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Operations started to returning to normal at Port Fourchon Friday, two days after wind gusts from Hurricane Zeta as strong as 140 mph lashed the critically important oil facility.
An office condo development off Siegen Lane is set to go before the city-parish Planning Commission in December.
NEW YORK — Exxon Mobil reported its third consecutive quarter of losses as the global pandemic curtails travel and cripples global economic activity.
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An agents who has the listing for the River Park property near Hollywood Casino said Thursday he is in active discussions with five or six parties who are interested in the 23.5-acre site along the Mississippi River formerly proposed for a mixed-u…
Amazon is settling into its new 111,918-square-foot South Baton Rouge Distribution Center in Industriplex near Siegen Lane and Interstate 10.
Myriya Bates and Shoney Henry stood in the aisle at Party Time, discussing how to decorate a plastic cauldron for Halloween.
Exxon Mobil is slashing 1,900 jobs from its U.S. workforce, mostly in Houston, as the pandemic saps demand for fuel.
Baton Rouge-based home health and hospice company Amedisys posted third-quarter earnings of $72 million, or $2.16 per share, compared to $34.1 million, or $1.03 per share, a year ago.
H&E Equipment Services Inc. on Wednesday reported third-quarter profit of $10.1 million, or 28 cents per share, down from $28.4 million, or 79 cents a share, it earned for the same period in 2019.
The jobs recovery in the capital region through September fell in line with the state's minor improvement compared to August, but was still down 6.6% in the metro area from a year ago as the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic lingers.
A Shreveport-based industrial electrical equipment repair business had high hopes for a north Baton Rouge location last year but has closed that shop despite economic incentives.
A report issued by LWCC said the $222.2 million in dividend payments the private worker’s compensation insurance company made to members in 2019 pumped about $536 million into the Louisiana economy and created 3,655 jobs.
The Rug Place location on Siegen Lane has been sold for $1.1 million to a company that plans to put an urgent care clinic on the property.
Consumer and business spending in East Baton Rouge Parish dropped by 2.7% in August when compared to the year before.
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Veterans business resource summit set
Dreams of running a business together came true for Kimberly and Lance LaMotte when the pair invested in a boxing club franchise in Baton Rouge.
Investar Bank National Association's parent company reported net income of $4.5 million, or 41 cents per share, for the third quarter, compared to $4.7 million, or 46 cents per share, a year ago.
First Horizon National Corp., which now includes the former Lafayette-based IberiaBank, has stopped underwriting energy sector loans for now as the oil and gas industry struggles to regain its footing.
NEW YORK — Gap is moving away from the nation's malls.
Net income for Baton Rouge-based Business First Bancshares, the parent company of b1Bank, grew to $9.6 million during the third quarter from $5.5 million a year ago.
A West Baton Rouge Parish solar farm capable of supplying thousands of homes with power was plugged into the capital region's electrical grid as it began operating this week.
Pass It Down, a technology startup that relocated to Baton Rouge last year, raised $860,000 from a group of investors for its expansion efforts.
Pool Corp. said it again set a company record for quarterly sales as it saw its third-quarter earnings jump to $119.1 million, or $2.92 per share.
Gulf Island Fabrication said it will hire 106 workers its Houma shipyard to complete orders for vessels from the U.S. Navy and National Science Foundation.
A growing coalition of higher education institutions has signed deals with the Baton Rouge Area Chamber to streamline employers' access to graduates in the region looking for their first career job.
Indigo Park Apartments by Cortland, a 330-unit complex on Nicholson Drive, has been sold for $46.4 million.
The job picture in Louisiana saw little improvement in September, with the number of jobs and the number of unemployed people both increasing slightly over the month.
A Formosa Plastics affiliate planning a $9.4 billion petrochemical complex in St. James Parish will defer "major construction" of the facility until the coronavirus has subsided or "an effective vaccine is widely available," a company spokeswoman …
The Blue Zoo aquarium in the Mall of Louisiana has an April 1 opening date.
The state’s attempt to sell the former Champion Insurance complex on Government Street didn’t happen Monday because no one submitted bids on the property.
Baton Rouge’s three riverboat casinos collectively posted a 4.6% increase in winnings in September when compared to the year before, the best performance of any of the state’s gambling markets during a month that was heavily impacted by hurricanes.
GONZALES — Ascension Parish government is putting the finishing touches on new rules that would allow the spread of so-called "small cell towers" expected to improve existing wireless service and serve as a bridge to 5G wireless service for the gr…
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Officials with the Port of Greater Baton Rouge said they are about a week away from reaching a lease agreement with a Houston renewable fuels company that wants to lease 164 acres and build a $300 million to $700 million diesel fuel plant.
A charter school operator has purchased the former Richards Honda dealership on Florida Boulevard for $2.4 million and plans to open a new elementary school there in 2021.
The number of homes sold in metro Baton Rouge was 36.5% higher in September than the year before, continuing a four-month hot streak triggered by low interest rates and rebound from an early coronavirus-related slump.
Blue Zoo, which operates aquariums in shopping malls across the U.S., will open a location in the Mall of Louisiana in the spring.
Oceans Behavioral Hospital has closed one of its Lake Charles locations as a result of damage the building sustained during Hurricane Laura, but the company is still going ahead with plans to open a new facility in Baton Rouge.
To combat climate change, Democrat seeks to ban 'new oil and gas permitting on public lands and waters'
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Because it was a nice afternoon in March, Katrina Llorens Joseph and her husband Albert decided to sit outside for lunch at the Subway restaurant not far from City Park.
New Orleans Saints officials and the company that runs the Mercedes-Benz Superdome say it will cost the state millions of dollars this year in lost taxes — and potentially tens of millions more in lost economic activity — if the team isn't allowed…
Officials with the Port of Greater Baton Rouge said they are about a week away from reaching a lease agreement with a Houston renewable fuels company that wants to lease 164 acres and build a $300 million to $700 million diesel fuel plant.
A charter school operator has purchased the former Richards Honda dealership on Florida Boulevard for $2.4 million and plans to open a new elementary school there in 2021.
The number of homes sold in metro Baton Rouge was 36.5% higher in September than the year before, continuing a four-month hot streak triggered by low interest rates and rebound from an early coronavirus-related slump.
Blue Zoo, which operates aquariums in shopping malls across the U.S., will open a location in the Mall of Louisiana in the spring.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week to 898,000, a historically high number and evidence that layoffs remain a hindrance to the economy’s recovery from the pandemic recession that erupted seven mon…
Oceans Behavioral Hospital has closed one of its Lake Charles locations as a result of damage the building sustained during Hurricane Laura, but the company is still going ahead with plans to open a new facility in Baton Rouge.
The similar paths of hurricanes Laura and Delta have triggered a law that prevents Louisiana policyholders from paying a hurricane deductible twice during the same storm season.
Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux said it has taken on an Atlanta-based private equity firm as a strategic partner to help the Baton Rouge-based chain reach its goal of opening 150 locations over the next 5 years.