Business News

Breaking news, company moves, economic trends, and the deals shaping Greater Baton Rouge and the Capital Region.

Downtown Baton Rouge to get new Starbucks on ground floor of Courtyard Marriott

Downtown will get its first Starbucks in 2017, when the Courtyard Marriott opens at...

Baton Rouge DUI arrests down nearly 18% in year since Uber entered market; app deserves partial credit, police chief says

In the 15 months since Uber entered the Baton Rouge market, DUI arrests have...

BRAF acquires Cane Land Distilling property next to Water Campus for $375K

The Baton Rouge Area Foundation has acquired from Cane Land Distilling Co. the one-acre...

Warring Union Pacific, WarHorse headed for settlement negotiations

A railroad and an oil drilling firm at war legally—and apparently physically—over 2,450 acres...

Successful crowdfunding campaigns require vision, communication and a realistic budget, says panel of Baton Rouge entrepreneurs

When it comes to jump-starting a business with a crowdfunding platform like Kickstarter, it...

Courtyard Marriott groundbreaking expected downtown within 120 days; opening pegged for fall 2017

Now that the Metro Council has approved a special tax incentive for a new...

Rouzan among developments to be impacted by Delgado’s push to reduce setback requirements on Perkins Road

How wide should the right-of-way be on a busy stretch of Perkins Road between...

Publisher: Baton Rouge business community will oppose some of the special session priorities laid out by local groups

Business Report Publisher Rolfe McCollister predicts the Baton Rouge business community will have some...

New Southern University president and chancellor to recommend big changes in forthcoming strategic plan

With about 120 days on the job under his belt as president of the...

BREC plans to sell obsolete parks to raise revenues, reduce expenses

Want to buy a park? BREC has nearly a dozen of them on the...
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