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Do you understand what coaching is? sponsored by Career Competitor
There is a key attribute that honors the art of a great coach that often gets overlooked. It’s not defined by achieving wins, implementing...
Federal Reserve officials still looking at rate cuts later this year
Despite solid growth and firmer-than-anticipated inflation in recent months, Federal Reserve officials have not significantly changed their outlook for delivering interest rate cuts later...
Vanessa Graham: Changes in technology bring opportunities
When assessing management practices, companies should ensure employee buy-in as well as address workflow, people and processes, says Vanessa Graham, who sat down for...
What to expect in Louisiana’s presidential primaries
Louisiana politics have been dominated this year by new Republican Gov. Jeff Landry’s special legislative sessions to address crime and adopt new congressional maps....
Baton Rouge’s Mallard Bay secures $4.6M in funding
Baton Rouge-based Mallard Bay, an online marketplace for hunting and fishing trips, on Wednesday announced the closure of its $4.6 million funding round.
The company,...
Potential commercial real estate losses putting some smaller banks at risk
The forces that consumed three regional lenders in March 2023 have left hundreds of smaller banks wounded, as merger activity—a key potential lifeline—has slowed...
Essential Credit Union launching subsidiary title company
Baton Rouge-based Essential Credit Union announced Wednesday it will expand with the launch of its own subsidiary title company.
Essential Tag and Title will offer...
Roundup: Deer Run subdivision / Water systems targeted / Intel expanding
Who owns the land?: A Livingston Parish resident is suing the parish school board over land where a neighborhood is to be built. Henry...
Inflation, high interest rates have many Americans falling further behind
Much of America’s two-speed economy is powering ahead, but it’s left a trail of destruction behind it, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The laggards are...
b1BANK Chairman Robert Greer Jr. dies
Robert (Bob) S. Greer Jr., the former leader of two Baton Rouge-based insurance companies and board chair of Business First Bancshares Inc., b1Bank, has...
Roundup: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church / Economic projections / Megadonors
Fire investigation: One month after a fire destroyed St. Luke's Episcopal Church, investigators are still trying to determine what started the blaze. In a...
IRS chief zeroes in on wealthy tax cheats
IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel has a message for high-wealth tax cheats who are wrongly deducting private jet travel and otherwise shorting the government on...
Lawmakers split on giving Louisiana vehicle buyers a ‘consumer choice’
Invoking support for “free market” and “consumer choice” philosophies, Louisiana lawmakers advanced a bill Tuesday that would prohibit state agencies or local governments from...
This LSU professor is exploring the ‘double-edged sword’ of workplace risk-taking
Don Zhang, an associate professor at the LSU Department of Psychology, was recently named one of the university’s 2024 Rainmakers for his research on...
Health Tip of the Week, sponsored by Baton Rouge General: New blood test proves...
It won’t be long before screening for Alzheimer’s will be done with a simple blood test, making the current and invasive procedures a thing...
Realtors grapple with how lawsuit ruling will disrupt their livelihoods
More than a million people who broker homebuying and selling in America are reexamining their careers, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Last week, the National...
What’s behind the significant rise in US housing starts for February?
U.S. housing starts and permits reached their highest mark in nearly two years in February, Reuters reports.
Tuesday’s numbers from the Commerce Department show single-family...
Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife just donated $2M to this Baton Rouge nonprofit
The Baton Rouge Youth Coalition has been tapped to receive a $2 million grant from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott as part of her effort to...
State lawmakers backing bills to protect gasoline-powered vehicles
Louisiana lawmakers are considering legislation this session that would prohibit limits on buying or selling cars and trucks with combustible engines, and capping the...
Roundup: LSU gymnastics / DEI rule opposed / Art & Science Museum
Record attendance: The LSU gymnastics team achieved an undefeated home season in 2024 and finished with the highest average attendance in the nation for...
