To keep your mind off Sunday's significant Saints game for a moment, here's a look back at the week's top business news: Monday, Dec. 2 The Associated Press reported that "Cyber Monday is still holding up as the biggest online…
NEW YORK (AP) — Four major websites used for wedding planning are revising their policies on content referencing former slave plantations, responding to an advocacy group's campaign urging the companies to stop promoting venues where black people were once brutalized.…
NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Regional Leadership Institute will host and event titled "FUSION: Workforce Development" on Friday, Dec. 13 at the Pan American Life Conference Center, 601 Poydras St. (20th Floor). This professional conference is dedicated to examining the workforce…
NEW ORLEANS - Following last month's "Tampon Tax Protest," the New Orleans City Council adopted Resolution R-19-497 by President Helena Moreno, urging the Louisiana State Legislature to champion legislation that would end local taxes on feminine hygiene products and diapers.…
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s just a week into the holiday shopping season, and Amazon is already having trouble getting packages to shoppers’ doorsteps on time. The company said the delays are due to bad weather in parts of the…
MOBILE (AP) — A new wave of lawsuits against BP is hitting the federal courts nearly a decade after the Gulf oil spill. The new litigation is the result of a court ruling that blocks thousands of people from a…
KENNER - The Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission (JEDCO) celebrated a successful year of economic development wins and initiatives at its annual year-end meeting on Thursday, Dec. 5. The 2019 JEDCO Annual Luncheon sponsored by Gulf Coast Bank & Trust…
NEW ORLEANS – SCNZ Architects announced that construction is slated to begin on the Raphael Village Town Center, a vocational and educational facility for disabled young adults. Designed by SCNZ, Raphael Village will consist of three separate one-story buildings located…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The city known for 19th century Voodoo queen Marie Laveau and for the tarot card readers who tell fortunes in its historic French Quarter is about to play host to a different kind of sorcerer —…
NEW ORLEANS - District "C" Councilmember Kristin Gisleson Palmer is partnering with Sustaining Our Urban Landscape (SOUL) and the Department of Parks and Parkways to plant 300 trees in Old Algiers. The planting is the largest to-date for SOUL and is…
GRETNA - Mayor Belinda Constant, Councilman Mike Hinyub, Cox market leader Kevin Monroe, Jefferson Chamber President Todd Murphy and 85 Boys & Girls Club members will unveil a newly updated Cox Technology Center at the Boys & Girls Clubs of…
NEW ORLEANS - Loyola University New Orleans and Nunez Community College signed a memorandum of understanding today establishing an articulation agreement that expands opportunities for students in the greater New Orleans area. The transfer agreement launched today will allow students…
NEW ORLEANS - When is a door not a door? When it becomes a bed and kick starts a global furniture design business. Slidell native Alex Geriner’s professional furniture design career started in 2009 when he bought a door salvaged…
MANDEVILLE - St. Tammany Parish President Pat Brister announced today that the State of Louisiana’s Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) has selected a contractor for widening the first section of Interstate Highway 12 from U.S. Highway 190 to Louisiana…
NEW ORLEANS -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center recognized Entergy Corporation as a Corporate Citizenship Hall of Fame inductee at the 2019 Citizens Awards. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the annual awards program, which recognizes…
METAIRIE – The owners of Clearview Shopping Center, Richards Clearview LLC, unveiled plans to redevelop the shopping center at the corner of Clearview Parkway and Veterans Boulevard into a dynamic, mixed-use destination. The plans include a total transformation of the…
NEW ORLEANS - Newly re-elected Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards received not one but two standing ovations when he spoke at the Dec. 4. New Orleans Chamber luncheon at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans hotel. Edwards made sure the crowd…
NEW ORLEANS - When Gena Mckenzie recently retired from her job as a certified registered nurse anesthetist, she decided to finally pursue an entrepreneurial idea she'd had a while back. "Years ago, a friend of mine and I were watching…
NEW ORLEANS -- The Lash Lounge eyelash salon franchise will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate its 100th location on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m. at 421 N. Carrollton Avenue. Attendees will meet Lash Lounge execs and enter for…
RENO, Nev. - Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says Congress should consider splitting her department’s financial aid operation into a separate federal agency with the flexibility to operate like a private bank. DeVos made the comments Tuesday in Reno, Nevada, at…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s co-founders are relinquishing their executive positions just as state and federal regulators, not to mention the Department of Justice and Congress, are taking a keen interest in possible abuse of its privacy practices and market…
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 10 months out of bankruptcy, Sears is limping into the holiday shopping season. Eddie Lampert, the hedge fund billionaire who promised to save 425 Sears and Kmart stores and roughly 45,000 jobs when he bought…
NEW YORK (AP) - The maker of popular video game League of Legends has agreed to pay $10 million to female employees to settle a broad gender discrimination case. Los Angeles-based Riot Games will pay about 1,000 current and former…
NEW ORLEANS - The National World War II Museum will debut its new Higgins Hotel and Conference Center at a private event on Friday, Dec. 6 at the new hotel (1000 Magazine Street). The ceremony will feature remarks from C. Paul…
NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Chamber will host a 'Power Lunch' at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10 at the Gulf Coast Bank & Trust, 1515 Poydras St. From the press release: "Whether you are a new member, a longtime member…
LONDON (AP) — Facebook started testing a tool on Monday that lets users move their images more easily to other online services, as it faces pressure from regulators to loosen its grip on data. The social network’s new tool will…
NEW YORK (AP) — There’s a powerful new player watching what you buy so it can tailor product offerings for you: the bank behind your credit or debit card. For years, Google and Facebook have been showing ads based on…
NEW YORK (AP) — Cyber Monday is still holding up as the biggest online shopping day of the year, even though many of the same deals have been available online for weeks and the name harks back to the days…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is proposing tariffs on up to $2.4 billion worth of French imports — including Roquefort cheese, handbags, lipstick and sparkling wine — in retaliation for France’s tax on American tech giants like Google, Amazon…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Four workers fired from Google last week are planning to file a federal labor complaint against the company, claiming it unfairly retaliated against them for organizing workers around social causes. The former employees said Tuesday they…
