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

How to know if you are paying your employees fairly and competitively  

Getting compensation right is hard, especially when it comes to the most junior staff...

H&E Equipment Services acquiring Illinois industrial provider 

Baton Rouge-based H&E Equipment Services today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Illinois-based One Source Equipment Rental. 

Baton Rouge added 1,900 jobs in August from July

Baton Rouge added 1,900 jobs in August, according to seasonally adjusted data released today...

Protecting Capital Region’s aquifer could include reducing industrial use by 90%

Efforts to protect the aquifer that provides much of the Capital Region’s drinking water could include working with industry to reduce its groundwater use to about 10% of the current level. 

Louisiana in top 10 nationally for most workers quitting their jobs

A higher percentage of workers are quitting their jobs in Louisiana than in most...

US homebuyers increasingly paying cash 

More homebuyers are paying cash and avoiding taking out mortgages, in what could be a longer-term structural change for the real estate market. 
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Raising prices may be inevitable, here’s how to break it to customers 

Businesses are still feeling the pain of inflation and precious few entrepreneurs have managed...

Fred’s Bar in Tigerland partners with Sugarfield Spirits to create new vodka   

Fred’s Bar in Tigerland is getting into the spirit of alcohol making by producing a branded vodka with Gonzales-based distillery Sugarfield Spirits.

Baton Rouge combined riverboat casino earnings fall 1.5% from July to August

The latest report from the Louisiana Gaming Control Board shows Baton Rouge’s three riverboat...

Long-vacant downtown Baton Rouge building under contract for apartments

A Florida developer is planning to develop and own 10 loft apartments in a long-vacant building in downtown Baton Rouge, the developer’s local agent says. 
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