by - November 22, 2014 10:54 am
The ability to copyright anything you create can protect you in many ways, a copyright and patent attorney told a Jonesboro audience interested in startup enterprises. Joe Calhoun, an attorney…
by - November 22, 2014 9:09 am
Our weekly round-up of business and political news looks at the Thanksgiving economy, not to mention a preview of this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics.
by - November 21, 2014 6:16 pm
NanoMech is a dream come true for Dr. Ajay Malshe said he shared his dreams for what would become NanoMech 12 years ago with his wife. They packed their bags,…
by - November 21, 2014 5:27 pm
Picasolar Inc., one of the five startups to watch for 2014 as tagged by The City Wire, announced a recent $1.2 million capital infusion from public and private investors. The…
by - November 21, 2014 11:53 am
Arkansas’ October unemployment tumbled two-tenths of a percent from September to 6%. The jobless rate was also far below the October 2013 reading of 7.6%. U.S. unemployment also fell two-tenths…
by - November 21, 2014 11:53 am
Picasolar, a startup company in the solar energy field, says it raised $1.2 million in equity investments in its latest fundraising efforts. The investment funds came on top of funding…
by - November 21, 2014 8:21 am
While the private option and tax cuts will be big session issues in the 90th General Assembly, two Northeast Arkansas legislators say other topics will also have significance for the…
by - November 20, 2014 10:29 pm
BlueInGreen and its partners, Pinnacle Ozone Solutions and PCI Inc., suppliers of ozone process technology and equipment, announced that they have been selected to provide a new ozone system for…
by - November 20, 2014 9:25 pm
Over 900 incoming freshmen at Arkansas State University will soon get a letter through the mail. The letter will thank the now-high school seniors for picking ASU as well as…
by - November 20, 2014 8:27 pm
President Barack Obama used a primetime White House speech to tell a national audience of changes he plans to make to the U.S. immigration system.
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 20, 2014 4:44 pm
A May 1 vote against unionizing at the Fort Smith-based OK Foods processing facility in Heavener, Okla., has been thrown out by the National Labor Relations Board after it had…
by - November 20, 2014 4:38 pm
Windstream Corp. announced it would downsize its workforce by 350 employees – the second time the Little Rock-based telecom has cut jobs in the past year. In February, Windstream laid…
by - November 20, 2014 4:23 pm
Whirlpool claimed in a Nov. 17 letter to Fort Smith City Administrator that levels of toxic potentially cancer causing trichloroethylene (TCE) hasv been reduced by as much as 80% in…
by - November 20, 2014 3:05 pm
Investors of Dillard’s Inc. enjoyed a hefty $10 jump in share price on Thursday (Nov. 20) as the stock rose 9.4% to $121.14 per share in very active trading. The…
by - November 20, 2014 2:55 pm
Longtime Fort Smith car dealer and business man Randy Blythe has been found guilty of three counts of bankruptcy fraud and one count of being a felon in possession of…
by - November 20, 2014 2:41 pm
Of the eight metro areas in or connected to Arkansas, five had per capita personal income growth and three posted declines in 2013 compared to 2012. Only three Arkansas counties…
by - November 20, 2014 12:24 pm
The Delta Regional Authority will invest $1.3 million into eight projects across Arkansas – grant money aimed at boosting economic development in rural parts of the state. Leaders said the…
by - November 20, 2014 11:16 am
Glauco Ortolana said that many Latinos in Northeast Arkansas are chasing the American Dream. About a dozen prospective Latino business owners spent Wednesday to learn how to start a business…
by - November 19, 2014 8:57 pm
Less than a week after Wal-Mart said it would match prices with online retailers in its stores, scammers found a way to cheat the system. Shoppers showed store cashiers a…
