Business News

What small business leaders need to know about the current, wacky job market 

Despite the news this week that Amazon is laying off thousands of workers, the...

Placid Refining moving headquarters from Dallas to Baton Rouge, investing $66M

Placid Refining will move its headquarters from Dallas to Baton Rouge and modernize its existing local facility in Port Allen, investing $66 million in the process, officials announced today. 

Baton Rouge leads peer metros in year-over-year job growth

The Baton Rouge metro led its peer metros in year-over-year percentage job growth in January, according to the latest economic indicator report from the Baton Rouge Area Chamber. 

Baton Rouge riverboat casino revenue rebounds in February

Baton Rouge's three riverboat casinos saw a collective 3.8% revenue increase during February, according...

See how companies are switching their accounting to combat inflation 

One lever finance executives have to combat the impact of inflation on earnings is to make an accounting policy change: moving to “first-in, first-out” accounting, or FIFO.

Louisiana has one of the lowest rates of remote workers 

About 21,000 businesses in Louisiana continued to use telework or remote work in some capacity during the summer of 2022. 
- Advertisement -

Louisiana budget negotiations face additional barrier with spending cap 

Gov. John Bel Edwards and state lawmakers may have to clear additional hurdles this year to spend all the money available to them in the next 15 months.

Baton Rouge community banks seeing little impact from financial institution failures

Baton Rouge bank leaders say they’ve seen little negative impact regionally as fear continues to dominate the larger national banking industry. 

Oil and gas workers anxious over job security, safety issues

Oil and gas workers say they are anxious over job security, pay and safety, according to a survey from True Transition

Violent crime is down and ‘downtown is safe,’ Baton Rouge police chief says

“Downtown is safe,” Paul said, adding that downtown has never been a crime hotspot in his five years as chief.