Cuts like a knife
Credit-card interchange charges are a problem for businesses that are seeing profits decrease as fees increase.
Where should a revamped downtown East Baton Rouge Library be located?
Finance
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What’s in your wallet?
Retail sales-tax revenue decreased in the city-parish in 2009, an indication that skittish consumers are spending less and saving more.
Die another day
The disappearance of the estate tax in 2010 creates problems for estate planners who want to help clients get their affairs in order.
Power players
February 9, 2010 issue
Debt and deleveraging
Consumers are paying down debt instead of borrowing more, and companies are paying off loans instead of taking out credit.
The sunshine state
Lafayette-based IberiaBank seeks name recognition in affluent areas of south Florida after its acquisition of two failed financial institutions.
Follow the money
The hundreds of ExxonMobil retirees who fell victim to the Stanford Financial Group scandal reveal more than the appeal of industry retirees’ fat pensions, but how little the average investor knows when it comes to their 401[k].
10 Questions: Rusty Cloutier
MidSouth Bank’s president and CEO has the book on big banks and big egos, and their role in the economic crisis.
Misery loves company
Credit unions might have a competitive advantage over banks, but both face challenges when it comes to federal regulations.
Bonnie Mistretta Hunt
According to a 2009 study by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, women represent 61.1% of all accountants and auditors.
Bradley Gremillion
Bradley Gremillion leads a double life.
Remote control
The market shifts to mobile and online banking, but remote deposit isn’t the only way to go.
The paper trail
Advisers say high-wealth investors shouldn’t keep too much of their money in dollars or dollar-based assets.
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