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What the latest job opening numbers indicate about the labor market
U.S. job openings fell in December, a sign that the labor market is cooling but still healthy.
Openings fell to 7.6 million, from 8.2 million...
Roundup: Restaurant shrimp / Sovereign wealth fund / NIL deals
Not from Louisiana: A new round of genetic seafood testing conducted for a state advisory panel detected foreign shrimp that was falsely presented as...
This Denham Springs retail center just got new owners
A five-tenant Denham Springs retail shopping center changed hands recently.
Lusima Properties LLC, represented by Byron Gill, acquired the Juban Pointe retail center property on...
St. Vincent de Paul Baton Rouge is on the hunt for its next CEO
St. Vincent de Paul Baton Rouge has formally launched its search for its next CEO.
Baton Rouge-based Connectly Recruiting and Washington, D.C.-based The Boland Group...
‘LaPolitics’: Louisiana’s U.S. Senate race is on a fast track
As U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy faces what may be one of the most important votes of his political career in Washington, state Treasurer John...
Roundup: Sen. John Kennedy / Honda in Ohio / US manufacturing
New assignment: Republican U.S. Sen. John Kennedy has landed a key leadership assignment that increases Louisiana's influence in Congress. Kennedy has secured the chairmanship of...
Homebuilder buys 45-acre Ascension tract to expand development
Baton Rouge-based homebuilder Level Homes has purchased property to expand one of its residential communities in Ascension Parish.
The homebuilder purchased the 45-acre tract through...
See how oil prices are reacting to the threat of US tariffs on Canadian...
Oil prices jumped on Monday amid fears that President Donald Trump’s hefty tariffs on major trade partners could disrupt supplies and raise prices at...
What Trump now says about the impact that tariffs will have on Americans
President Donald Trump said Sunday that Americans could feel “some pain” from the emerging trade war triggered by his tariffs against Canada, Mexico and...
What is the status of St. George negotiations now that Baton Rouge has a...
Negotiations between the city-parish and St. George over an intergovernmental agreement appear to be gaining traction after months of stalled discussions.
That’s according to Andrew...
This Airline office property just changed hands for nearly $2M
Baton Rouge-based Cajun Industries purchased an office property near its headquarters on Airline Highway for a tick below $2 million.
The company purchased the property...
Sweet Baton Rouge founder launches a podcast for local business owners
Meredith Waguespack, founder of Sweet Baton Rouge, has launched a podcast tailored for local small business owners.
The Nouveau Podcast was launched on Jan. 27...
Roundup: US labor costs / ExxonMobil / MSY logo
Cooling: U.S. labor cost growth cooled last quarter from a year earlier, reassuring Federal Reserve policymakers that wage pressures are gradually diminishing and no...
‘LaPolitics’: Why committee attorneys are viewed as unsung heroes
Three standing state Senate committees have already either hired or are on the hunt for senior attorneys, creating a new set of dynamics and...
What the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge indicates about December prices
An inflation gauge closely watched by the Federal Reserve rose slightly last month, the latest sign that some consumer prices remain stubbornly elevated, even...
One ticket, few challengers in St. George race
Earlier this week, a group of candidates—most of them incumbent officials—announced their intent to qualify for St. George’s first municipal election in one fell...
French Truck Coffee brews up big growth in Louisiana and online
New Orleans-born coffee shop French Truck Coffee is expanding this year.
French Truck Coffee founder and owner Geoffrey Meeker plans to open two new locations...
Sen. Cassidy wants to expand school choice
Louisiana U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy joined Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, to lead two dozen Republican colleagues in introducing the Educational Choice for Children Act....
This shopping center has a new owner
A large portion of the Plank Crossing Shopping Center in Baker changed hands.
Tres Bell LLC, represented by Ben Menezil, acquired the property from 14500...
Roundup: Shell earnings / Bourbon Street / Twin Peaks
Missing targets: Shell’s adjusted earnings fell more than expected, weighed by lower oil prices and refining margins, but the energy major’s cash-flow generation and...
