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State senators’ involvement in LSU student election described as ‘bizarre’Â
Two Louisiana state senators stepped in to get a pair of former student legislative aides back on the ballot for their LSU campus government...
Baton Rouge’s Forever 21 plans to close after operator files for bankruptcy
F21 OpCo, the U.S. operator of Forever 21, has filed for bankruptcy as the apparel company struggles to compete with online retailers.
Forever 21 has...
Roundup: Tre’s Street Kitchen / Trump’s trade negotiator / Tigers in the NFL
Recognition: Baton Rouge-based Tre’s Street Kitchen was named a Best of Growth winner by Aramark’s Local Restaurant Row program. As previously reported by Business...
Roundup: Economic concerns / Entergy’s Phillip May / Retail sales
Demand softening: The leaders of companies that serve everyone from penny-pinching grocery shoppers to first-class travelers are seeing cracks in demand. On top of...
CEOs are more likely to be fired if at least one board member has...
Executives at poorly performing companies are more likely to get the boot if one of the company’s board members has a military background, The...
Coffee shop chain’s first Louisiana location heads to Planning Commission
A plan to open Louisiana’s first Dutch Bros Coffee location, on West Lee Drive, is one of several items on tonight’s Planning Commission meeting...
Louisiana’s congressional map will go to the US Supreme Court next week
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments starting next Monday over the yearslong battle to draw a new congressional map for Louisiana, The Center...
Roundup: Unemployment / New MSAs / Consumer sentiment
Local figures: Initial unemployment claims in Louisiana rose slightly for the week ending March 8, according to figures released Friday by the Louisiana Workforce...
Tariffs, inflation and recession concerns shake up the US consumer market
In addition to high interest rates and continuing inflation, CEOs across the U.S. are struggling with unpredictable tariffs, mass government layoffs and sliding consumer...
What are angel investors looking for in a startup?
Launching a startup is no small feat, but securing the funding necessary to turn a promising idea into a thriving business is another beast...
What’s next for the former home of Mike Anderson’s restaurant?
A long-vacant restaurant property on Greenwell Springs Road has a new owner.
Homebuilder A.P. Dodson purchased the former Mike Anderson’s restaurant site near Frenchtown Road...
This agency is warning trade tensions will weigh on oil demands
The International Energy Agency said this week that the macroeconomic conditions underpinning its previously released oil-demand projections have worsened over the past month with...
The nation’s emergency alert system is now the subject of a lawsuit
The federal government’s steward of funding for public broadcasting stations sued the Trump administration on Thursday over its pause in grant payments for upgrading...
There’s a new owner of this Corporate Boulevard office building
A three-story office building on Corporate Boulevard near Park Plaza Drive has been sold.
5551 Corporate LLC purchased the property from River Regional Properties III...
Roundup: From Guantanamo to Louisiana / Tulane University / Renaming the Gulf
Moved to Louisiana: U.S. authorities have removed immigrants from detention facilities at the Guantanamo Bay naval base as a federal court in Washington weighs...
AI in the boardroom? Here’s what researchers discovered
As evidence grows that artificial intelligence outperforms human workers on many tasks, a team from Cambridge University experimented with integrating the technology into executive...
Baton Rouge’s GMFS breaks away from Ready Capital Â
GMFS Mortgage, a mortgage lending solutions provider and subsidiary of Ready Capital Corporation, has announced its plans to purchase GMFS.
“We felt like with the...
Roundup: Airline execs’ warning / Mortgage rates / Homebuilding costs
Flying high: Several top airlines have adjusted their forecasts over fears that an incoming recession could weaken travel demand after a sluggish start to...
A roundup of the EPA’s moves this week to deregulateÂ
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on Wednesday announced nearly three dozen deregulatory moves that he said would spur the U.S. economy by rolling...
Roundup: National unemployment / Challenging Amendment 2 / Market nears correction
Slight decline: The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell slightly last week, indicating the U.S. labor market remains healthy. U.S. jobless claims...
