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A warehouse at 11777 Industriplex Blvd. was sold to local investors for $1.7 million in a deal that closed Monday.

Less than one year after its launch, Baton Rouge-based tech startup I Hate Receipts has raised half of the $1.5 million it is targeting in its seed round of funding, and has signed a deal with online retail platform Shopify, which will expose potentially millions of users to the company’s app.

The Mid City Shopping Center, at the corner of North Foster Drive and Greenwell Springs Road, was sold for $3.65 million in a deal filed Monday.

ach passing day brings with it new promises of federal funding, yet the sun rises and sets with little hope of immediate arrival.

LSU this morning announced a new partnership with education and upskilling platform Guild Education to provide online degrees and certificate programs to Guild’s employer partners, which include Chipotle, Target, Walmart and Waste Management.

Officials and consultants with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development have identified 17 potential sites for a new Mississippi River Bridge in the Greater Baton Rouge Area.

Local entrepreneurs have launched a cryptocurrency and are building a platform they say will allow investors to profit by picking up-and-coming athletes.

Banks this year are completing acquisitions and mergers at a pace not seen since the 2008 financial crisis, The Wall Street Journal reports.

U.S. soybean exports jumped to a six-month peak last week while corn shipments were...

Baton Rouge-based IT firm Vinformatix is positioning itself for growth in the government contracting sector through a new, joint venture with The Parnin Group, an Alexandria, Virginia, consulting firm that specializes in working with governmental agencies.