Banking & Finance

American companies’ earnings and profit margins are increasingly collapsing after the Federal Reserve’s rate...

Consumer inflation in the U.S. cooled last month yet remained elevated in the latest...

Just months before a scheduled 10-day federal civil jury trial, attorneys for once-prominent investment advisor Walter Morales have withdrawn from the case, citing “irreconcilable differences.”

A report released today by two Louisiana Senate committees listed 30 findings of concern regarding the proposed reorganization and sale of the state’s largest health insurer. 

Louisiana residents pay the highest average sales tax rate in the country at nearly 10%, according to the latest Tax Foundation rankings released this week.

Among all U.S. institutions—including the military, religious organizations, K-12 schools, and colleges— Americans have...

Employers are hesitant to offer workers a new perk that would help many of them pay down student loans while saving for retirement, despite a law that makes it easier for companies to do so, USA Today reports. 

Banks have once again reported tighter lending standards and weaker demand for business loans,...

Job cut announcements in January increased to their highest level in 10 months as...

Baton Rouge-based Business First Bancshares Inc., the holding company for b1Bank, is growing yet...