Image Studios, a salon suite franchise, has opened a location in Baton Rouge, its first in Louisiana. The salon and studio ...

Louisiana households and businesses are paying sharply higher electricity bills this summer, with July costs climbing to levels not seen since 2022, Louisiana Illuminator writes.  Cleco customers saw ...

Homeowners are beginning to accept that the days of ultralow mortgage rates are behind them, Fast Company writes.  According to the latest TurboHome-ResiClub Housing Sentiment Survey, 52% of ...

About 18 months ago, LSU started exploring options to replace the aging PMAC, but little else about this project has been made public except for assurances that everything was OK, writes Rolfe McC… ...

Toyota’s profit dropped 37% in the April-June quarter, the company said Thursday, cutting its full year earnings forecasts largely because of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The Japanese automaker ...

The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose modestly last week, a sign that employers are still retaining workers despite economic uncertainty related to U.S. trade policy. Jobless claims ...

At 71, Baton Rouge architect Kevin Harris has embraced―with great success―an unconventional business tool for professionals ...

In the past, it was kind of a free-for-all. It was difficult to determine the value of a deal because there was really nothing to go off of.” ...

A newly passed Louisiana law is directing millions of dollars in sports betting tax revenue to college athletic programs ...

McDonald’s on Wednesday said its revenue rose 5% to $6.8 billion in the April-June period, higher than the $6.7 billion Wall Street analysts had predicted. Same-store sales, or sales at locations open ...

Condo sellers are facing their weakest market in over a decade, with prices down, supply up and buyers in control—especially in the South and Sunbelt, The Wall Street Journal writes.  Unlike the tight ...

Oil supply growth from non-OPEC producers is expected to plateau by early 2026 even as global demand remains strong, BP CEO Murray Auchincloss tells Bloomberg.  In an interview following BP’s latest ...