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What the latest numbers show about the Baton Rouge area housing market
Pending sales and new listings in the Baton Rouge area housing market continue to see a decline year over year, the newest report from...
D’s Garden Center closes Mid City location
Local plant nursery D’s Garden Center has closed its location between The Parker Barber and Barracuda Taco Stand on Government Street.
The location opened at...
Roundup: Walgreens / Louisiana’s motion picture tax credits / Decline in violence
Downsizing: Walgreens on Tuesday announced it plans to close roughly 1,200 of its stores over the next three years, including 500 in fiscal 2025....
Tigeraire vs. Tiger Woods: Whose logo will prevail?
Baton Rouge tech startup Tigeraire is wrapped up in a legal dispute over trademark infringement with Sun Day Red by Tiger Woods.
Founded in 2020,...
New Jersey investors just purchased this restaurant chain location
Investors have acquired the McDonalds next to Cotsco off Airline Highway.
New Jersey-based McBaton, McBaton II and McBaton III LLC, represented by Jane Mervine, bought...
Marketers are spending less on social media
A bi-annual poll of U.S. marketing leaders found that social media investments have declined to their lowest level in seven years.
As the Harvard Business...
‘LaPolitics’: Tax session will be a political minefield
Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration has finally begun circulating the 10 draft bills that constitute the current version of the governor’s tax reform package. The...
LSU’s Garrett Runion on how to improve your mindset in golf
Improving your golf game isn’t just about perfecting your swing—it’s also about cultivating the right mindset.
For the latest issue, Business Report got insights from...
Demand for corporate retreats is growing
The new normal of hybrid and remote work is prompting companies to prioritize group travel and industry conferences as an efficient way to promote...
Roundup: Medical funding companies / EV sales / Beauty entrepreneur
A growing problem: In a House Joint Insurance Committee hearing on Friday, legislators heard testimony about an industry that is working to inflate insurance...
Stirling Properties acquires another building in this office park
Commercial real estate company Stirling Properties recently acquired its fifth United Plaza Office Park building.
The company bought the IV United Plaza building through Stirling...
FUEL announces grants for clean energy entrepreneurs
The Future Use of Energy in Louisiana partnership, launched earlier this year, announced on Monday that it would offer grants to help entrepreneurs prove...
Louisiana roofer issued cease-and-desist over alleged fraudulent activity
Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple has issued a cease-and-desist order to Zechariah “Zach” Moore and Roofing Guys, a Lafayette-based roofing contractor that serves the Capital...
Spanish Town’s Belli will close at the end of the month
Roughly 10 months after announcing it would stay open, the owners of Spanish Town market and cafe Belli have announced it will close at...
Roundup: LSU board / Young philanthropists / Texas refinery leak
Changes adopted: The LSU Board of Supervisors quietly adopted changes Thursday to its bylaws that would allow its chair to appoint someone to all...
Local tech company executive weighs in on Google antitrust case
The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a federal judge to break up Google, charging that it is illegally monopolizing the search engine market.
In...
These are the books Capital Region executives are reading to stay ahead
Amid a relentless whirlwind of board meetings, strategic pivots, and market analyses, the most impactful revelations often come not from a quarterly report but...
Here’s the latest indication that inflation has cooled
U.S. wholesale prices were unchanged last month in another sign that inflation is returning to something close to normal after years of pressuring America’s...
‘LaPolitics’: State ethics program remains in flux
Kathleen Allen, who has worked for the Ethics Administration since 1997, spending the last 15 years as administrator, general counsel and generally the face...
D.R. Horton buys lots to expand development near Burbank
Homebuilder D.R. Horton has closed on 18 lots as part of phase five of its Pelican Lakes residential community near Burbank Drive.
D.R. Horton purchased...
