Business News

Sep 27

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana ordered to pay $420 million

It took a New Orleans civil jury only two hours to unanimously decide, that the state's largest health insurance provider, Blue Cross...

Sep 27

Can Louisiana compete with Texas? Become a tech hub? LED's new leader sees a way to do it.

When Susan Bonnett Bourgeois became the secretary of Louisiana Economic Development in January , her new boss, Gov. Jeff Landry, charged...

Sep 24

FORBES:It’s Time For The Truth On The High Cost Of Drugs

Reposted from an opinion piece by Steve Forbes. Make no mistake , our medicines, like everything else these days, cost far more than they...

Sep 18

Woodland Biofuels expects to create 110 direct new jobs in St. John the Baptist Parish.

RESERVE, La. – Woodland Biofuels, Inc., announced a planned $1.35 billion investment at the Port of South Louisiana to establish one of...

Sep 11

Topgolf Sent Callaway Into the Rough

Duffers are ruining things for Topgolf Callaway MODG -2.51% . Serious golfers are reliably showing up on golf courses, spending money on...

Aug 23

Offshore natural gas pipeline explosion in Louisiana

An offshore natural gas pipeline that exploded near Venice, Louisiana, on Saturday (17 August, 2024) night, killing one person, was owned...

Aug 22

Sen. Sanders' Bluster Threatens Innovation in Medicine

The recent outcry over the pricing of weight loss drugs like Wegovy, fueled by advocacy groups like Public Citizen, highlights a growing...

Aug 22

Louisiana has lagged behind other states in terms of job growth. Here are the plans to improve

Over the past eight years, Louisiana’s economic development performance lagged behind that of other most other Southern states and...

Aug 22

META is turning to this Louisiana solar farm for some of its power needs

Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other worldwide social media platforms, will be filling some of its expansive...

Aug 21

Certain execs from insolvent insurers barred from serving as MGAs in Louisiana

Certain officers, directors, and other executives from insurance companies that have gone insolvent will now be barred from acting as...

Aug 15

Mortgage rates are way below their peak. Americans are swooping in

The standard, 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.49% this week, up slightly from the prior week’s level, Freddie Mac reported...

Aug 14

LSU helps grow Louisiana’s $12 billion agriculture business

Agriculture is a $12 billion enterprise in Louisiana and supporting it is about $100 million a year in research conducted by the LSU...