Banking & Finance

Latest mortgage rate plunge likely will translate to higher home prices

Mortgage rates are sinking as markets contend with the ramifications of Russia’s attack on...

Company of the Year | b1BANK: Banking on the future

b1BANK, now led by Jude Melville, has quickly grown from a homegrown community bank to a publicly traded multistate institution with $4.4 billion in assets.

Alford: Taxes could be session’s sleeper issue

The upcoming regular legislative session will partly be defined by the massive piles of...

Louisiana ranks 34th best for corporate taxes, though rating likely to improve

The Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation ranks Louisiana 34th for corporate taxes on its 2022 business tax climate index.

Roundup: Roof deadline / Mortgage rates / Rental cars 

Last chance: Homeowners have until tomorrow, Feb. 25, to tell their nsurance company about...

First four days of mobile sports betting in Louisiana sees nearly $40.5M in bets

The first available report on mobile sports betting in Louisiana shows the online platform took in nearly $40.5 million in bets in the first four days, compared with nearly $50 million for a full month of retail, or in-person betting, The Center Square reports. 
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Bernhard continues expansion with ETC Group acquisition

Bernhard, the largest privately owned energy-as-a-service company in the nation, has completed its acquisition of ETC Group, the companies announced today.

Backlog of returns forces IRS to scrap planned closure of processing center

The Internal Revenue Service on Thursday scrapped plans to close one of its three...

Frackers hold back production as oil nears $100 a barrel

America’s largest frackers are reporting huge profits but plan to keep oil production in...

Rampant fraud hampers effort to track $6 trillion in federal COVID relief

Roughly two years after lawmakers approved their first tranche of rescue funds, the U.S....