Business News

Feb 6

Lincoln Foodservice Equipment Sets Up National Operations Base in Shreveport, Creating Nearly 100 Direct New Jobs

Lincoln Foodservice Equipment, a Welbilt brand company that produces commercial-grade foodservice equipment, announced it is establishing...

Jan 13, 2023

Former Shell Executive, State Sen. Sharon Hewitt Enters Race For Governor

Touting her experience alongside "roughnecks" and on the offshore oil rigs owned by the Royal Dutch Shell Corporation, Sen. Sharon Hewitt...

Jan 6, 2023

Is Congress Going to Kill Credit Card Rewards?

Credit card rewards are so common these days — so expected, even — that they can seem untouchable. But that could change. Legislation...

Jan 6, 2023

The House Speaker Drama Will Hit the Market Next. Get Ready for the Debt Ceiling Battle

Even before the tussle erupted, Goldman Sachs economists called the debt limit the biggest political risk facing financial markets in...

Jan 6, 2023

Louisiana oil and gas sector expected to shrink this year

Louisiana’s oil and gas industry is expected to shrink slightly this year due to a combination of economic and geopolitical factors,...

Jan 6, 2023

BARRONS: What Kevin McCarthy and the House Speaker Turmoil Means for Markets

California Republican Kevin McCarthy lost another string of votes to become House speaker Thursday, as the drama on Capitol Hill extended...

Jan 5, 2023

Salesforce Slashes Staff in Early 2023 Move

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is putting to rest right out of the gate in 2023 that he's serious about improving profit margins, which Wall...

Jan 4, 2023

Germany’s first LNG shipment came from this Louisiana export terminal

Germany’s first import of liquefied natural gas came from a Louisiana export terminal, according to the company that produced the fuel...

Jan 4, 2023

Louisiana regulators approve LCMC Health purchase of Tulane hospitals

State regulators have approved LCMC Health’s planned acquisition of the three Tulane University Medical Center hospitals from HCA,...

Jan 4, 2023

Entergy subsidiary forced to refund $160M to Louisiana customers

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission this week handed down a pair of decisions that will force a subsidiary of Entergy to refund...

Jan 2, 2023

BAYHAM: You Really Don’t Want Southwest Airlines To Fail

This may go down as the worst week not involving a flight incident in the history of Southwest Airlines as the Dallas-based carrier has...

Dec 14, 2022

Louisiana business group makes trade mission to Guyana

Guyana, an oil-producing country on South America’s north Atlantic coast, received a November visit from a Louisiana trade delegation...