Banking & Finance

The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday for a third straight...

Will the Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate sometime next year—and, if so, by how much?

Regulations are a double-edged sword. They’re created to improve business dealings, discourage unfair or illegal business activity, and protect workers. But, for small business owners, they often mean more red tape, higher costs and possible penalties for failing to comply.

Cigna Group has called off its attempt to combine with Humana, a merger that...

The Fed is leaving interest rates alone for now, but are cuts on the horizon? 

Several housing economists are projecting that mortgage rates will ease moderately next year, though the forecasts call for the average rate on a 30-year home loan to remain above 6%.

Awards: Ascension Economic Development Corporation today announced it has been named Small Market of...

Virtually no one is bullish about the Baton Rouge office market these days. Most...

Cigna and Humana are in talks for a combination that would create a new powerhouse in the health insurance industry, The Wall Street Journal reports.

UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum—which agreed to acquire Baton Rouge’s home health care company Amedisys...