Author: Talk Business & Politics

Women Spend Less in ?08

It’s no surprise that the economy is taking its toll on Americans but recent poll results show just how much the downturn is wearing on women.

Classic Cars Not Crashing

The collector car market is the highway to Hell, too, but it’s slower than the stock market.

Fayetteville, UA Pay $150K For Common Sense Advice

Leave it to the City of Fayetteville to spend $150,000 to learn things most anyone could have told them for free.

Bank Branch Expansion Slows in NWA

Not surprisingly, fewer banks applied for new branches in 2008 than did in 2007. The total amount was down by a third, from 33 in 2007 to 22 in 2008.

RFID Offers Promise for Perishable Supply Chain (Touchpoints by Andrew Jensen)

The ITRI has one of the top Radio Frequency Identification labs in the world and one of its latest projects involved testing RFID applications in the perishable supply chain.

Doubletree Hotel Club of Springdale Gets New Owner (Real Deals)

Springdale?s Doubletree sells, church buys Summerhill Racquet Club in Rogers.

“Monkey Businessmen” Redux (Corner Office by Jeffrey Wood)

Ever since Detroit’s “Big Three” automakers ? Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp. and Daimler A.G. (Chrysler) ? went panhandling down Pennsylvania Avenue, the idea of bailing out their knuckle headedness has seemed like a double eye-poke to the American

The Obama Economic Stimulus (Editorial)

President-elect Barack Obama’s proposed economic stimulus package has caught the attention of business, which in normal times leans toward more conservative Republican ideas.

Ex-Razorback Mad About Teaching Kids Science (First Person)

A former Razorback football player brings the science to students in Northwest Arkansas.

Connect Arkansas Aims To Expand Broadband

By pushing initiatives to improve broadband access and through education about the benefits of high-speed Internet, Connect Arkansas plans to improve the state’s rankings.

Springdale Park To Attract Technology

Think Old Springdale collides with New Springdale. At least that”s the sort of thing city leaders hope to encourage with the 37-acre Springdale Technology Park, which they believe will attract knowledge-based jobs and advance the city”s economy.

Tech By BlueInGreen Betters Water, Wildlife

BlueInGreen, a Fayetteville-based company, has developed a unit that could solve the river’s oxygen problem and protect the trout, a significant contributor to the state’s economy.

Homegrown BioBased Still Booking Biz Based on Tech

Operating out of a new facility in South Fayetteville, BioBased scientists are developing sustainable products that are used around the country.

VeriSource Provides Value Through Virtual Applications

The 10-year-old Rogers-based company specializing in information systems management is expanding its business through the latest trends in unified communications and virtual servers and storage.

Forty Under 40: Robert Baker

Robert Baker, 30, remembers vividly his first Edward Jones experience. A student at Oklahoma State University, Baker had visited about a dozen banks and other businesses in hopes of landing…

Forty Under 40: Nick Bartelt

Though he was a pro water skier in his late teens, Nick Bartelt, 30, started his college career wanting to be an anesthesiologist. But during an internship he found he…

Forty Under 40: Brooke Benham

Brooke Benham, 34, has taught herself everything she knows about designing clothing. She wasn’t formally trained in design and never worked in a clothing store but always dreamed of being…

Forty Under 40: Clinton Bennett

After graduating from the University of Arkansas in 1996 with a degree in agriculture business, Clinton Bennett returned to his hometown of Pocahontas to work on the family’s rice farm….

Forty Under 40: Steve Blair

Steve Blair, 38, was headed for law school when he realized many of his classmates at the University of Missouri were doing the same. He gravitated toward his marketing classes…

Forty Under 40: Jeffrey T. Borgsmiller

As a kid who loved structures, Jeff Borgsmiller naturally gravitated toward the construction field. He got a degree in civil engineering from the University of Colorado in 1993, then a…