Business News

This year’s Small Business Saturday―a national event that promotes small businesses and  incentivizes holiday shoppers to support them―wasn’t quite the success that it has been in the past, some Baton Rouge business owners say. 

The Capital Region housing market is continuing to tighten, following national trends. 

Louisiana government agencies entered into about $3.3 billion in contracts over seven years without...

Among the many challenges small businesses face as they try to grow these days, getting a loan is right near the top.

While burnout is on the rise globally, many workplaces are facing a separate, equally pressing issue: “boreout,” or a chronic boredom and motivation in the workplace. 

Retaining employees who don't want to work in person is an issue for companies, but relatively few employers (13%) have introduced incentives that would make employees more accepting of it, according to a newly released poll conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago. 

Electric reliability has been a hot topic lately—from congressional hearings to regulatory agencies and at the regional transmission organizations that run the electric grid in much of the country.

The U.S. Census Bureau released new data on America’s families Tuesday, showing the percentage of childless households could approach 50% in the next few years. 

Since the Supreme Court ended race-conscious admissions programs and reversed affirmative action in June,...

Higher prices for steel, labor and debt financing have raised the cost of developing...