Banking & Finance

Employers reluctant to pass rising health care costs onto workers 

Employers are gearing up for health care costs to climb ever higher in 2023 and many will find themselves stuck with the bill, Inc. reports.

Latest ruling in Stanford Ponzi scheme could be worth more than $50M

Victims of Allen Stanford’s Ponzi scheme could be entitled to a share of more than $50 million recovered from the scheme’s largest investor.

Republic Finance sells Towne Center location in lease-back agreement 

Louisiana Paradigm LLC has purchased the Republic Finance building and land located in the Towne Center development off Corporate Boulevard.  

Bernhard Capital launches infrastructure platform with investment in Grace Hebert Curtis 

Bernhard Capital Partners Management LP, a services and infrastructure-focused private equity management firm headquartered...

Analysis: Phaseout of 100% bonus depreciation will hurt business investment

A Tax Foundation analysis warns that the scheduled phaseout of 100% bonus depreciation will...

‘Laptop landlord’ purchases 23 properties in south Baton Rouge for $6.7M

Digital real estate investment firm Flock has completed a $6.7 million purchase of 23...
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Fed hopes August hiring report will show slowdown

Raging inflation has so scrambled the economy that it’s come to this: If Friday’s...

Tulane professor sees bright future for natural gas, renewables, but not for oil

While much of the world still runs on oil, Tulane University’s Peter Ricchiuti sees...

CFOs predict hiring will slow in the next year

The surge in hiring may slow a bit in the coming quarter, a recent...

Student loan forgiveness seen as potential boost for entrepreneurialism

Small business growth could get a boost if President Joe Biden has his way...