Business

Local creative agency owner Victoria Armstrong will host the second Curate Conference this October as a celebration of women in business across all Baton...

If you have a position you need to fill in your business, you might think you know precisely what you’re looking for. But if your job advertisement is really specific, you might be scaring off potential candidates. 

Baton Rouge-based menswear brand Jack Duncan is all about the little things—tiny, jewel-colored koi fish swimming across a bubble-patterned button-down.

Falling crude oil prices and lingering worries about the global economy have been sapping power from energy stocks throughout 2023.

Following a month of negotiations over pay, the union representing more than 160,000 actors, models and performers is officially set to strike. 

A state appeals court has affirmed the trial court’s decision that the St. George incorporation effort did not fully comply with state law. 

Bosses are making a push to get workers into the office specifically on Mondays as a way to kick-start the workweek and boost productivity,...

Three years ago, Ty and Allyson Hingle’s son let them know he wanted to attend LSU. That inspired some reminiscing about their college days, including their time at a certain bar near campus popular with fraternities and sororities that closed under tragic circumstances in 1997.

Just as the U.S. is plunging into the deep end of offshore wind energy development, the nascent domestic industry is facing major supply chain...

Though down from the last two years, East Baton Rouge Parish saw the most new business applications in the state last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.  

Syngenta Crop Protection’s nearly $52 million investment in Iberville Parish is among the Capital Region-based highlights on Friday’s state Board of Commerce and Industry agenda. 

Robert Twilley, vice president for research and economic development, wants to boost LSU's economic impact in Louisiana and the Capital Region.

A new dessert franchise will move into the space formerly occupied by Freezing Cow in the Bluebonnet Village shopping center, according to records.

The federal government has officially renewed its commitment to fully pay for the Comite River diversion project with $476 million in additional funding, U.S. Rep. Garret Graves says. 

Whether it’s nostalgia or marketing, bringing back familiar names is an emerging service industry trend.

As it gets harder for small businesses to obtain conventional loans, more of them are turning to a new source of funding—their customers.  

It’s been 20 years since the Kingfish left town but Barry Soskin says he’s got the formula for making minor league hockey a success in Baton Rouge.

Feedback, both giving and receiving it, can be difficult, but such personal disruption is important for growth.

Galliano-based Grand Isle Shipyard, an oil and gas services company, is planning to consolidate its Capital Region operations with a new campus along Innovation Drive. 

ExxonMobil Corp. announced this morning it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Denbury Inc. in an all-stock transaction valued at $4.9 billion.