DALLAS — Baton Rouge company MAPP has announced the hire of Kelsey Davis as Interior Business Developer in its Dallas Office. Prior to MAPP, Davis worked as a Sales Executive at GL Seaman & Co. where she assisted clients in the…
NEW ORLEANS - In July 2017, there were 25,700 hospital employees in New Orleans, a 78 percent increase from ten years ago. The dramatic increase lands New Orleans at the top of the a list for the biggest gains in…
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump returned to a favorite target Friday, saying that the U.S. Postal Service should charge Amazon.com more money to ship the millions of packages it sends around the world each year. Amazon has…
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 8.7 million people signed up for coverage next year under the Obama-era health care law, the government reported Thursday, as the program that President Donald Trump has repeatedly pronounced "a disaster" exceeded expectations. The final…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple apologized for secretly slowing down older iPhones, a move it said was necessary to avoid unexpected shutdowns related to battery fatigue. Many customers had interpreted the move as a way to for Apple to juice…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After two consecutive record-breaking years at the domestic box office, 2017 was the year the momentum slowed — even with the late adrenaline boost of a new "Star Wars" film. When all is said and done…
NEW YORK (AP) — Goldman Sachs expects to take a $5 billion hit to profits for the fourth quarter and year because of the tax overhaul signed into law last week. As a result, the New York bank will likely…
NEW ORLEANS - U.S. stock indexes edged lower early Friday on the final day of trading for 2017. Losses by technology and energy companies outweighed gains by consumer products and health care stocks. Trading volume was light. Oil prices were…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Casino revenue rebounded in November after a dismal October, with Gulf Coast casinos posting strong gains and gambling halls along the Mississippi River showing smaller declines, State Revenue Department figures released this month show gamblers lost…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The new year is shaping up to look a lot like the old year, at least in Louisiana politics. Another round of budget and tax disputes looms in 2018, with the same philosophical and political…
METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Saints rookie running back Alvin Kamara says the NFL has fined him $6,079 for wearing Christmas-themed red cleats with white trim during last Sunday's victory over Atlanta. Kamara, who gained 90 yards in his red shoes,…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Monuments to the Confederate era disappear. New Orleans elects its first female mayor ever. A popular congressman is nearly murdered. Baton Rouge scientists help make a major discovery. Here is a look at those and other…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Baton Rouge's mayor has picked a veteran Louisiana State Police trooper to serve as the city's new police chief. Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome announced Friday that she selected Murphy Paul from a pool of five…
NEW ORLEANS - The Water Challenge is an annual pitch competition that awards $15,000 in total start-up funding to businesses, nonprofits, and ideas improving urban water, coastal environment, or local water economy. The event takes place at Propeller during New…
NEW ORLEANS — The City of New Orleans, Department of Public Works’ construction contractor, Hard Rock Construction, LLC is approximately 95 percent complete with Phase I of the French Quarter Infrastructure Improvement Project (FQIIP) on Bourbon Street. The $6 million French Quarter Infrastructure…
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana remains one of the most business-friendly states in the U.S., ranking No. 5 for the second consecutive year in Area Development magazine’s annual Top States for Doing Business survey. The 2017 survey represents the seventh consecutive year…
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced Thursday that the City will continue its program of recycling Christmas trees in an effort to promote the restoration of Louisiana’s wetlands and to assist in the protection of the Louisiana coastline. Orleans Parish…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Craft breweries are raising a glass to the Republicans' new tax overhaul: It cuts the excise tax on beer. Retailers, long saddled with heavy tax bills, will get relief. So will some high-profile names in corporate finance,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — In this season of giving, charity seems to be getting an extra jolt because next year the popular tax deduction for donations will lose a lot of its punch. Traditionally generous Americans may have less incentive to…
NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Police in New York have arrested a father and his two sons who they say had $25 million worth of counterfeit designer accessories in their possession. Newsday reports the 55-year-old Long Island man and his 22-year-old…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of unemployed workers filing for jobless benefits remained the same from the previous week at 245,000, a low level signaling a healthy job market. The four-week moving average, a less volatile measure, climbed 1,750 to…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A judge in Florida is ordering R.J. Reynolds to continue paying the state millions of dollars in tobacco settlement money despite selling off major brands. Circuit Judge Jeffrey Dana Gillen in Palm Beach County issued his…
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stock indexes were up slightly in light trading early Thursday as technology companies posted more gains. Financial stocks were also moving higher as bond yields rose. Energy companies rose as crude oil and natural gas…
STANFORD, Ca. (AP) - After decades of hope and high promise, this was the year scientists really showed they could doctor DNA to successfully treat diseases. Gene therapies to treat cancer and even pull off the biblical-sounding feat of helping…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates increased this week, although they're lower than a year ago. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages rose to 3.99 percent, up from 3.94 percent last…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans bar and spirits conference whose founders were criticized for racial insensitivity is being sold. News media report that two New Orleans business owners recently signed a letter of intent to buy Tales of…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana appeals court has upheld a judge's decision awarding more than $90,000 to family members whose home was mistakenly raided by police. A ruling last Thursday by a three-judge panel of the 1st Circuit…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Computers at Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles locations across the state went down Wednesday, although it's unclear just how many offices were affected. OMV Commissioner Karen St. German told The Times-Picayune the system crashed for about an…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Baton Rouge's mayor is set to announce her selection of the city's new police chief. Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome is scheduled to make her announcement at City Hall on Friday. The Advocate reports that Broome's pick will…
NEW ORLEANS - After a five-month construction project in Mid-City to extend the Canal Street streetcar and bus line at the intersection of City Park Avenue and Canal Boulevard, the Cemeteries Transit Center has an opening date. The center will…
