by - May 12, 2015 7:54 pm
Telecom and wireless giant Verizon Communications Inc. announced after the close of market Tuesday that it has signed a pact to buy AOL Inc. for $50 a share, or $4.4…
by - May 12, 2015 9:40 am
Consumer confidence across the state has jumped more than ten points since October as Arkansans are increasingly optimistic about their overall economic situation, according to the latest Arvest Consumer Sentiment…
by - May 12, 2015 7:21 am
Just a year after the first One Million Cups forum landed in Little Rock, local officials are encouraged by the emergence of the program as a key player in the state and region’s flourishing startup community – yet they’re hopeful for an even bigger payoff in the future.
by - May 9, 2015 8:47 am
The Arkansas State University Board of Trustees on Friday okayed a $243.7 million operating budget and campus tuition and fee increases for the 2015-2016 academic year, meaning full-time students at…
by - May 6, 2015 6:17 pm
A CenterPoint Energy spokeswoman said Wednesday that Arkansas customers should already begin seeing lower monthly bills due to a decreasing gas supply rate (GSR) adjustment that comes from falling wellhead…
by - May 5, 2015 12:08 pm
Nashville-based renewable energy provider Silicon Ranch Corp. said it has selected publicly traded First Solar in Tempe, Ariz., to provide power for a new solar energy project planned for the Highland Industrial Park in East Camden.
by - May 5, 2015 10:17 am
With Gov. Hutchinson in tow, the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts has announced that it will serve as a leading provider of computer science education and educator…
by - May 5, 2015 7:55 am
Shares of Murphy USA were moving lower in early trading Tuesday after the El Dorado-based retail marketer saw its first quarter profits improve more than 138% from a year ago…
by - April 30, 2015 9:49 am
An executive with one of the top 3D printing companies in the U.S. gave a long list of exciting products and applications on Thursday that are now entering the marketplace…
by - April 29, 2015 6:31 pm
Robert Tucker, keynote speaker at the Arkansas Innovation Manufacturing Summit, delivered his part-pep talk, part-lecture describing stories of corporate culture change and what happens to companies that don’t adapt.
by - April 29, 2015 2:51 pm
A Baldor marketing official told a roomful of manufacturing executives and leaders that although the use of robots is growing rapidly as part of the industrial giant’s operations, not one…
by - April 29, 2015 11:03 am
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson kicked off the first Arkansas Manufacturing Innovation Summit on Wednesday by saying that strengthening the nation’s manufacturing was a “national security” issue, and strongly advocating that…
by - April 28, 2015 10:16 am
Shares in Arkansas’ newest publicly traded entity Communications Sales & Leasing Inc., or CS&L, sprinted out of the gate on its first day of trading on Monday, vaulting to nearly…
by - April 27, 2015 11:03 am
The nation’s steel industry has come under increasing price pressure in the first quarter of fiscal 2015, which could create a backlash in the Arkansas Delta as the nation’s steel…
by - April 24, 2015 7:03 pm
Windstream Holdings Inc. completed the spinoff of what is believed to be the first publicly traded real estate investment trust to solely focus on acquiring and leasing communication distribution assets,…
by - April 24, 2015 3:16 pm
Entergy Arkansas on Friday filed its first general rate case with the state Public Service Commission (PSC) since 2013, calling the 137-page application a blueprint to improving electric reliability by…
by - April 24, 2015 1:40 pm
Jason International Inc. on Friday introduced Matt Peterson and Paulo Jacuzzi as the Central Arkansas spa manufacturer’s newly minted executive brass during a ceremony downtown at the Arkansas State of…
by - April 24, 2015 5:30 am
Southwestern Energy Co. reported on Thursday first quarter profits well below last year’s results as depressed natural gas prices eroded the Fayetteville Shale leader’s operating revenue and net income.
by - April 22, 2015 5:24 pm
Despite fewer domestic deliveries of air and defense missiles in the first quarter, Lockheed Martin scored another big Pentagon contract recently that will keep workers at the defense giant’s 500-worker…
by - April 22, 2015 12:32 pm
As customer relationship management (CRM) systems developed by such tech players as SalesForce.com, SAP and Oracle continue to populate the workplace, SumoText President and CEO Tim Miller said Wednesday that…
