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The Hood Container paper mill in West Feliciana Parish is undergoing a $50 million upgrade to boost its efficiency and capacity.
The owner of the New York & Co. women’s clothing chain is filing for bankruptcy protection.
Quarters, a restaurant and entertainment venue at the intersection of Coursey and Sherwood Forest boulevards, is temporarily closing for renovations and rebranding.
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The Louisiana Realtors Association is planning to build a three-story office building at the corner of Main Street and Priscilla Lane.
The Baton Rouge Clinic is investigating a cyber attack that happened last week that disrupted email and phone systems and limited lab and radiology services.
After about a decade in development, Covington-based LLOG Exploration is moving forward on an oil and gas discovery in the Gulf of Mexico despite a tumultuous market in the past few months.
The original deadline had been extended because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Fewer than 30,000 passengers flew into or out of Louis Armstrong International Airport on domestic flights in April, an eye-popping 97% drop from the same time a year ago as coronavirus gripped air travel across the country.
With the $3.9 billion merger of IberiaBank into First Horizon in Tennessee now a done deal, the Lafayette-based bank's top five executives are in line for payouts totaling $75.8 million in cash and other benefits known as golden parachutes.
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Fifteen property owners in the Willow Ridge subdivision have filed annexation petitions with the city-parish asking to be included in the Baton Rouge city limits.
The news that Gov. John Bel Edwards will effectively shut down bars beginning on Monday was met with disappointment from Baton Rouge's bar owners, who said they understood the decision but now worry how they'll make ends meet.
The family-owned Paul’s Jewelry Store in Lafayette has sold the watches, engagement rings and other jewelry that customers used to mark special occasions for more than six decades.
Ashton Ryan, who founded First NBC Bank in 2006 as New Orleans clawed its way back from Hurricane Katrina, grew it into a Wall Street darling and then presided over its spectacular 2017 collapse, was indicted by a federal grand jury Friday on char…
State health officials have applied the brakes to bar owners' applications to book live music indoors across Louisiana because of a surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations.
SHREVEPORT — An Ohio company that bills itself as one of the world’s largest glass tableware manufacturers says it wants to shut down its Louisiana plant by the end of the year.
The Hood Container paper mill in West Feliciana Parish is undergoing a $50 million upgrade to boost its efficiency and capacity.
Bed Bath & Beyond said it will close about 200 stores over the next two years as the home goods retailer tries to reduce redundant stores and support a digital-first system.
Louisiana's gross domestic product fell faster than the national average during the first quarter as the economic slump tied to coronavirus pandemic restrictions was just getting started across the country.
The details of a new program that will distribute $275 million among small Louisiana businesses are still being determined, but State Treasurer John Schroder is planning an aggressive outreach campaign for the Main Street Recovery grants.
NEW YORK — The storied Manhattan clothier Brooks Brothers is filing for bankruptcy protection.
BLDG 5 said Wednesday it will be closed temporarily after an employee tested positive for coronavirus.
Consumer spending across the Baton Rouge metro area in late June was mixed as the flow of dollars worsened in East Baton Rouge Parish but continued to improve in Livingston and Ascension parishes.
Rouses Markets is set to introduce an unmanned drone delivery service this fall, operating from one of its Alabama grocery stores.
More than 300 workers are facing job losses next month at a specialty alumina manufacturer in Ascension Parish that has spent millions from a federal program meant to protect American jobs during the coronavirus pandemic.
Shell is testing the market to potentially sell its Convent refinery and various facilities associated with the site.
More than $1 billion of Paycheck Protection Program loans flowed to organizations, mostly businesses, in the Baton Rouge metro area across 11,300 total loans.
Banks are showing a surprising lack of interest in the Federal Reserve’s Main Street Lending program, adding to challenges that potential business borrowers have expressed about the program.
Online food delivery company Waitr Holdings Inc. is projecting its first profitable quarter since the company went public in 2018 from a surge in demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The owners of L’Auberge Casino and Hotel reported plans to lay off more than 160 workers from the Baton Rouge company by mid-August, underscoring the steep toll the coronavirus pandemic has had on the gaming industry.
Baton Rouge area
Nearly a year after medical marijuana went from seed to shelves at nine pharmacies in Louisiana, there is a second player in a market that's about to get a larger pool of patients suffering from a wide-open range of medical conditions.
New unemployment claims across Louisiana increased again last week as the state is dealing with an uptick in coronavirus cases and leaders hit the pause button on reopening the economy into Phase 3.
The nearly $4 billion deal to combine Lafayette-based IberiaBank with First Horizon Bank headquartered in Tennessee has been completed.
Four economic summits being held in late July and early August will tap business and community leaders for a big-picture understanding of the Baton Rouge, Lafayette, New Orleans and statewide economies.
South Louisiana Bank, a Houma-based community bank, has started work on its first Baton Rouge location and expects to have it open by Thanksgiving.
A building on Harding Boulevard that’s home for the local Social Security Administration office has been sold for nearly $1.5 million.
A change shrouded in secrecy will exempt Treasury Secretary John Schroder from key rules governing how he can disburse a huge pot of federal money to small businesses.
Malco Theaters said its Gonzales Cinema, which reopened last week after being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, will only be open on weekends.
Online food delivery company Waitr Holdings Inc. is projecting its first profitable quarter since the company went public in 2018 from a surge in demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The company that runs Boomtown Casino in Harvey is warning of 197 looming job cuts slated for Aug. 15, according to a filing with the Louisiana Workforce Commission, the latest in a string of mass layoffs at casinos across the state as the gaming …
The owners of L’Auberge Casino and Hotel reported plans to lay off more than 160 workers from the Baton Rouge company by mid-August, underscoring the steep toll the coronavirus pandemic has had on the gaming industry.
Baton Rouge area
Nearly a year after medical marijuana went from seed to shelves at nine pharmacies in Louisiana, there is a second player in a market that's about to get a larger pool of patients suffering from a wide-open range of medical conditions.
New unemployment claims across Louisiana increased again last week as the state is dealing with an uptick in coronavirus cases and leaders hit the pause button on reopening the economy into Phase 3.
The news came as the number of confirmed infections per day soared to an all-time high.
The nearly $4 billion deal to combine Lafayette-based IberiaBank with First Horizon Bank headquartered in Tennessee has been completed.
Four economic summits being held in late July and early August will tap business and community leaders for a big-picture understanding of the Baton Rouge, Lafayette, New Orleans and statewide economies.
South Louisiana Bank, a Houma-based community bank, has started work on its first Baton Rouge location and expects to have it open by Thanksgiving.
A building on Harding Boulevard that’s home for the local Social Security Administration office has been sold for nearly $1.5 million.
A change shrouded in secrecy will exempt Treasury Secretary John Schroder from key rules governing how he can disburse a huge pot of federal money to small businesses.