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Roundup: Silverlite / ULM and b1Bank partnership / Strait of Hormuz

Lightweight construction aggregate: Four Aces Logistics, a subsidiary of Onshore Companies of Louisiana, is...

How extreme weather is becoming a business expense

Extreme weather is creating growing financial challenges for businesses and households as heat waves,...

The state’s debit surcharge ban is now in effect. Here’s what it does and doesn’t do

Louisiana’s Act 751, which took effect Aug. 1, bans merchants from adding surcharges specifically...

‘LaPolitics’: State’s cannabis industry could see tax relief under federal changes

The Trump Administration is in the process of reviewing how the federal government treats...

Roundup: Meta’s Muse Glimmer / Truth Social / Jones Act waiver extended

Private AI: Meta announced its release of  Muse Glimmer, an open-source, smaller AI model...

Woman’s Perinatal Mental Health Unit leads a new approach to maternal mental health

The Perinatal Mental Health Unit at Woman’s Hospital is being honored with a Community...
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Too much chicken, too little demand: Poultry producers face a profit squeeze

The U.S. poultry industry is dealing with an oversupply of chicken after producers increased...

The US data center boom isn’t dying. It’s just stuck waiting for parts and power

America’s data center boom is facing a significant construction bottleneck, with more than half...

ICYMI: Bernhard Capital Partners to acquire Virginia engineering firm

Baton Rouge-based private equity firm Bernhard Capital Partners has agreed to acquire Reston, Virginia,...

Roundup: AI construction jobs / Jalapeño recall / US battery production

BlackRock partnership: BlackRock and its AI Infrastructure Partnership are partnering with North America’s Building...