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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


Sweeping tax overhaul in Louisiana hits snag on sales tax expansion
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers on Thursday postponed a vote on a key bill in Gov. Jeff Landry’s sweeping and complex tax...
Nov 16, 2024


‘This tax code is broken’: Gov. Landry pitches Louisiana tax overhaul to start special session
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry kicked off a two and a half week special session with a call for legislators to drastically overhaul the...
Nov 11, 2024


Louisiana's Tax Code Reform: A Path to Competitiveness and Growth
Louisiana's current tax code features several inefficient and uncompetitive policies, resulting in the state falling behind in tax...
Nov 4, 2024


Opposition Grows Against the Credit Card Competition Act
Credit unions and their advocates have spent months raising concerns with lawmakers about the Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA). These...
Oct 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


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 6, 2024


Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq Slide Amid Global Selloff
A stock-market selloff extended around the world, with U.S. indexes sliding and volatility spiking. In early trading, the Nasdaq...
Aug 5, 2024


Lack of Broadband May Be Stifling Rural Louisiana Business
The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe hosted its third annual Louisiana Rural Economic Development conference in Marksville. Speakers ranged from the...
Aug 5, 2024


LA Based Hospital Launches $10M Louisiana Investment Fund
Ochsner Health’s venture arm has launched the Ochsner Louisiana Innovation Fund, a $10 million fund for investments in Louisiana-based,...
Jul 30, 2024


Baton Rouge software company Kologik acquired after filing for bankruptcy
Kologik, a Baton Rouge-based software company born out of the ashes of the once-prominent tech firm Thinkstream, has been acquired by...
Jul 29, 2024


Stock market news today: S&P 500, Nasdaq slide as China curb risk rattles techs
US stocks were mixed as techs came under dual pressure from worries about US export curbs on China and Donald Trump's stance on Taiwan....
Jul 18, 2024
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