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Three-quarters of small and medium-size businesses plan to increase international headcounts, according to a recent survey of nearly 500 small and medium-size businesses from Gusto, a San Francisco-based payroll, benefits, and HR management software company. 

Real estate interests and insurance companies that administer National Flood Insurance Program policies are heaving a sigh of relief after Congress approved a last-minute deal to temporarily fund the federal government, keeping the NFIP in business—but only until Nov. 17.

Salt water making its way up the drought-stricken Mississippi River is on track to contaminate New Orleans drinking water by the end of the month, and federal, state and local officials are scrambling to deliver alternative freshwater supplies, USA Today Network reports. 

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Adam Knapp is leaving his position as president and CEO of the Baton Rouge...

Personal income in Louisiana grew by 3.8% during the second quarter of 2023, according to the latest report by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 

A grant program for businesses run by Black women was temporarily blocked by a...

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The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today opened its 2024 economic outlook survey and is asking the Capital Region business community to participate. 

Since Regina Davis was named refinery manager of the ExxonMobil Product Solutions Complex at the start of September, her priority has been to “unlock innovation” within both the facility’s workforce and technology.