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Roundup: Ford layoffs / Wall Street rebounds / Climate trends
Cutting costs: Ford Motor plans to lay off at least 1,000 salaried employees and contract workers in North America, reports the Wall Street Journal....
Alvarez Construction buys 31 lots in long-planned Cheval Trails development
Alvarez Construction Co. has purchased 31 lots in the long-planned Cheval Trails mixed-use development near Zachary for $1.24 million, according to documents filed with...
Resilience of national housing market surprises experts
As interest rates sit at a 15-year high, home construction nationwide surged last month and prices have ticked up, moves that are surprising some...
How to ensure that your startup’s mission doesn’t get lost in a tough economy
For mission-driven startups, there’s often pressure to scale quickly while also making progress toward social impact goals. But as Fast Company reports, a growing...
See what list ranks Louisiana at the top, and it’s a good thing
Louisiana has the top tech talent pipeline in the country, according to the annual rankings report from Business Facilities magazine, released today.
The state’s move...
State bucks trend for college attendance, but further growth needed to reach goals
Louisiana saw an uptick last year in the number of students enrolled in, and graduating from, its public colleges and universities, says Kim Hunter...
Raising Cane’s unveils ‘global flagship’ restaurant in Times Square
Baton Rouge-founded Raising Cane’s will open a new restaurant in New York City’s Times Square on Tuesday, the company announced this morning.
Billed as the...
Roundup: Supreme Court / Jell-O shots / Louisiana’s population drop
Taxing the rich: The Supreme Court said Monday that it will hear arguments in a tax law case that could yield billions of dollars...
Massachusetts real estate investment group purchases The Armstrong apartments for $6M
A Massachusetts-based real estate investment firm recently purchased The Armstrong apartment complex on Burbank Drive for $6 million, according to records with the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court's office.
Ochsner, MD Anderson hope for ‘halo effect’ from combining their brands
MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston sees more patients from Louisiana than from any other state besides Texas, says Dr. Welela Tereffe, MD Anderson’s chief medical executive.
Roundup: Auto insurance rates / Pornography law challenged / Fed’s plan
Second highest: At $2,546 per year, Louisiana has the second highest average auto insurance rates in the country, coming in behind only Florida where...
Carbon capture portrayed as a lynchpin to Louisiana’s economic future at EPA hearings
Allowing the state of Louisiana to regulate the injection of carbon dioxide underground would continue a pattern of systemic harm to residents already burdened...
Baton Rouge area added 2,700 jobs in May
Baton Rouge employment by Deanna B. Narveson
From April to May, total nonfarm employment in the Baton Rouge area increased by...
Bernhard Capital acquires Seattle-based HVAC optimization software company
Baton Rouge-based Bernhard Capital Partners announced its acquisition of Optimum Energy. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Roofing, auto body companies get busy following hailstorms
Following the recent bad weather, Garcia Roofing President Craig Carroll says the company has seen an uptick in business from the widespread hail damage in the region.
Ochsner-MD Anderson agreement upends Baton Rouge cancer care market yet again
Yet another bombshell exploded in the Capital Region’s health care market today as MD Anderson, perhaps the biggest name in American cancer care, announced a partnership with Ochsner that starts with Baton Rouge.
Roundup: Retail predictions / Automatic truck brakes / Cybersecurity clinics
Weaker spending: Investors and a wide range of retailers are taking a dim view of the remainder of 2023 and expect consumers to buckle...
NCAA places LSU’s football and men’s basketball programs on probation
The NCAA's Independent Resolution Panel ruled today that LSU’s football and men's basketball programs will be on probation for the next three years for recruiting violations, The Daily Advertiser reports.
Lawmakers considering special session to address budget chaos
Some Louisiana legislators are raising the prospect of a special session to rework the budget following the chaotic close to the legislative session two weeks ago.
Low home supply has US builders stepping up construction despite high interest rates
High interest rates are usually bad news for homebuilders. But right now, they are actually making new homes easy to sell by compounding a shortage of available real estate, The Wall Street Journal reports.
