by - February 16, 2015 1:14 pm
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will launch an 18-state road tour in late March that is part of the agency’s national “seed fund” outreach initiative to help many advanced…
by - February 6, 2015 8:13 pm
Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. and East Camden defense contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne have brokered a deal to build and manage the largest solar field in Arkansas.
by - January 26, 2015 9:10 am
The legendary music executive credits business concepts gleaned from his father and former Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller for his savvy dealings in the recording industry.
by - January 22, 2015 12:14 pm
BHP Billiton recently said it is still looking for a hasty exit from its unprofitable foray into the Fayetteville Shale play as declining natural gas prices continue to cast a…
by - January 19, 2015 9:26 pm
India native Unni Peroth left Silicon Valley to develop early stage tech firms in Arkansas. He’s ready to take his new company, Bfonics, to the next level.
by - January 19, 2015 3:43 pm
Arkansas’ severance tax collections hit a record for the month of December, but plummeting natural gas prices and declining rig counts could threaten the state’s incredible run of good fortune…
by - January 14, 2015 12:35 am
Outgoing AEDC Executive Director Grant Tennille believes Arkansas is poised to become a big player in the biomass sector as the wood pellet market takes off.
by - January 12, 2015 10:08 am
Nearly three months after being put up for auction, there is still no word on the sale of BHP Billiton’s Fayetteville Shale assets as natural gas prices continue their downward…
by - December 18, 2014 9:11 pm
The good vibes that Arkansas and U.S. consumers are getting from lower pump prices this holiday season will also make for hectic highways and busy airports as Americans with more disposable income plan getaways for Christmas.
by - December 12, 2014 12:12 am
A state Department of Environmental Quality official said this week that no additional stakeholders’ meetings will be held to decide how Arkansas will meet the president’s stringent air pollution guidelines…
by - December 10, 2014 2:45 pm
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) has scheduled its first stakeholders’ meeting a week before Christmas to discuss ozone and particulate matter rules that meet federal Clean Air quality…
by - December 3, 2014 11:14 am
As the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s public comment period ended Monday on the controversial proposed rules to cut the nation’s carbon emissions, Gov.-elect Asa Hutchinson made it clear he does…
by - November 28, 2014 9:51 am
As the nation’s shale gas inventories touched an all-time high in 2013, Arkansas is now the fourth-largest shale gas producer in the U.S.
by - November 25, 2014 11:48 am
The Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. announced that it plans to add 150 megawatts of potential “green power” to its energy portfolio after reaching a long-term purchase agreement with an Oklahoma wind producer.
by - November 23, 2014 8:46 am
Arkansans were feeling better about the state of the economy heading into the fall, rebounding from negative sentiments earlier this summer, according to the Arvest Consumer Sentiment Survey.
by - November 20, 2014 6:29 pm
Shares of Dillard’s Inc. jumped nearly 10% in heavy trading Thursday (Nov. 20) after San Francisco-based Marcato Capital Management released a presentation outlining opportunities “for significantly increasing shareholder value” at…
by - November 11, 2014 10:15 am
The remaining fragments of Alltel Corp. will no longer exist in early 2015 as the final pieces of the Arkansas-bred Fortune 500 wireless brand are merged into the nation’s largest…
by - November 10, 2014 7:17 am
Editor’s note: This article appears in the latest magazine edition of Talk Business & Politics, which you can read here. The biggest trend that Arkansas’ labor pool of 1.3 million has undergone…
by - November 6, 2014 11:50 am
As crude oil prices fall into bear market territory, industry analysts are forecasting that pump prices in Arkansas and the rest of the U.S. may remain relatively low this winter…
by - November 5, 2014 6:55 pm
Murphy USA Inc. on Wednesday reported after the close of business that third quarter net income jumped more than 50% as cheaper crude oil prices boosted the El Dorado refiner…
