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Rising LNG Prices and Louisiana's Critical Role in the Global Market
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices are set to rise sharply as demand outpaces supply heading into 2025. After record-low prices in 2023...
Dec 2, 2024


Addressing Louisiana’s Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells: A Call for Reform
Louisiana’s oil fields, long a cornerstone of its economy, now bear the scars of regulatory neglect. Abandoned wells, rusty tanks, and...
Dec 2, 2024


Comcast Greenlights $7 Billion Spinoff of NBCUniversal Cable Channels
The company, which last month said it was studying the idea , will separate off entertainment and news channels including MSNBC, CNBC,...
Nov 20, 2024


Employers must get off the sidelines in the obesity fight
Coverage of obesity treatments will become a recruitment and retention tool for workers in a competitive hiring market. Obesity is a...
Oct 12, 2024


Dr. Loren Scott: Signs pointing to a stronger north Louisiana economy
Dr. Loren Scott brought his traveling “Louisiana Economic Forecast” presentation to a full house at the Port of Caddo-Bossier recently,...
Oct 7, 2024


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 27, 2024


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 24, 2024


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 21, 2024


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 15, 2024


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...
Aug 14, 2024


Starbucks names new CEO
Brian Niccol will take over as the chief executive officer of Starbucks Corp. on Sept. 9. He will replace Laxman Narasimhan, who is...
Aug 12, 2024


Evaluating Security in Credit Card Networks: Lessons from the Recent CrowdStrike Incident
On Friday morning, a massive outage linked to a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike rippled across multiple...
Aug 5, 2024
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