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Roundup: Last day for the market / Data center construction / New Year’s Eve
Biggest annual gain in a decade: A string of volatile sessions for U.S. stocks extended into the year’s last trading day, marking an ominous...
What you should know about expanded Social Security benefits
The Senate passed legislation last week to boost Social Security payments for millions of people, pushing a longtime priority for former public employees through...
Chicky Sandos is opening a second location. Here’s where you’ll find it
Chicky Sandos, a Baton Rouge restaurant specializing in Nashville-style hot chicken sandwiches, will soon open its second brick-and-mortar location.
The new restaurant will be located...
Submit your nominations for 225 Magazine’s Best of 225 now
225 Magazine’s Best of 225 is turning 20 in 2025! Decide now which local businesses will receive awards in its anniversary edition of Best...
The new dinner hour: Why are Baton Rouge diners eating earlier?
Like the rest of the country, Baton Rouge restaurants are seeing dinner service start an hour or two earlier. It’s a nationwide trend that’s...
Roundup: Louisiana workforce data / Oil prices / COVID-19
Release schedule: The Louisiana Workforce Commission has announced the schedule for releasing employment and unemployment data through next year. The release of statewide nonfarm...
The Colonel’s Club offers a new lunch vibe under the Perkins Road overpass
The Colonel’s Club has been one of Baton Rouge’s most anticipated restaurant openings this year.
As Business Report notes in its latest business lunch feature,...
This South Sherwood Forest property changed hands for $4.2M
A California-based commercial management property firm purchased the Baton Rouge Vet Center Property on South Sherwood Forest Boulevard near Market Place Avenue.
Maxwell Properties LP...
Where have all the managers gone?
Corporate America is on a mission to thin its management ranks in pursuit of greater efficiency, which is in turn causing workers on all...
How Louisiana’s unemployment benefit laws are changing in 2025
The new year is bringing with it some substantial changes to Louisiana’s unemployment insurance benefits.
The changes are governed by Act 412 and Act 553,...
Big Lots reaches a deal that will keep the brand aliveÂ
Discount chain Big Lots, which filed for bankruptcy protection in September, has reached a deal that will keep hundreds of its stores and distribution...
How OLOL plans to expand its impact in Louisiana in 2025Â
In the coming year, Our Lady of the Lake Health has its eye on growing its offerings to other areas of the Capital Region.
Baton...
This Livingston Parish community is about to get 90-plus new homes
Denham Springs-based homebuilder DSLD purchased 91 lots to expand one of its Walker residential communities.
The homebuilder purchased the lots for its Dogwood Trace development...
The latest on consumer credit card debt
While many Americans were already saddled with record-breaking credit card debt going into the holiday season, analysts predict consumer spending is reaching an all-time...
Publisher: Philanthropy reimagined
As the holidays roll in, we’re all reminded of the importance of giving back. As Baton Rouge Business Report Publisher Julio Melara writes, year...
Roundup: Oil and gas plans / Bird flu mutation / Supreme Court
Oil and gas giants: Big European energy companies that invested heavily in the clean energy transition found their share performance this year lagging U.S....
The deadline for the Corporate Transparency Act requirements is extended for some
The deadline for existing companies to file their beneficial ownership information to U.S. regulators in January is off again after a brief period when...
What leaders can say when they don’t know the answer
A common misconception about leadership that leadership coaches hear is that leaders need to know all the answers, although that’s far from the reality...
Here are some of the ways local retailers are adjusting after a rough 2024Â
As ordering through Amazon, delivery apps and fast-shipping online sites becomes more common, customers' shopping habits are shifting at local retail stores.
Rozlan Fransen, owner...
How Baton Rouge compares with other Louisiana metros in job growth
While Baton Rouge was the only MSA in the state that saw a decrease in jobs from October to November, the MSA still saw...
