More Louisiana companies are selling to private equity | Business News

Earlier this month, Baton Rouge-based private equity firm Bernhard Capital Partners announced it will sell the parent company of Epic Piping, the Livingston Parish industrial pipe fabricator that was one of the original companies in Bernhard’s portfolio when it was founded in 2013. Among the factors that made Epic an attractive target for acquisition, according to…

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Monday Morning Moan – when horrifying news is great for business! An alternative reading of OpenAI’s HuggingFace hack

Last week, the mainstream media column inches were filled and pixels burned with news that a rogue OpenAI agent escaped its secure testing environment. OpenAI had followed the strictest, industry-standard security protocols for testing its agentic system offline. Yet apparently of its own free will, the agent broke out of its safe, non-internet-connected sandbox like…

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Fed is likely to hold rates steady: What that means for consumers

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh concludes a news conference after a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, June 17, 2026. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates unchanged at its upcoming July meeting — as higher energy prices and renewed tensions with Iran have complicated the picture for…

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Edgewater Candles Expands, Scent Queens Rebrands And More Far North Side Business News

ANDERSONVILLE — An Albany Park candle store and apothecary is opening a location in Andersonville while rebranding the business.  Scent Queens Candle Co. & Apothecary Shoppe, 3728 W. Montrose Ave., is expanding with a storefront at 5517 N. Clark St. Owners and married couple Curtis Bumgarner and Andrew Bumgarner-Cookson expect to open the store by…

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BUSINESS BRIEFS July 27, 2026: Business news in the Berkshires and beyond

Berkshire Museum reopening Pittsfield— On Wednesday, July 29th, the Berkshire Museum is reopening its doors to the public following a transformational renovation. Among the new experiences and exhibitions coming to the museum are “Cabinets of Curiosities” and “Voices of Rebellion: Berkshires’ Revolutionary Legacy,” along with the centerpiece of their work: a state-of-the-art aquarium, located in…

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