NEW ORLEANS – On Tuesday, Nov. 20, Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans announced it has been selected to receive a $5 million grant from the Day 1 Families Fund. This grant will be used to pursue solutions to end…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana spent nearly $35,000 on private attorneys to respond to the sexual harassment lawsuit against former Secretary of State Tom Schedler, boosting the state's costs in the litigation to $184,000. The Division of Administration released…
NEW ORLEANS - On Black Friday, Nov. 23, locals can snag some of the best holiday shopping deals in the city, all while enjoying the merriment of downtown New Orleans, an assortment of food options, and panoramic views of the Mighty…
NEW ORLEANS — Mostofa Sarwar, Ph.D., interim vice chancellor of academic affairs and provost at Delgado Community College, has joined the board of commissioners for the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA). Details were shared in a press release. Orleans Parish Civil…
NEW ORLEANS - The Lewis Brisbois law firm welcomed Thomas J. Cortazzo as a partner to their New Orleans office. They made the announcement in a press release. Cortazzo is a member of the Complex Business & Commercial Litigation Practice. A native of New…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home construction improved a slight 1.5 percent in October, but in a troubling sign, ground breakings for single-family houses fell. The Commerce Department said Tuesday housing starts rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.23…
NEW YORK (AP) — Two private equity owners of the iconic Toys R Us toy chain will be handing over a $20 million hardship fund to the thousands of former workers left jobless and without severance after the chain liquidated…
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are skidding Tuesday morning, putting the market back into the red for the year, as weak results from retailers and mounting losses for big technology companies compound the market's losses from the day before. Energy…
NEW ORLEANS — On Friday, Nov. 16, The City of New Orleans announced the completed installation of eight public safety cameras in the Gentilly neighborhood, funded by the State of Louisiana through the Gentilly Development District. Executed through a partnership between the…
NEW ORLEANS - The Louisiana chapter of the national Entrepreneurs’ Organization is honored to welcome Gilsbar, one of the nation’s fastest growing health and benefits management organizations, as its newest Strategic Alliance Partner. The company joins other long-standing EO partners…
CONVENT, La. — On Friday, Nov. 16, Gov. John Bel Edwards and Wanhua Chemical Group Co. Ltd. executive Weiqi Hua announced the company will develop a $1.25 billion chemical manufacturing complex in the St. James Parish community of Convent, Louisiana. The…
NEW YORK (AP) — General Electric is shuffling leadership in its struggling power unit as it moves to split the division in its ongoing effort to slim down operations. Scott Strazik, current president of Power Services, will serve as the…
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Nissan Motor's chairman Carlos Ghosn has been arrested and will be dismissed for alleged under-reporting of his income and misuse of company funds, the company said Monday. The Japanese automaker's CEO Hiroto Saikawa confirmed that Ghosn…
NEW YORK - David's Bridal is filing for bankruptcy protection but there is no danger for customers who have ordered dresses because operations continuing as normal while the wedding and prom retailer restructures. The bankruptcy filing, the private company said Monday,…
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are opening slightly lower on Wall Street led by declines in technology and industrial companies. Apple sank 2.6 percent in early trading Monday…
LONDON (AP) — Global stock markets traded in fairly narrow ranges Monday amid continuing trade tensions. French carmaker Renault saw its share price tank after partner Nissan accused its chairman of serious misconduct and announced plans to oust him. KEEPING…
NEW ORLEANS - Wearing a suit instead of his usual green scrubs, Doctor Grayson Gremillion stood behind a podium and introduced himself to his audience inside the Joy Theatre: He’s an ear nose and throat physician, the CEO of Gremillion Technologies,…
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has reached out to the country's business elite, announcing the formation of a business advisory council including big names, especially in media. Lopez Obrador said in a pre-recorded video circulated…
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German automaker Volkswagen says it will invest 44 billion euros ($50 billion) to develop autonomous and electric cars and expand the appeal of battery-powered vehicles by selling its upcoming I.D. compact for about what a diesel-powered…
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The United States sees "great promise" in developing energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean, a U.S. state department official said Friday, as ExxonMobil and partner Qatar Petroleum began exploratory drilling off Cyprus' southwestern coast. Francis Fannon,…
NEW YORK - U.S. stock indexes were mostly lower in early trading Friday, erasing some of the market's gains from a day earlier. Losses in technology companies, big retailers and banks outweighed gains in health care and energy stocks. Crude oil…
MILAN (AP) — Chinese consumers will remain the driving force for the luxury goods market, according to a new study by Bain consultancy released Thursday that shows they will fuel nearly half of global high-end sales by 2025. Chinese shoppers…
NEW ORLEANS - Since its inception, NABA, Inc. has provided more than $11.1 million in scholarship funds to deserving students preparing to enter the accounting, finance or business professions. In the past three fiscal years (FY2016, FY2017 and FY2018), NABA has…
LONDON (AP) — Britain's 2-day-old draft deal to leave the European Union is in danger of collapsing, increasing the likelihood of a disorderly, economically painful exit from the bloc next year. British politicians in favor of leaving the EU have…
NEW ORLEANS – Children’s Hospital and the LSU Health New Orleans Department of Pediatrics announce the recruitment of Thomas Kimball, MD, as Director of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology and Co-Director of The Heart Center. He will hold the rank…
NEW ORLEANS - Last month, the Federal Reserve Board announced six new members of its Community Advisory Council (CAC) including HousingNOLA Executive Director Andreanecia Morris (Louisiana), Memorial Community Development Corporation CEO Rev. Dr. Adrian M. Brooks (Indiana), Denver Area Labor…
NEW ORLEANS - The Louisiana chapter of the national Entrepreneurs’ Organization saw the fastest and largest membership growth out of any other central region chapter in the current fiscal year. Details were shared in a press release. With fiscal tracking…
NEW YORK (AP) — Commuters beware: New York and Washington's clogged streets and creaky subway systems are about to feel more pain as 50,000 more people descend on the two metro areas where Amazon will open new headquarters. An expansion…
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks moved broadly lower in early trading Thursday, extending the market's losing streak into a sixth day. Losses among retailers, homebuilders and health care companies outweighed gains in technology stocks. The slide followed a sell-off in European…
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart, armed with grocery and other online services, is proving it can do battle with Amazon. The world's largest retailer delivered strong third-quarter results Thursday, extending a streak of sales growth into its 11th straight quarter…
