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PPP now open for second-time borrowers
The Paycheck Protection Program, which opened again this week for first time borrowers, now allows certain eligible companies that previously received a PPP loan...
Scotlandville-based coffee cafe expanding to downtown
North Baton Rouge-based Southern Cofé is opening a new location downtown.
The new Cofé Concepts, the brand’s second shop, will open inside Main Street Market...
Real estate firm Unlock’d rebrands to Falaya
Unlock’d, a Baton Rouge-based firm that developed its own real estate technology platform, has rebranded to Falaya, the company announced today.
The new name stems...
Roundup: NFIB report / Albertsons sales / UL Women’s Leadership Conference
Optimism wanes: The National Federation of Independent Business’ Small Business Optimism Index declined 5.5 points in December to 95.9, falling below the average Index...
Cajun Ready Mix Concrete merges with Heck Industries
Cajun Ready Mix Concrete today announced a merger with Heck Industries, combining the two Baton Rouge-based ready mix concrete supplier.
Alford: Statewide 2023 races begin now
It may not feel like it now, but Louisiana's statewide elections slated for 2023 are right around the corner. And while some of the...
Could Baton Rouge return to phase one? Broome to discuss COVID-19 surge Thursday
Mayor Sharon Weston Broome will hold a news conference Thursday to discuss the current surge of COVID-19 in the parish.
Whether the mayor will announce...
Amid backlash, parish attorney’s office scraps resolution to ban curbside alcohol sales
Following a wave of backlash from local bar and restaurant owners, the parish attorney’s office is removing from this week’s Metro Council agenda an emergency resolution that would have effectively banned all curbside alcohol sales,
Trump administration working on business to-do list before exiting
In the final days of his administration, President Donald Trump is working to pass a slew of new regulations and executive orders aimed at...
Roundup: Vaccine rollout / Bank profits / American Airlines
More locations: The Louisiana Department of Health released a list Monday of more than 200 pharmacies and clinics offering the COVID-19 vaccine this week,...
Retailers increasingly telling customers to skip returns
Retailers have a new message for consumers looking to return an item: Just keep it. Amazon.com, Walmart and other companies are using artificial intelligence...
BRAC 2021 priorities: Business recovery, north Baton Rouge investment
Helping businesses recover from blows dealt by the pandemic and prioritizing north Baton Rouge for investment are among this year’s major priorities for the...
Dillard’s at Cortana Mall closing, paving way for Amazon developer
Dillard’s, the last store at the Cortana Mall, will close in April, WAFB-TV reports, an announcement that marks the completion of a monthslong back...
JR Ball: The Goliath that is ExxonMobil has had enough of Baton Rouge’s David
ExxonMobil is throwing down the gauntlet, double-dog-dare-you style, effectively asking Baton Rouge to decide if we want the corporate behemoth, which has been around...
Amazon developer files plans for massive distribution center at Cortana Mall site
A developer with ties to Amazon has filed plans with the Planning Commission to redevelop the shuttered Cortana Mall in north Baton Rouge into a nearly 2.9 million-square-foot regional distribution center.
Waguespack: Sad, speechless and spent
Ridiculous. Unbelievable. Heartbreaking. These words are the words that came to mind this week as images of our nation’s Capitol being treated like a...
Barriere Construction acquired by Fortune 500 firm
Barriere Construction was acquired late last year by CRH America Materials Inc., the largest building materials business in North America.
Barriere, which has operated in...
Roundup: Protesters fired / Vaccine anxiety / Social media
Cutting ties: In the wake of the riot at the Capitol, companies moved to cut ties with President Donald Trump and his supporters and...
LUBA Workers’ Comp acquires Florida-based FHM Insurance Co.
Baton Rouge-based LUBA Workers’ Comp, a 30-year-old regional casualty insurance company that covers businesses across the Gulf South, has announced plans to acquire Florida-based...
How your office could be different this year, if you go in
After a year in which the coronavirus pandemic upended the very concept of the workplace—one in which millions of white-collar workers traded office attire,...
