Banking & Finance

Virus roundup … 

• Louisiana lawmakers Wednesday plowed ahead with a contested emergency plan to run the...

The rise of B1BANK

b1BANK over the past 14 years has grown from de novo launched in Baton Rouge to Louisiana’s second-largest community institution.

City-Parish disputes being on list of top cities that will be hit hard by the pandemic

Cities that rely heavily on tourism, sales taxes or direct state assistance are predicted...

Virus roundup …  

• Gov. John Bel Edwards said Tuesday that more than 1.5 million COVID-19 tests...

Low bankruptcy filing rate across Louisiana not expected to last 

Despite the economic hardships created by the pandemic, bankruptcy filings so far this year,...

Low interest rates continue to prop up Baton Rouge home sales

While the coronavirus pandemic has done damage to many sectors of the economy, it hasn’t had a negative effect on residential real estate, at least not yet. On the contrary, home sale activity in East Baton Rouge Parish through July is slightly higher than it was for the same period in 2019 or 2018, according to an analysis of MLS data compiled by the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors and provided by local real estate agents.
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Business bracing for costly health insurance news

COVID-19 will indeed have an impact on health insurance premiums, which almost certainly will rise, but by how much remains the question?

Tennessee-based investment group buys six Baton Rouge Popeyes sites

A Nashville-based investment group has scooped up six Baton Rouge-area Popeyes restaurant properties, but it's unclear whether CapitalSpring purchased the land to lease back to the franchisee or if it also acquired the businesses as well.

Virus roundup … 

• Louisiana reported rising COVID numbers across the board Friday as the stubborn infection...

Trump, GOP soften on opposition to $600 jobless benefit as debate continues  

The White House and its GOP allies appear to be retreating from their opposition...