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LSU researchers participating in federally funded clean energy project
LSU’s chemical and petroleum engineering departments are working with the Greater New Orleans Development Foundation on a federally funded hydrogen and clean energy project.
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What companies need to know before laying off employees
Traditionally, employers resort to layoffs during difficult times to save money. Companies continue to cling to the idea that reducing staff will provide the best, fastest, or easiest solution to financial problems.
Mortgage rates fall for fourth straight week
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell for the fourth consecutive week and has dropped more than three-quarters of a point since hitting a 20-year high last month.
Mayor Broome adds $5M to proposed 2023 budget for stormwater drainage compliance
Mayor Sharon Weston Broome today submitted a $5 million amendment to the proposed 2023 operating budget to augment needed funding for the city-parish’s stormwater drainage system to reach federal compliance.
Cameron LNG enters MOU to obtain renewable electricity from Entergy
Cameron LNG today announced it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Entergy Louisiana to negotiate a 20-year agreement for the procurement of electricity generated using renewable resources.
CPEX summit: Transit success requires business, state to be on board
Business leaders almost always spearhead successful efforts to fund and build highly functional transit systems, the director of a national transportation policy group says.
Business...
BASF’s Jerry Lebold: Finding skilled workers is a tough but solvable problem
One thing Jerry Lebold, BASF senior vice president, has learned over the years is the importance of having the right team with the right...
Christmas tree shortage? These Baton Rouge businesses are selling live trees
Real Christmas trees are harder to come by in 2022 than in years past, thanks to a recent rise in demand coupled with a...
Waning consumer demand puts US ports ’in a very different place’ than a year...
Back in January, 109 container ships waited off the California coast to unload cargo in Los Angeles and Long Beach, the nation’s two largest...
Roundup: Jukebox members killed / River search / Capitol security
Crash victims: Three members of Southern University’s marching band, known as the Human Jukebox, were killed in a crash with an 18-wheeler, a university...
Good luck finding a company’s phone number, try talking with a chat box
Budget airline carrier Frontier Airlines got rid of its phone number for customer service last month, leaving customers to use chat functions or social media to resolve issues.
Catering businesses are seeing a return to pre-pandemic volumes
If the volume of orders that local caterers are receiving this year is any indication, it's clear the holidays are getting back to some...
Louisiana posts strong new business and wage growth
Louisiana saw 7,875 net new businesses established from June 2021 to June 2022, according to data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor...
House panel says lax screening helped facilitate PPP fraud
Financial technology firms abdicated their responsibility to screen out fraud in applications for a federal program designed to help small businesses stay open
Roundup: FDA report / Facebook news / Thompson Holdings
Scathing review: An outside firm asked to examine problems at the Food and Drug Administration in the wake of an infant formula crisis this...
Remote workers are meeting more frequently
One of executives’ biggest worries about remote work is the reduction in spontaneous meetings and conversations with employees.
But is this worry justified? As Harvard...
After just two years, Smart Port initiative now at 70 vessels
Just two years after the launch of the Lower Mississippi River Smart Port & Resilience Center by The Water Institute of the Gulf, some...
Louisiana getting $113M in federal funding for small business programs
U.S Treasury today approved Louisiana’s application for up to $113 million in federal support for small business owners and entrepreneurs as part of the $10 billion State Small Business Credit Initiative.
Why sick leave became the sticking point in rail way talks
With an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote last week, Congress put itself between railroad freight companies and their unions, averting a national rail strike and potential...
Roundup: All-SEC Team / DCFS survey / SafeSource Direct deal
Honors: Three LSU football players earned All-SEC honors from the Associated Press for their performances during the 2022 season. Linebacker Harold Perkins Jr. and...
