NEW ORLEANS — Here, from staff and wire reports, are the week's top business stories: President Joe Biden has chosen as supervisor of his $1 trillion infrastructure plan Mitch Landrieu, who as New Orleans mayor pushed the city into recovery…
NEW ORLEANS — Here, from staff and wire reports, are the week’s top business stories: New Orleans-based beverage company Big Easy Bucha has announced its acquisition by Beliv, a Latin American bev-tech company with 28 brands in 30 countries. Launched…
NEW ORLEANS — News broke this week that the Cint Group, a Swedish market research firm, has agreed to buy New Orleans-based analytics company Lucid for roughly $1.1 billion. Cint, which listed on the Stockholm and NASDAQ exchanges in February,…
NEW ORLEANS — Here, from staff and wire reports, are the week’s top business stories: Louisiana’s legislative leaders balked Thursday at a $63 million debt forgiveness plan for the Superdome’s oversight board that Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration framed as…
NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees hasn’t lost many competitions in New Orleans, but the contest to redevelop the former Six Flags/Jazzland site in New Orleans East is one of those rare cases. After the Brees-backed proposal to convert the 227-acre…
NEW ORLEANS - On Thursday night, billionaire Richard Branson hosted a series of events — including a short downtown parade featuring the St. Augustine Marching 100 — to promote the opening of Virgin Hotels New Orleans on Baronne Street. The…
NEW ORLEANS — Here are the week’s top business stories: This week, Saints owner Gayle Benson has revealed her succession plan for the NFL’s Saints and NBA’s Pelicans. The plan calls for the sale of the team to a buyer…
NEW ORLEANS - Here, from staff and wire reports, are the week’s top business stories: Procore Technologies Inc., a provider of construction management software, announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Levelset, a New Orleans tech company that created…
NEW ORLEANS - Here are the week's top business stories: Getting Messy Frustration increased citywide as post-Ida debris and trash still hasn't been collected from neighborhood streets. Regional leaders have failed to find emergency contractors who can get the job…
NEW ORLEANS - The National Hurricane Center warned that Tropical Storm Ida could intensify and hit New Orleans as a Category 3 hurricane on Sunday, the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. “The forecast track has it headed straight towards New Orleans.…
NEW ORLEANS - Here are the week’s top business stories: Hotels Debut Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences New Orleans is now open in the former headquarters of the World Trade Center building at the foot of Canal Street. In…
NEW ORLEANS - Here, from staff and wire reports, are the week’s top business stories: Louisiana on Monday reinstated a mask mandate in all indoor locations, including schools and colleges, as the state struggles with a fast-growing fourth surge of…
NEW ORLEANS - Here, from the staff and wire reports, are the week’s top business stories: The New Orleans Saints and Caesars Entertainment have officially announced the formation of a 20-year naming-rights partnership that will give the NFL team’s home…
NEW ORLEANS - Here, from staff and wire reports, are the week’s top business stories: Louisiana lawmakers ended their historic veto session Wednesday after two days in which Republicans failed to overturn any of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ bill rejections,…
NEW ORLEANS - Here are the week's top business stories: Breeze Airways, the new U.S. carrier from JetBlue founder David Neeleman, has launched from New Orleans to 10 destinations. The low-cost startup, headquartered in Utah, will focus on flights between…
NEW ORLEANS - Here are the top business stories from this slow, sleepy summer week: St. Bernard Economic Development Foundation has announced that St. Bernard Parish Sheriff James Pohlmann and the St. Bernard Parish Council have unanimously approved Chalmette Refining’s…
NEW ORLEANS - Here are the week's top business stories: The Port of New Orleans has issued a Request for Proposals for program management/program controls services for the development of its hoped-for Louisiana International Terminal (LIT) container facility in St.…
NEW ORLEANS - Here, from staff and wire reports, are the week's top business stories: The City of New Orleans announced a plan to replace outdated steam-powered turbines as the primary source of power at Sewerage & Water Board of…
NEW ORLEANS - This week, Louisiana lawmakers completed a nine-week legislative session during which federal pandemic aid and surprisingly robust state tax collections led to an unusual circumstance: a surplus of money to spend. Representatives spent their time deciding how…
NEW ORLEANS - Here, from staff and wire reports, are the week’s top business stories: Anna Giordano, the former bar director at Longway Tavern, has partnered with LeBlanc + Smith to open a neighborhood bar at 2601 Royal Street in…
NEW ORLEANS - However reluctantly, it’s time for New Orleans to say goodbye to Brees … and hello to “Breeze.” Breeze Airways, the new U.S. carrier from JetBlue founder David Neeleman, will launch service this July from New Orleans to…
NEW ORLEANS - On May 4, the Greater New Orleans Foundation hosted the 8th annual GiveNOLA Day, a 24-hour fundraising event that encourages people to donate to local nonprofits. Preliminary results show that the organization topped last year’s record numbers…
NEW ORLEANS - This week, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards fell in line with most other Southern governors by partially lifting Louisiana’s statewide mask mandate. Face coverings are now only required in schools, healthcare facilities, daycare centers, some state buildings…
NEW ORLEANS - Here, from wire and staff reports, are the week's top business stories: Bollinger Shipyards, a privately held designer and builder of steel military and commercial vessels, announced that it has acquired Gulf Island Fabrication’s Houma shipyard facilities,…
NEW ORLEANS - On Friday, families were still anxiously waiting for news about crew members missing from a capsized oil industry vessel that flipped over Tuesday in hurricane-force winds and high seas about 8 miles (13 kilometers) off the coast…
NEW ORLEANS - This week, two new airlines announced service to and from Armstrong International Airport. First, Independent regional airline Silver Airways announced it will offer nonstop, twice-weekly flights from New Orleans to Jacksonville, Fla. The new route will also…
NEW ORLEANS - This week, President Joe Biden proposed an aggressive series of infrastructure investments he says would require $2.3 trillion in spending over eight years and create millions of jobs. According to a White House fact sheet, Louisiana projects…
NEW ORLEANS - The three biggest stories of the week involve big plans for the New Orleans riverfront, a new distribution center for Amazon in Slidell and a potential new name for the Superdome. Plans to develop 39 acres immediately…
NEW ORLEANS - Stimulus payments began arriving in many New Orleanians’ checking accounts this week as a result of the recently passed American Rescue Plan Act. The $1.9 trillion law is intended to provide far-reaching relief from the economic and…
NEW ORLEANS - Lots of positive stories this week. Here, from staff and wire reports, are the highlights: Big Deal Gov. John Bel Edwards has announced that International-Matex Tank Terminals, a provider of bulk liquids handling and storage, will retain…
