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Getting in the game: Pete Bush

(Photography by Don Kadair: Pete Bush) It’s the bottom of the ninth in Alex Box...

Getting in the game: Pat and Cecilia Cuntz

(Photography by Don Kadair: Pat and Cecilia Cuntz) Whether sticking the dismount from a balance...

Getting in the game: More LSU athletes in business, politics or gone pro

(Courtesy LSU Athletics: Mickey Guidry) IN BUSINESS Eddie Fuller Football, 1986-1989 Buffalo Bills; Sales Representative, IROKO Pharmaceuticals Wally...

Getting in the game: Coach Skip Bertman’s lessons on the field translate into the C-suite

(Photo courtesy LSU Athletics: Coach Skip Bertman) For 18 years, legendary LSU baseball coach Skip...

LSU’s Dana Hart dishes on the importance of emotional intelligence

Having book smarts and a sharp intellect can give any business professional plenty of advantages. But once...

A proposal to raise the federal overtime threshold has some Baton Rouge business leaders worried

Editor's note: This story has been corrected to say that employees earning salaries below...

Employee handbooks: It’s time to revise

With recent changes to federal, state and local regulations, now is a good time...

Executive Spotlight Q&A: Ozzie Fernandez, Izzo’s Illegal Burrito

(Photo by Don Kadair) Name: Ozzie Fernandez Position: Co-founder/CEO, Izzo's Illegal Burrito Age: 41 Hometown: Houston Education: Bachelor's in...

Q&A: Superintendent Warren Drake on St. George, charter schools and whether EBR is a bad school system

(Photography by Don Kadair: Warren Drake) Warren Drake officially became the new superintendent of East...

Louisiana’s oldest law firm has survived nearly two centuries—and one notorious hurricane.

Tim Doody, administrator for law firm Chaffe McCall, sent an email to his colleagues...
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