by - March 10, 2015 3:39 pm
Several hundred people turned out Tuesday for the grand opening of three new businesses on the growing campus of Arkansas Baptist College, where President Fitz Hill promised the beginning of…
by - March 9, 2015 7:57 am
Editor’s note: This article appears in the latest magazine edition of Talk Business & Politics, which you can access online here. Although it has been nearly seven years since the end of…
by - March 6, 2015 5:53 pm
U.S. stocks took a hard fall in late trading on Friday as interest rate fears spooked the Dow Jones and S&P 500 indices, dragging down publicly-traded Arkansas concerns almost across…
by - March 6, 2015 10:38 am
The Arkansas office of the U.S. Small Business Administration is reaching out to local executives to participate in a special project that will help create a three-year, strategic growth plan…
by - March 5, 2015 3:49 pm
Des Moines, Iowa-based EFCO Corp. plans to bring a new re-fabrication manufacturing facility to West Memphis, filling the city’s last vacant industrial space with another top-notch employer in the construction…
by - March 5, 2015 12:22 pm
A top Wall Street analyst said the Fayetteville Shale and other aging dry gas shale plays have had a good run over the past several years, but added “they can’t compete” with shale plays that produce both crude oil and wet natural gas.
by - March 5, 2015 11:30 am
Arkansas’ “blue collar” economy grew slightly in the month of February with strong improvements in new orders, production and employment levels, according to a monthly economic indicator for the nine-state…
by - March 4, 2015 6:42 pm
Move Makeup Chief Executive Leah Patterson has a product that literally could change the face of women in the competitive personal care and makeup industry. Yet, she readily admits that…
by - March 4, 2015 8:38 am
SiriusXM is launching a weekly show broadcast live from Silicon Valley that will offer listeners stories and practical advice from founders of early-stage startup tech companies and success-focused investors.
by - March 3, 2015 1:17 pm
All that it took to change the direction of pump prices and tighten the gasoline market across the U.S. was an earthquake-like explosion and fire at ExxonMobil’s sprawling refinery complex…
by - February 27, 2015 12:58 pm
Bear State Financial, Inc. reported fourth quarter earnings of $4.8 million, or 14 cents per share, rallying from flat earnings a year ago of nearly $200,000. For the full year…
by - February 27, 2015 10:43 am
Arkansas’ congressional delegation reacted angrily to a controversial net neutrality decision by the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday, ending the week with more stinging criticism of the Obama administration’s move…
by - February 26, 2015 5:39 pm
North Little Rock’s downtown Argenta area will play host to central Arkansas’ first Maker Faire festival, the fast-growing, tech-inspired movement that bills itself as the “greatest show (and tell) on earth.”
by - February 25, 2015 6:36 pm
Deltic Timber Corp. ended the year on a strong note as fourth quarter profits were improved from a year ago due to declining corporate expenses and robust residential lot sales…
by - February 25, 2015 4:52 pm
Some 39,000 Arkansas consumers were impacted by the massive data breach that hit one of the nation’s largest insurance carriers in late January, including nine individuals who had their Social…
by - February 25, 2015 3:26 pm
When the Federal Communications Commission meets Thursday to vote on proposed net neutrality regulations, the federal regulatory panel’s controversial rules on an “independent, fair and open” Internet are expected to…
by - February 25, 2015 11:03 am
The busy southwest Little Rock corridor near the intersection of Interstates 30 and 430 has scheduled another grand-opening for the fast-growing business district that is now home to sporting goods…
by - February 24, 2015 3:56 pm
Australian mining giant BHP Billiton announced that it has been unable to find a viable suitor for its Fayetteville Shale operations, and is no longer seeking to sell its unconventional natural gas in play in Arkansas.
by - February 20, 2015 7:30 am
Rep. French Hill toured the Metropolitan Career and Technical Center on Thursday where the former banker-turned-politician told a local group of young entrepreneurs that learning how to operate a business…
by - February 19, 2015 7:30 pm
In a snow-covered field in Southwest Little Rock, FedEx Ground laid the groundwork Thursday for a new 300,000-square foot automated distribution center that will employ more than 160 full- and…
