere in the nation. But Mohit “Mo” Vij, president and CEO of 365Labs, always insisted on Baton Rouge.

Americans in their prime are employed or on the job hunt at a rate not seen in over 20 years, The Wall Street Journal...

A new Louisiana program meant to emphasize the link between cleanliness and economic prosperity now includes 28 chambers of commerce and more than 220 businesses, Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser’s office reports. 

As part of The Arts Council in Greater Baton Rouge’s recent economic development efforts, the organization has launched a new quarterly Art in Business breakfast series with keynote speakers and networking opportunities for area companies. 

From winter storms to sweltering summer heat, there’s a consensus among experts that increasing extreme weather, a shifting electric generation mix, delays in getting...

Cheniere Energy this week said it’s considering building a new pipeline to link its Louisiana expansion project to other pipelines in major shale-gas producing regions as it seeks to diversify its risk, LNG Industry reports.

What should you do when your employees aren’t reaching their full potential? According to Harvard Business Review, answers can be found in three categories:...

People who love working remotely often talk about how much more work they get done from home, but, according to The Wall Street Journal, it's actually their downtime during the workday that is more productive.    

Hurricane season officially runs June 1 through November 30, but Louisiana State Climatologist and LSU professor Barry Keim and a group of researchers are finding that hurricane season is starting earlier and ending later each year.  

Six years in the making, the Noël Family Distillery sits in a stylishly renovated former power and light building on Veterans Boulevard along the Mississippi River in historic downtown  Donaldsonville.  

Cajun Electric is planning an early fall grand opening for the company’s new showroom in Mid City.