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Local banks ramping up cybersecurity measures

Though cyber attacks on businesses and government entities have been making news for years, recent breaches involving banks across the country have focused even greater attention on cybersecurity and forced financial institutions to spend more on safeguards, according to local security companies.

Baton Rouge companies prepare to deal with even higher gasoline prices

As gasoline prices surge, local companies with vehicle fleets are being forced to figure out how to manage the increasing strain on their operating costs.

Companies shelling out for TV ads to recruit workers  

The tight labor market has forced companies to pull out all the stops to...

Sen. Cassidy proposes ‘operation warp speed’ for energy production

Sen. Bill Cassidy is calling for an “operation warp speed” to promote domestic energy production, using the term that was applied to the federal government’s efforts to fast-track development of COVID-19 vaccines. 

Game Coin signs 61 LSU student-athletes to NIL deals 

Baton Rouge-based cryptocurrency company Game Coin today announced it has signed NIL deals with 61 student-athletes from football, men’s and women’s basketball, gymnastics and the LSU Tiger Girls Dance Team. 

See which companies are pulling out of Russia and who’s staying  

A “who’s who” list has been floating around business executives and analysts in recent...
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Turner Industries at No. 1 among four Baton Rouge firms named top 10 industrial contractors

Four Baton Rouge-based companies made the top 10 of Associated Builders and Contractors' annual Top Performers list, which ranks its commercial and industrial contractor members. 

Red Stick Social will expand outdoor space, renovate interior

Red Stick Social is expanding and upgrading its outdoor music venue as well as its interior five floors in coming months.

Two measures used to gauge inflation tell different stories

The Labor Department’s inflation numbers, which most people pay attention to, and the numbers...

Biden to ban Russian oil imports over Ukraine invasion

President Joe Biden has decided to ban Russian oil imports, toughening the toll on Russia’s economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the matter, the Associated Press reports.