The International Energy Agency is warning that the global oil market’s surplus is narrowing—but not disappearing—as OPEC+ production slips and sanctioned barrels struggle to find buyers, The Wall ...

Mortgage rates increased slightly, adding to cost pressures for buyers. The average for 30-year, fixed loans rose to 6.22%, up from 6.19% last week, Freddie Mac said in a statement Thursday. A year ...

U.S. home prices have turned negative for the first time since mid-2023, CNBC writes.  Prices have slipped 1.4% over the past three months as the market absorbs higher mortgage rates and a ...

The LSU Board of Supervisors on Thursday approved a series of organizational changes that reshape the LSU System’s leadership ...

Newlab New Orleans is deepening its energy-tech ambitions with a new partnership alongside JERA, Japan’s largest power generator, to accelerate next-generation carbon capture solutions for heavy ...

Regulators voted Thursday to extend a shutdown preventing New England fishermen from catching shrimp, a historic industry that has recently fallen victim to warming oceans. New England fishermen, ...

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits jumped last week, but remain in the same historically healthy range of the past few years despite growing concern over the health of the ...

Energy Transfer says it now has enough LNG sales agreements to move its Lake Charles export project to a final investment decision in early 2026. The 16.5-million-ton Louisiana facility has finished ...

Federal immigration authorities are keeping a tight lid on key details as “Catahoula Crunch” closes its first week in southeast Louisiana, Verite writes.   The operation—one of Department of Homeland ...

Global ad spending is set to grow faster than expected in 2025 as tariffs sting less than feared and AI-driven efficiencies pump new dollars into marketing budgets, The Wall Street Journal writes.  A ...

Executives may believe their workforce is energized about AI—but a new survey from Harvard Business Review shows they may be misreading the room,  While 76% of executives say employees are ...

Oil companies offered $279 million for drilling rights in the Gulf on Wednesday in the first of 30 sales planned for the region in coming years under Republican efforts to ramp up U.S. fossil fuel ...