After years of hiking prices, retailers, restaurants and other companies are now turning to discounts to win back customers who have begun closing their pocketbooks to goods that aren’t necessities, ...

Bocock Brothers, a Houston-based cigar company with Baton Rouge ties, in September released an official LSU collection of cigars and cigar accessories. The company―launched by brothers Bryant and Doug ...

The Small Business Administration, which provides low-interest loans to millions of disaster survivors, is set to run out of funding for hurricane victims within days, SBA Administrator Isabel ...

Roughly 10 months after announcing it would stay open, the owners of Spanish Town market and cafe Belli have announced it ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a federal judge to break up Google, charging that it is illegally monopolizing the ...

The LSU Board of Supervisors quietly adopted changes Thursday to its bylaws that would allow its chair to appoint someone to all search committees convened in the university system. Read more from ...

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 households in the wake of COVID-19. The ...

Kathleen Allen, who has worked for the Ethics Administration since 1997, spending the last 15 years as administrator, general counsel and generally the face of the agency, plans to retire in December.

When the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark rate last month, it marked a turning point in the economy and communicated its intention to cut rates again, boosting prospects for banks, CNBC reports. ...

Late in 2021, as Baton Rouge staggered toward a second consecutive record number of homicides, several members of the business community gathered together, hoping to come up with a plan to reduce ...

The Louisiana Tax Commission has introduced a series of key updates to “cost new” values, which play a crucial role in determining the taxable worth of various types of property. These values ...

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. surged to 6.32% this week, adding pressure on homebuyers facing sky-high prices and a limited supply of houses for sale. The rate ticked up from 6.12 ...