Author: Larry Brannan

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The Weekend Digest: The New Prince Edition

For our weekend business and political readers: THE BILLION DOLLAR START-UP DUO New Yorkers Kevin Ryan and Dwight Merriman have had their ups-and-downs during the partners’ 17-year start-up “alliance.” Mostly…

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The Legend of Harvey Couch

One hundred years ago, Arkansas entrepreneur Harvey Couch laid the foundation for what is known today as Entergy Corp. Read about his extraordinary life and career from the latest magazine issue of Talk Business Arkansas.

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Whatever Happened To Ben Pearson?

Manufactured in Pine Bluff, what started in Ben Pearson’s garage in 1931 with a few part-time helpers became within a few years the largest archery equipment company in the world. Then what?

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The Arkansas JFK Experience Turns 50

Arkansas was one of the last public appearances before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. On the 50th anniversary of his visit to dedicate Greers Ferry Dam, a flood of memories return.