1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (171+ words) Shoppers pulled back on spending in April as higher gas prices fueled by the Iran war meant less money left over for some nonessentials like clothing and furniture. Retail sales rose 0. 5% in April, a slowdown from the revised growth level…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (237+ words) Baton Rouge Business Report Wednesday, May 13, 2026 Revised: OPEC has cut its oil demand forecast after the near closure of the Strait of Hormuz forced Persian Gulf producers to curb output and reroute exports, deepening uncertainty in global energy markets. Saudi…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (200+ words) U. S. wholesale inflation came in hot last month. Producer prices rose 6% from a year earlier, the most since December 2022, as the 10-week Iran war pushed up energy prices and put pressure on companies to pass along higher costs to consumers." The…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (245+ words) U. S. consumer prices climbed sharply again last month as the 10-week war with Iran pushed energy prices higher. The Labor Department's consumer price index rose 3. 8% from April 2025, according to data released Tuesday. On a month-to-month basis, April prices rose 0. 6% from March…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (227+ words) Baton Rouge Business Report Monday, May 11, 2026 Barely budging: Sales of previously owned U. S. homes barely rose in April from a nine-month low, underscoring a sluggish housing market at the start of the spring selling season. Contract closings edged up 0. 2% to a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (175+ words) A once-fringe idea is moving into the mainstream of the AI debate: taxing artificial intelligence itself, The Wall Street Journal writes. The concept, often called a "compute tax," would place taxes on the massive computing power that fuels AI systems…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (164+ words) Baton Rouge Business Report Thursday, May 7, 2026 Request denied: The U. S. Supreme Court has denied a request to revisit its ruling striking down Louisiana's congressional map, keeping pressure on state lawmakers to quickly redraw district lines ahead of upcoming elections. The decision…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (19+ words) Baton Rouge Business Report Friday, May 1, 2026...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (236+ words) The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged for the third straight meeting but signaled it could still cut rates in the coming months, moves that attracted the most dissents since October 1992. The Fed on Wednesday kept its short-term…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (263+ words) It might be hard to imagine the Iran war weighing on stuffed toys with names like Snuggle Glove, Bizzikins and Wobblies, but even plush playthings are not immune when oil shipments from the Middle East are constrained. Like many soft…...