Business News

Roundup: Medical debt / SEC announcement / Angola rodeo 

Credit reports: The three major credit bureaus say nearly 70% of paid medical debt,...

Former gas station on Highland and Lee sells 

A Baton Rouge-based LLC bought the former Circle K store on the corner of Highland Road and Lee Drive for $1.2 million in a land deal filed Friday with the East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court’s Office.

Baton Rouge riverboat casino revenues up 33% from February 2021

With fewer COVID-19 restrictions and the Super Bowl-infused popularity of sports betting, Baton Rouge’s three riverboat casinos saw revenues increase by more than $5 million, or more than 33%, in February, compared to a year ago.

Visit Baton Rouge reevaluates marketing plans amidst high gas prices

Visit Baton Rouge is monitoring gasoline prices and other travel-associated costs and may focus its marketing on the in-state and immediate drive-in market in response, President and CEO Paul Arrigo says. 

More student-entrepreneurs are operating like SPACs 

Plenty of MBAs finish business school with a hot startup pitch for investors, but...

Amid growing uncertainties, company’s future readiness becomes key

The wildly swinging economic factors of the past two years revealed which American businesses were ready for the kind of upending changes the future could bring, and which were not. 
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Baton Rouge airport seeing surge of travelers as spring approaches

The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport is seeing a surge in travelers as COVID-19 numbers drop and spring and summer vacations begin.

Bernhard Capital begins another round of fundraising

Bernhard Capital Partners remains on a growth trajectory and has begun raising its third fund.

Baton Rouge Community College receives anonymous $200K donation

Baton Rouge Community College said today it had received a $200,000 gift from an anonymous donor to use toward student support.

Only 24% of workers think their company cares about their well-being

In a new Gallup survey released this morning, just 24% of employees said they believe their employer cares about their well-being, down from 49% at the height of the pandemic.