Business News

SWAT acquires Midwest Cooling Tower Services

Gonzales-based Specialty Welding and Turnarounds LLC, which provides technical maintenance services to chemical, refining, renewable, and industrial clients, today announced the acquisition of Midwest Cooling Tower Services from Dorilton Capital.

General Informatics expands into financial services with Texas acquisition

Baton Rouge-based IT managed services provider General Informatics this morning announced it has acquired Unicom Technologies, a Texas-based provider focused on banking, credit union, and financial services.

Alford: Redistricting framework coming into focus

The time has come. That much was clear earlier this month when House and Governmental...

Climate task force members say draft plan won’t meet Gov. Edwards ‘net zero’ goal

Some members of the Louisiana Climate Initiatives Task Force warned last week that their latest draft recommendations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would not meet Gov. John Bel Edwards’ goal of “net zero” carbon emissions by 2050, according to NOLA.com.

BRAF names New Schools’ Chris Meyer next CEO 

The board of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation today announced it has selected Chris Meyer as its new CEO and president. 

OLOL buys land for medical facility in Rouzan

Our Lady of the Lake bought 1.85 acres in the Rouzan development for $1.8...
- Advertisement -

LSU business college, MBA program ranked among nation’s best 

LSU’s E. J. Ourso College of Business was recently named one of the country’s top business schools by both College Consensus and The Princeton Review. 

Plant maintenance will boost Capital Region construction jobs in 2022

Sluggish growth in the industrial sector is preventing the number of Louisiana construction jobs from bouncing back to their pre-pandemic levels, though that might be about to change, says Ken Naquin, CEO of the Louisiana Association of General Contractors. 

NY investors acquire two apartment complexes at The Grove

New York-based Kushner Companies, a real estate investment firm, purchased The Addison and The...

John Davies talks retirement, legacy as BRAF’s leader

The average Baton Rouge resident may have no idea the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and John Davies have been the force behind some of the city’s most influential quality-of-life projects.