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‘Amazon Effect’ has altered industrial customer expectations as well
The petrochemical industry has been forced to transform the way it manages its supply chain due to the impact of the “Amazon Effect” on customer expectations
Oil and gas industry among the winners in US House power shift
The GOP takeover of the House will give Republicans the power to block efforts by Democrats to approve new regulations or taxes on the...
Businesses, consumers poised to suffer if railroad deal isn’t reached
Consumers and companies could see higher gas prices, longer shipping times and shortages of some products during the winter holiday season if railroads and all of their unions can't agree on new contracts by an early-December deadline that has already been pushed back.
How Taylor Swift ticket sales tanked worker productivity last week
If your employees are Taylor Swift fans, your company's performance may have lagged a bit last week, according to Inc.
Historic demand for tickets to...
Dantin Bruce buys land for Waters at Bluebonnet apartments for nearly $5.6M
Dantin Bruce Development has purchased 14.3 acres of undeveloped, forested land on Bluebonnet Boulevard for more than $5.57 million,
Nearly 200,000 more Louisianans quit their jobs in third quarter
Nearly 200,000 Louisiana workers quit their jobs in the third quarter of 2022, as the total number of job separations (both voluntary and involuntary)...
Roundup: Rail union dispute / Oil prices / Mike Hollins
Conductors hold out: Railroad engineers accepted their deal with the railroads that will deliver 24% raises but conductors rejected theirs, threatening the health of...
LSU students call on school’s leaders to address security concerns
Four LSU student groups are calling on university leaders to make changes to ensure the safety of students.
Critics say SBA must be modernized through congressional reauthorization
Advocates are calling on Congress to modernize the Small Business Administration to bring the agency into the 21st century.
Louisiana’s rural health care providers struggle to find staff
Louisiana's rural health care providers are struggling on several fronts, from staffing to transportation to access for Medicaid patients, according to administrators who testified...
Rising interest rates putting small business plans on hold
Add rising interest rates to the challenges that small businesses are already grappling with, including inflation, labor shortages and strained supply chains, The Wall...
See how many projects Louisiana has begun as a result of infrastructure law
Louisiana wasted little time making use of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, kicking off 551 transportation projects to repair and rebuild the state's crumbling infrastructure
Baton Rouge company gets USDA grant to develop soft serve ice cream machine
Baton Rouge-based applied research and product development firm Inventherm has received a $650,000 Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research Grant from the U.S. Department...
As utilities spend billions on transmission, calls grow for independent monitoring
An aging electric grid, fossil fuel power plant retirements and a massive renewable electricity buildout are all contributing to a boom in transmission and...
Roundup: Rose Parade / Carvana layoffs / Lane closures
Baton Rouge presence: Baton Rouge will join with the Louisiana Office of Tourism and four Louisiana destinations to present a float in the 134th...
Traditional Thanksgiving dinner in Louisiana will cost less than last year
Louisianans will pay less than last year for a traditional home-cooked Thanksgiving meal, an annual survey finds and as reported by the Daily Comet.
Residents...
Cassidy not running for governor, attention shifts to Kennedy
Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy announced today that he has decided not to run for Louisiana governor next year, opting instead to focus on...
Roundup: World Cup beer sales / Electric vehicles / Amazon
Banned: The sale of all beer with alcohol at the eight World Cup stadiums has been banned just two days before the soccer tournament...
For many small businesses, survival contingent on holiday sales
Small businesses have a lot riding on this year's holiday season.
Nearly one in four of the 550 business-owner respondents to a recent survey from...
‘LaPolitics’: DC officials stole this week’s news cycle
In the long history of Louisiana’s congressional delegation, few members have been as successful as Steve Scalise, the representative from Jefferson Parish. He’ll shed...
