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Initial unemployment in Louisiana climbs for third week
Initial unemployment claims 8/22 by Holly Duchmann
Roundup: Shrimp recalled / Research funding cuts / Absorbing tariff costs
Radioactive contamination: More packages of frozen shrimp potentially affected by radioactive contamination have been recalled, federal officials said Thursday. California-based Southwind Foods recalled frozen...
Louisiana spent millions in taxpayer money to land the Super Bowl. Was it worth...
Louisiana leaders are touting a $1.25 billion economic impact from Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, but records show taxpayers covered tens of millions...
Fed chair offers hint of a possible rate cut in the near future
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday opened the door ever so slightly to lowering a key interest rate in the coming months but...
A look at how Baton Rouge casinos performed in July
Baton Rouge’s casinos saw a dip in revenue for the second straight month after recording their best month of the year in May.
The casinos...
‘LaPolitics’ Q&A: Will the state GOP endorse a candidate in the US Senate race?
LaPolitics: Why do you think the state GOP should not offer endorsements for party primary races?
State Rep. Mike Bayham, a member of the Republican...
Labor shortages and high costs are causing fix-and-flip investors to pull back
The once-hot fix-and-flip housing market is cooling as higher interest rates, rising costs, and a shrinking labor pool slow sales and strain returns, CNBC...
Here’s where Nexus plans to relocate its headquarters
After 33 years at the same Florida Boulevard location, Nexus Louisiana plans to relocate its headquarters to downtown Baton Rouge.
The organization’s board voted Thursday...
Roundup: Venezuelan crude / SBA awards / Canceled home purchases
US resumes imports: Two tankers chartered by Chevron carrying Venezuelan crude reached U.S. waters on Thursday, marking the first U.S. imports of the South...
US home sales inch up thanks to a modest drop in interest rates
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in July as homebuyers were encouraged by a modest pullback in mortgage rates, along with slowing home...
US cities are reshaping their shorelines in the name of climate resilience
Cities nationwide are reimagining their waterfronts, blending resilience planning with economic development as climate change accelerates extreme weather risks, The Wall Street Journal writes.
From...
Where business meets capacity: Capital Region’s top 20 event venues
58,070
That’s the total combined capacity of the Capital Region’s top 20 convention and meeting facilities, according to Business Report’s latest ranking. The Pete Maravich...
How the East Baton Rouge Parish commercial market fared in June
Commercial sales transactions in East Baton Rouge Parish are trending upward, though some sectors are performing better than others, according to Elifin’s latest data.
Sales...
Amid national redistricting tensions, Louisiana eyes an early special session
Louisiana lawmakers are weighing whether to prepare for a special session on congressional redistricting this fall although the U.S. Supreme Court isn’t expected to...
Meet the 500: Rachel Cannon
Rachel Cannon founded her interior design firm 14 years ago with a design degree and no business background. She quickly discovered that success meant...
Katrina’s legacy: Building business resilience for the next storm
This month marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina reshaped the Gulf Coast and forced the nation to rethink disaster preparedness, Fast Company writes.
The storm...
Roundup: National unemployment / $53 trillion / Chevron’s merger
Going up: More Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but U.S. layoffs remain in the same historically healthy range of the past few...
Companies are pulling back on hiring
One in five U.S. employers expects to slow hiring in the back half of 2025, nearly double the rate a year ago, The Wall...
Entergy wins approval to power Meta’s planned $10B data center
Louisiana utility regulators have cleared the way for Entergy Louisiana to build new natural gas plants and transmission lines to support Meta’s planned $10...
Roundup: FTC sues LA Fitness / Federal Reserve / Rising child care costs
Cancellation practices: The Federal Trade Commission sued LA Fitness over the gym chain’s allegedly onerous cancellation practices, the latest in a series of government...
