Banking & Finance

Furious about surging prices at the pump and the supermarket, many consumers feel they know just where to cast blame: On greedy companies that relentlessly raise prices and pocket the profits.

Companies are increasingly offering financial planners as a perk to alleviate pressure on their...

Average housing costs across the U.S., pushed higher by soaring home prices and rising...

Vidalia-based Concordia Bank and Trust has begun building a one-story, 4,588-square-foot branch on a property it purchased last August

The retail industry is up against a potential wave of bankruptcies following a monthslong...

The number of houses or condos flipped in the Baton Rouge area during the first three months of this year was up almost 35% compared to the previous quarter and more than 160% compared to last year, a real estate data firm says. 

Expanding access to small loans and helping contractors get federal infrastructure work are priorities for the U.S. Small Business Administration in Louisiana, SBA regional administrator Ted James says. 

Business owners might be a little more cautious than usual, but the sorts of things they should be doing aren’t necessarily all that different from how they normally run their business, bankers say. 

Companies are buying back debt, pushing out maturities and reviewing cash-management strategies as they...

Small business owners who took out disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration...