by - March 21, 2017 9:24 am
3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) announced Monday (March 20) the Figure 4 production platform — described as the “first modular, scalable and fully-integrated additive manufacturing platform.” The Figure 4 promises to produce…
by - March 20, 2017 4:00 pm
Crude oil prices rose for the majority of 2016, but oil production fell to 8.9 million barrels per day last year, from 9.4 million barrels per day in 2015, according…
by - March 20, 2017 11:00 am
Arvest Equipment Finance (AEF), a division of Arvest Bank, tallied $234.7 million in loans and leases during 2016, up 25.1% from the prior year. The equipment finance division, according to…
by - March 16, 2017 10:16 am
The amount of fuel ethanol the United States exported increased 26% to more than 1 billion gallons, or 68,000 barrels per day, in 2016, from 2015, according to U.S. Energy…
by - March 16, 2017 10:15 am
A University of Arkansas student team that formed the company Grox Industries won first place and almost $15,000 at the Stu Clark Investment Competition on March 11 at the University…
by - March 16, 2017 7:54 am
Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock has received the Magnet recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. On Wednesday (March 15), the 359-bed pediatric hospital found out it had earned…
by - March 16, 2017 6:57 am
Editor’s Note: Brett Parker, director of media services for Little Rock-based Stone Ward, will this week provide occasional updates on events he attends at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas….
by - March 15, 2017 5:21 pm
An improved labor market, rise in household spending and desire to keep inflation at around 2% led the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Wednesday (March 15) to…
by - March 15, 2017 1:00 pm
The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) has released its monthly Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for February, and the story told is another positive one with the PMI at 57.7%, a…
by - March 15, 2017 12:52 pm
Megawatt-scale solar projects installed in the United States rose 125% in 2016, from 2015, according to IHS Markit. Blattner Energy installed the most solar projects in 2016, followed by First…
by - March 15, 2017 9:53 am
The latest Skyline Report released Wednesday (March 8) included a key historical finding. Significant absorption of new homes led to the lowest level of remaining months of unbuilt lot inventory…
by - March 14, 2017 3:40 pm
Editor’s Note: Brett Parker, director of media services for Little Rock-based Stone Ward, will this week provide occasional updates on events he attends at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas….
by - March 14, 2017 9:15 am
U.S. coal exports fell 18% to 60.3 million short tons in 2016, from 74 million short tons in 2015, despite increases in international coal prices last year, according to the…
by - March 13, 2017 3:09 pm
John Chambers, president of Chambers Bancshares Inc. of Danville, announced Monday (March 13) that Landi Mkhize has been promoted to chief financial officer of the holding company. Chambers Bancshares is…
by - March 13, 2017 1:30 pm
After coaching high school football in Arkansas for the past 13 years, Brooks Coatney is opting for an unlikely career change. Coatney, passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach the past…
by - March 13, 2017 10:50 am
Conventional hydroelectric generators accounted for 7% of the electricity generating capacity in operation in the United States and about 6% to 7% of U.S. electricity generated each year, according to…
by - March 13, 2017 10:49 am
Florida-based grocer Publix scored the highest for customer experience in the 2017 Temkin Experience Rating. Publix received a rating of 84% putting it a category by itself. Temkin recently surveyed…
by - March 13, 2017 9:58 am
Editor’s note: Brett Parker, director of media services for Little Rock-based Stone Ward, will this week provide occasional updates on events he attends at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas….
by - March 12, 2017 3:39 pm
A report from Arlington, Va.-based Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) is forecasting modest to moderate U.S. economic output and “relatively sluggish manufacturing output growth” in 2017. Economic and…
by - March 12, 2017 3:30 pm
Health care spending continues to be one of the top concerns for manufacturers, and recent increases in health insurance premiums for most firms have deepened the frustration. In the most…
