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A Baton Rouge businessman has pleaded guilty in a case in which he and others were accused of working together to illegally convert shares of a penny stock into a profit of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Louisiana's nonfarm employment grew by 8,300 jobs over the past 12 months through December, a 0.4% increase, that continues to be driven by health services and education sectors, but leisure and hospitality and manufacturing job growth was not far…
The holding company for Baton Rouge-based Investar Bank reported fourth-quarter earnings of $3.3 million, or 32 cents per share, compares with the $3.3 million, or 34 cents per share, a year earlier.
The Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission Thursday approved a deal with a renewable fuels company that gives it a 90-day option to lease 164 acres at the port and build a $500 million plant.
Lafayette-based IberiaBank generated fourth-quarter net income of $78.1 million, or $1.48 per share, down from $129 million, or $2.32 per share, for the same period in 2018.
The shop on Decatur Street has many of the same tchotchkes you’d find in other French Quarter curiosity shops and antiques showrooms: old coins, historic maps, Mardi Gras masks and fancy lamps.
Another major methanol manufacturing plant is one step closer to being constructed in southeast Louisiana, this time in Plaquemines Parish.
The owners of Sunshine Cleaners bought a parcel of land in the mixed-use Rouzan development to build a third location of their dry cleaning business.
Pier 1 Imports, which recently announced plans to close up to 450 of its stores, is shutting down its Perkins Road location in Baton Rouge.
Shoppers Value, which filed for bankruptcy restructuring in late 2019, plans to close its Jones Creek grocery store after more than four years of operation.
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber is accepting applications for its Business Growth Award, designed to recognize job growth in companies within the nine-parish Capital Region.
b1Bank is acquiring Houma-based Pedestal Bank in a $211 million deal that will make it the third-largest bank headquartered in Louisiana and adds to b1Bank's south Louisiana footprint.
Click Here Digital, a local online marketing company, has purchased the former Fortis College building on Interline Avenue and plans to move its headquarters there.
Bed Bath & Beyond said it will close 40 stores in the first half of the year, including the location near Cortana Mall.
Plans were approved Tuesday for an 111,000-square-foot distribution center in Baton Rouge proposed by an Atlanta-based developer that has built projects for corporations that include three warehouses for Amazon.com in 2019.
Houston-based McDermott International Inc. — a company with historical ties to New Orleans and Baton Rouge — said Tuesday it was submitting a prepackaged bankruptcy filing that will eliminate more than $4.6 billion in debt.
The Green House Salad Co., a Lake Charles business that operates a salad restaurant in Baton Rouge, has acquired The Salad Shop.
GONZALES — At the Sawgrass Point apartment complex on South Veterans Boulevard in Gonzales, residents can find all the complimentary wrapping paper, gift bags and tape they need in the property's gift-wrapping room.
A shopping center at the corner of Greenwell Springs and Hooper roads has been sold for $790,000 to a local investor.
Wellcana Group has big expansion plans for its LSU-licensed medical marijuana operations in Louisiana and is separately courting farmers to grow hemp to support the company's launch soon into CBD products.
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board has given an electrical repair company an industrial tax exemption even though work on its north Baton Rouge project was completed months ago — the key reason the board rejected two exemption requests last …
Baton Rouge area
The passenger volume at Baton Rouge Metro Airport increased by 2.6% in 2019, a slightly smaller increase than what had recently been seen at the facility.
Developer Kevin Nguyen, who owns shopping centers across Baton Rouge, has purchased the former Capital One bank branch on Government Street for $1.1 million and plans to put a “high-end” development on the site.
MasteryPrep, a Baton Rouge-based technology company that sells standardized testing software and training material to schools, completed a $2.3 million fundraising round from a group of investors.
A Houston-based renewable fuels company is looking at leasing a 164-acre site at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge to build a $400 million to $500 million plant.
Baton Rouge-based Facilities Maintenance Management has acquired the facilities division of Labarre Associates, a construction design business in Denham Springs.
Baton Rouge-based technology startup Bascom Hunter is moving into its new headquarters and out of the Louisiana Technology Park on Florida Boulevard amid an acquisition of an aerospace industry supplier.
The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge hopes to move into a new home by the end of the year, giving the Robert A. Bogan Baton Rouge Fire Museum an opportunity to expand in the building both organization's occupy.
The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved a new North American trade agreement Thursday that rewrites the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico — key markets for the United States and for $12.7 billion in exports from Louisiana.
Winnings by casinos in the Baton Rouge market were down 5% in December from a year ago, as all three of the city’s riverboats saw a drop in business that followed an overall state trend.
Advanced Aero Services expects to create 60 jobs in Shreveport at its new aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul facility at the local airport no later than 2021.
Hancock Whitney Corp. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter earnings were down compared to the year before due, with much of the difference due to costs related to its acquisition of Lafayette-based MidSouth Bancorp.
IBM will hold a job fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 1 at the Baton Rouge Community College for 35 open jobs at the company's Baton Rouge offices in partnership with the Louisiana Economic Development department's FastStart program.
Advanced Aero Services expects to create 60 jobs in Shreveport at its new aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul facility at the local airport no later than 2021.
Hancock Whitney Corp. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter earnings were down compared to the year before due, with much of the difference due to costs related to its acquisition of Lafayette-based MidSouth Bancorp.
IBM will hold a job fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 1 at the Baton Rouge Community College for 35 open jobs at the company's Baton Rouge offices in partnership with the Louisiana Economic Development department's FastStart program.
Sunbelt Lighting, a Mississippi company that sells lights, fans and chandeliers, has sold its showroom and warehouses to a Harahan investor and plans to lease the space until it can find a new location.
Home sales in metro Baton Rouge were 2.2% higher in 2019 than the year before, thanks to a year-end push.
A $3.4 million grant has been awarded to the LSU Engineering department to fund 21 cybersecurity scholarships over a 5-year period.
Environmental groups and St. James Parish residents filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers over federal permits issued to Formosa Plastics over a plant the company plans to build on St. James Parish’s west bank.
Work has started on a new fixed-base operation center and aircraft hangar at Baton Rouge Metro Airport.
LSU fans flocked to sporting goods stores and online retailers starting late Monday night to buy merchandise to commemorate the Tigers’ national championship football season.
Bercen Inc., a Denham Springs-based specialty chemical manufacturer, was acquired by Indianapolis-based Vertellus.
Louisiana posted growth of 2.9% during third quarter in 2019, compared to the previous quarter, slightly higher than the national average of 2.1% in gross domestic product growth.
The Eldorado Resort and Casino in Shreveport is being sold for $230 million to Las Vegas-based Maverick Gaming LLC, a mostly regional casino operator that has been acquiring small casinos recently.