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Why the final days of the year matter more to your team than you...
As the year winds down, many teams limp into January exhausted rather than energized.
A new Harvard Business Review essay argues that the problem isn’t...
Roundup: Holi Services / Data center bubble / Warner Bros.
Acquired: Flexicrew Technical Services | Flexblue Staffing, a provider of turnkey recruiting and staffing solutions across the Gulf South, announced this week its acquisition...
The hidden downside of contract work
Contract work can offer flexibility, remote options and a foot in the door at coveted companies—but it can also quietly box workers in, Fast...
Can Detroit compete with China’s EV surge while doubling down on gas?
U.S. automakers are leaning back into high-margin gasoline-powered trucks and SUVs to shore up profits, even as they face growing competition from fast-moving Chinese...
Hungary is the latest nation to sign a deal for more LNG from Louisiana
Hungary is taking a step toward diversifying its energy supply with a new five-year deal to buy U.S. liquefied natural gas, though Russia remains...
LSU’s restructuring faces early challenges
LSU’s ambitious bid to climb the ranks of top public research universities is running into early turbulence, Louisiana Illuminator writes.
University leaders last week approved...
Louisiana Farm Bureau is eyeing demutualization. Here’s what that means
Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co., one of the state’s leading insurers, is moving to convert from a mutual insurance company into a stock...
Why AI still struggles on the factory floor
Artificial intelligence has promised to transform manufacturing for years, but on the factory floor, results remain uneven, Fast Company writes.
Despite massive investment and rapid...
Roundup: Ford pivots from EVs / US retail sales / Tech coverage
F-150 Lightning scrapped: Ford Motor Co. is pivoting away from its once-ambitious electric vehicle plans amid financial losses and waning consumer demand for the...
US unemployment rate climbs to highest level since 2021
The U.S. gained a decent 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October as federal workers departed after cutbacks by the Trump administration,...
This local bakery is launching a charitable foundation
CounterspaceBR, the Mid City bakery known for its from-scratch pastries, is expanding its mission beyond baked goods through a new nonprofit arm: the Counterspace...
‘LaPolitics’: PSC to weigh contrasting proposals regarding big power users
As Louisiana officials work to promote economic growth, the question of how to provide enough power for the biggest users, while keeping costs down...
Gulf Coast oil hub signals a supply glut may be forming
A closely watched slice of the U.S. oil market is sending increasingly clear signals that a supply glut may be forming, Bloomberg writes.
Physical traders...
Roundup: Gulf leases / Home equity / McKinsey weighs layoffs
Winning bids adjusted: The first Gulf oil and gas lease sale of the second Trump administration generated close to $21 million more in winning...
Louisiana SCOTUS case could change state legislatures across the South
Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats across the South if the U.S. Supreme Court guts a key provision of the federal Voting...
Survey finds a growing gap between AI enthusiasm and performance
Despite uneven results so far, corporate leaders are doubling down on artificial intelligence, The Wall Street Journal writes.
Nearly seven in 10 CEOs plan to...
Joor Road mixed-use development proposal heads to Planning Commission
The Planning Commission on Monday is scheduled to consider a proposed mixed-use residential development with commercial space on a 42-acre site along Joor Road...
Why did Main Street Market’s renovation take so long to complete?
When downtown Baton Rouge’s Main Street Market closed for renovation in September 2023, the work was expected to take six to nine months. But...
How tariffs are impacting holiday toy prices
Games and toys are particularly susceptible to tariff-related price increases since the majority of those sold in the U.S. are made in China, according...
Reflecting on the legacy of Gino’s Italian Restaurant
For nearly 60 years, Gino’s Italian Restaurant has been a Baton Rouge institution, built on family recipes, perseverance and the force of its matriarch,...
