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Roundup: Mortgage rates / Health care subsidies / Delta Air Lines
Sliding: U.S. mortgage rates fell last week to a one-month low, spurring home-purchase activity. The contract rate on a 30-year mortgage dropped 8 basis...
A $300M investment at this Franklin shipyard will create 1,500 new jobs
Saronic Technologies is investing $300 million to expand its shipyard in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana Economic Development announced Wednesday. The expansion is expected to...
Live After Five faces funding cut in proposed 2026 budget
Live After Five managing director J. Hover says he is waiting for the Metro Council’s vote later this month on the proposed city-parish 2026...
US manufacturing remains flat amid tariff uncertainty, sluggish demand
U.S. industrial production remains stuck in low gear, Bloomberg writes.Â
Output across factories, mines and utilities inched up just 0.1% in September after a revised...
Big retailers are moving into empty buildings again. Here’s why
Despite consumer jitters and tariff pressures, retail landlords are heading into 2026 on steadier ground than expected, The Wall Street Journal writes.Â
Retailers absorbed 5.5...
Health Tip of the Week: When should you worry about peeing during the night?
Sponsored by Baton Rouge General
Nighttime peeing - called nocturia - gets more common with age, but it shouldn’t keep you up all night. One...
Roundup: EA Games / George Bell / LABI’s Free Enterprise Champion
Saudi gaming grab: Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund will take a 93% stake in Electronic Arts as part of a $55 billion leveraged buyout...
The multifamily market is softening nationwide
A wave of new multifamily supply is still hitting the market just as renter demand weakens—especially among young adults—pushing vacancies higher and rents lower,...
US LNG exports hit an all-time high again
U.S. liquified natural gas exports hit an all-time monthly high last month for a second consecutive month, Reuters reports.Â
The gains were driven by cooler...
One of Louisiana’s biggest CPA firms is now under new ownershipÂ
LaPorte CPAs & Business Advisors has merged with Mauldin & Jenkins, a Top 100 certified public accounting and advisory firm based in Georgia, effective...
What’s next for the Council on Aging after its Thrive EBR proposition failed
The East Baton Rouge Council on Aging is planning a return to the ballot next summer following voters’ rejection of its Thrive EBR tax...
Social media influencers are going corporateÂ
Companies are tapping frontline workers as in-house influencers, betting that authentic, on-the-job content can boost brand engagement and recruitment, The Wall Street Journal writes.Â
Starbucks,...
Roundup: Child support payments / Dell’s $6B gift / University funding oversight
State near the bottom: Louisiana collected $2.2 billion in child support over four years but still ranks near the bottom nationally, securing just 56%...
A snapshot of how the local commercial real estate market performed in October
Commercial real estate sales in East Baton Rouge Parish continued to climb in October, posting a significant increase in sales volume, according to Elifin's...
How AI is at play in the new era of college admissions
Students applying to college know they can’t—or at least shouldn’t—use AI chatbots to write their essays and personal statements. So it might come as...
Deep discounts are tempting commercial real estate investors
Commercial real estate may be out of favor, but it might also be one of the few fairly priced asset classes left, The Wall...
What’s the outlook for the 2026 crawfish season?
Louisiana crawfish farmers are heading into the 2026 season with a general sense of optimism, according to Todd Fontenot, a crawfish expert with LSU’s...
‘LaPolitics’: With data centers coming, lawmakers launch energy task force
A new task force created by Senate President Cameron Henry last met a couple weeks ago with a single item on the agenda: a...
ELIFIN’s Commercial Property of the Week: Your opportunity to be on Bluebonnet Boulevard
Sponsored by ELIFIN
Now for sale, 9237 Bluebonnet Blvd. is a ±3,520 SF professional office building within the sought-after Bluebonnet corridor. Featuring prominent monument signage,...
2025 Sales and Marketing Award nominations open
Sponsored by SME-GBR
Sales & Marketing Executives of Greater Baton Rouge (SME-GBR) is accepting nominations for the 2025 Excellence in Sales & Marketing Awards presented...
