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This soon-to-be local restaurant group has a plan to save TGI Fridays
G5ive Restaurant Group, a newly formed Miami restaurant group led by entrepreneur Cory Griffin, plans to relocate to Baton Rouge and acquire the bankrupt...
Roundup: Apple / Catalyst Brands / Gov. Landry’s budget
Cream of the crop: Apple was listed as the top company for innovation, according to the latest list from Management Top 250 companies. The...
API’s Dustin Meyer: The opportunity in Louisiana is ‘enormous’
Louisiana is poised to play an increasingly critical role in the nation’s energy sector following recent actions taken by President Donald Trump’s administration.
That’s according...
Senate confirms Kelly Loeffler to lead Small Business Administration
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Kelly Loeffler, a Georgia businesswoman and former senator, to lead the Small Business Administration, returning a stalwart supporter...
Leaders of three Louisiana companies share their recipes for rapid growth
There are a lot of ingredients that make up a company’s recipe for rapid growth.
The leaders of three of the fastest-growing businesses in the...
PitchBR returns with an added feature this year
Nexus Louisiana’s PitchBR competition returns Thursday, allowing the state’s entrepreneurs to showcase their business ideas and compete for a cash prize.
The event is scheduled...
With housing affordability squeezed, this apartment trend is surging
Entering 2021, there were 12,100 office-to-apartment units in the U.S. conversion pipeline. Fast-forward to 2025, and that figure is now 70,700—an increase of 484%...
Roundup: Relocation tax breaks / Gulf rebranding / Veneeth Iyengar
Welcome in Wisconsin: People who lost their homes to Hurricane Helene or California wildfires could get a sizable tax break to move to Wisconsin....
Two tracts of vacant land in Zachary fetch a combined $1.9M
Nearly 240 acres of vacant land in Zachary changed hands Tuesday for $1.9 million, according to a deal filed with the East Baton Rouge...
Could the IHOP on College Drive be forced to close?
The franchisee of the IHOP on College Drive is being sued by the restaurant chain for breach of contract and trademark infringement after allegedly...
This rule reversal is being heralded as a win for fossil fuels
President Donald Trump’s energy secretary and two of his major donors won a key victory last week when the Securities and Exchange Commission moved...
Uncertainty looms large in the debate over library funding
Much remains “up in the air” when it comes to the future of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library system’s funding, according to Mary...
Lapsed recordkeeping, overpayments and a constitutional violation: It’s all in BREC’s latest audit
A recent audit for the 2022 fiscal year found that three BREC employees were incorrectly paid approximately $42,000 in final payroll termination payments, violating...
What’s plaguing the used car market?
Used-vehicle shoppers are finding stubbornly high prices at the dealership lot—if they can find a car at all, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Used-car and...
Trump’s latest steps to ramp up oil production
President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order formally creating a National Energy Dominance Council and directed it to move quickly to drive...
Roundup: Polar vortex / International Paper layoffs / Restaurant earnings
Bundle up: The coldest burst of Arctic air this season is coming to put an icy exclamation point on America’s winter of repeated polar...
Roundup: Valentine’s spending / Joann Fabric / State unemployment
Love is in the air: Americans shopping for their significant others are expected to spend $14.6 billion this year for Valentine’s Day, according to...
How the area’s residential real estate market fared in January
The Capital Region housing market saw year-over-year declines in pending sales during January but saw a significant leap in inventory and closed sales, according...
Happy’s Irish Pub set to reopen in its new downtown location
After being closed for more than a year, Happy’s Irish Pub will soon reopen in downtown Baton Rouge, the business announced on Friday.
Happy’s will...
D.R. Horton buys lots to expand one of its Zachary developments
Homebuilder D.R. Horton continues to expand one of its residential developments in Zachary.
The company purchased 28 lots for its exclusively built Brook Hollow development...
