GET DAILY REPORT FREE
Roundup: TikTok sale / Stocks rebound / Troubles at Intel
Keep scrolling: President Donald Trump is calling national security and privacy concerns related to TikTok and its Chinese parent company “highly overrated” and said...
Shaquille O’Neal endorses LSU arena project
Former LSU basketball star and four-time NBA champion Shaquille O’Neal on Friday expressed his support for the development of a new $400 million arena...
This company just bought the site of its Gonzales operations for $3.5M
Elliott Electric Supply has purchased the Gonzales property that houses its operations for $3.5 million.
The company acquired the site through Elliott Partners LTD, represented...
Initial unemployment in Louisiana climbs for third week
Initial unemployment claims 8/22 by Holly Duchmann
Roundup: Shrimp recalled / Research funding cuts / Absorbing tariff costs
Radioactive contamination: More packages of frozen shrimp potentially affected by radioactive contamination have been recalled, federal officials said Thursday. California-based Southwind Foods recalled frozen...
A look at how Baton Rouge casinos performed in July
Baton Rouge’s casinos saw a dip in revenue for the second straight month after recording their best month of the year in May.
The casinos...
Labor shortages and high costs are causing fix-and-flip investors to pull back
The once-hot fix-and-flip housing market is cooling as higher interest rates, rising costs, and a shrinking labor pool slow sales and strain returns, CNBC...
Roundup: Venezuelan crude / SBA awards / Canceled home purchases
US resumes imports: Two tankers chartered by Chevron carrying Venezuelan crude reached U.S. waters on Thursday, marking the first U.S. imports of the South...
US home sales inch up thanks to a modest drop in interest rates
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in July as homebuyers were encouraged by a modest pullback in mortgage rates, along with slowing home...
US cities are reshaping their shorelines in the name of climate resilience
Cities nationwide are reimagining their waterfronts, blending resilience planning with economic development as climate change accelerates extreme weather risks, The Wall Street Journal writes.
From...
Where business meets capacity: Capital Region’s top 20 event venues
58,070
That’s the total combined capacity of the Capital Region’s top 20 convention and meeting facilities, according to Business Report’s latest ranking. The Pete Maravich...
Amid national redistricting tensions, Louisiana eyes an early special session
Louisiana lawmakers are weighing whether to prepare for a special session on congressional redistricting this fall although the U.S. Supreme Court isn’t expected to...
Meet the 500: Rachel Cannon
Rachel Cannon founded her interior design firm 14 years ago with a design degree and no business background. She quickly discovered that success meant...
Katrina’s legacy: Building business resilience for the next storm
This month marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina reshaped the Gulf Coast and forced the nation to rethink disaster preparedness, Fast Company writes.
The storm...
Roundup: National unemployment / $53 trillion / Chevron’s merger
Going up: More Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but U.S. layoffs remain in the same historically healthy range of the past few...
Companies are pulling back on hiring
One in five U.S. employers expects to slow hiring in the back half of 2025, nearly double the rate a year ago, The Wall...
Entergy wins approval to power Meta’s planned $10B data center
Louisiana utility regulators have cleared the way for Entergy Louisiana to build new natural gas plants and transmission lines to support Meta’s planned $10...
Roundup: FTC sues LA Fitness / Federal Reserve / Rising child care costs
Cancellation practices: The Federal Trade Commission sued LA Fitness over the gym chain’s allegedly onerous cancellation practices, the latest in a series of government...
The LNG boom is bringing both profits and pushback along the Gulf Coast
Liquefied natural gas is booming along the Gulf Coast—and so is the fight against it, Floodlight writes.
Since 2023, the U.S. has been the world’s...
New York real estate firm buys Denham Springs apartment complex for $33M
New York-based Oakwood Capital has acquired the 264-unit Arden Park apartment complex in Denham Springs for $33 million.
The real estate acquisition and asset management...
