Banking & Finance

Baton Rouge-area businesses receive $1B in PPP loans, but there are disparities

The Capital Region received some $1 billion in Paycheck Protection Program loans that support...

Nearly a dozen Baton Rouge companies receive at least $5M from PPP

Eleven Baton Rouge-based companies received between $5 million and $10 million in Payroll Protection...

Is Waitr making a comeback? Preliminary Q2 results positive

After a tumultuous 12 months and several changes to its leadership team, Waitr appears...

P&N to run state’s small business grant program, which will launch by July 28

The state’s new Main Street Recovery Program, which will dole out up to $15,000...

Baton Rouge CPAs brace for July 15 tax deadline amid ‘marathon’ tax season

With Tax Day coming up July 15, local accounting firms—many of which took advantage...

Virus roundup … 

• The state health department says nearly half of new coronavirus cases reported Monday...
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Virus roundup … 

• The number of confirmed new coronavirus cases per day in the U.S. hit...

Survey: 14% of businesses expect layoffs after depleting PPP loans 

Roughly 14% of business owners who received a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program...

Virus roundup … 

• The number of COVID-19 cases in Louisiana has surpassed 50,000 and hospitalizations for...

Virus roundup … 

• Louisiana reported 393 new COVID-19 cases as of Sunday, bringing the statewide total...