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Investors bet big against Mother Nature as hurricane season heats up
Large investors such as pensions and hedge funds are estimated to have spent $18.6 billion so far in 2025 buying catastrophe bonds, which insurers...
Roundup: Smitty’s Supply fire / Starbucks / Oil production
Info ‘confidential’: The EPA is yet to make public the list of hazardous materials present at the Smitty’s Supply Inc. petroleum products plant that...
Covington company buys 43 acres near Harveston development
A Covington company has purchased a 43-acre tract near the intersection of Nicholson Drive and Bluebonnet Boulevard.
West Village Development CDL LLC, represented by D....
Roundup: Seasonal retail hiring / JPMorgan Chase / 401(k) catch-up contributions
Hiring hiccups: Seasonal retail hiring is expected to drop to its lowest level since the 2009 recession, according to a report from Challenger, Gray...
Clean energy grades could dip for Entergy and Cleco, Sierra Club says
Louisiana utilities are facing mixed reviews in the Sierra Club’s latest Dirty Truth Report, which grades companies on their transition to clean energy and...
Take a look inside Baton Rouge Music Studios’ new creative space
Baton Rouge Music Studios has expanded with BRMS Creative, a new facility aimed at strengthening the city’s creative economy, 225 writes.
The project adds soundproofed...
Louisiana named one of the ‘Top 10 States for Doing Business’
Area Development Magazine has ranked Louisiana the No. 9 “Top State for Doing Business” in 2025. This marks the first time the state has...
Roundup: Home sales / Disney streaming / OpenAI’s $1T plan
Surging: Sales of new homes in the U.S. jumped 20.5% in August to an 800,000 annualized rate, the fastest since early 2022. Aggressive builder...
Barnes & Noble is set to open in Towne Center
Barnes & Noble will open its new Baton Rouge bookstore on Oct. 1 in Towne Center at Cedar Lodge, located across from Ulta, the...
Big banks expand teams amid hottest deal market since 2021
Wall Street is heating up again as a surge in mergers, acquisitions and IPOs drives banks to expand their dealmaking teams, The Wall Street...
Supreme Court case could reshape Louisiana’s coastal lawsuits, energy economy
Louisiana’s high-stakes coastal erosion lawsuits are drawing renewed scrutiny as the U.S. Supreme Court considers Chevron v. Plaquemines Parish, a case that could determine...
Rebrand proposed for UNO campus as it rejoins the LSU system
The University of New Orleans is poised to rejoin the LSU System with a big change in name and branding, Louisiana Illuminator reports.
Interim LSU...
Health Tip of the Week, sponsored by Baton Rouge General: Prostate cancer rates continue...
The latest American Cancer Society report shows that prostate cancer rates have been climbing by about 3% yearly since 2014, with the biggest increase...
Louisiana shakes up its energy oversight
Louisiana will complete a major overhaul of its natural resources agency Oct. 1, when the Department of Energy and Natural Resources officially becomes the...
Cooling trend: Rent hikes slow as consumers tighten spending
Single-family home rent growth, which had strengthened in the first half of the year, slowed notably in July, signaling potential strain on consumers, CNBC...
Roundup: Jaguar Land Rover / Capitol Lake / Interest rate cuts
On pause: Jaguar Land Rover, Britain’s largest automaker, will keep production halted until at least Oct. 1 following an Aug. 31 cyberattack. The shutdown...
Business momentum slips as orders and employment weaken
U.S. business activity slowed in September to its weakest pace in three months, Bloomberg reports.
That’s according to S&P Global’s flash composite index, which showed...
Roundup: Imported shrimp recall / H-1B visas / Woody Jenkins
Radioactive contamination: A Seattle seafood distributor has recalled more cooked and frozen shrimp sold at Kroger grocery stores across the U.S. because of ongoing...
LSU rises in this year’s ‘U.S. News’ college rankings
LSU tied for No. 169 in the U.S. News & World Report 2026 college rankings. That’s 10 spots above where the university fell on...
Why Louisiana businesses will pay less in 2025 unemployment taxes
Louisiana businesses will see unemployment tax savings in 2025, while jobless workers face tighter restrictions, Louisiana Illuminator writes.
Employer contributions dropped about 9% this year,...
