by - January 22, 2019 7:59 pm
Arkansas State University opened Hytrol Materials Handling Laboratory Tuesday on the ASU campus. The laboratory, located in room 130U of the Arkansas Biosciences Institute, was made possible after Hytrol a…
by - January 22, 2019 7:16 pm
Simmons First National Corp. Tuesday (Jan. 22) posted record fourth quarter profits that easily outpaced year ago results and closed out the year with another strategic acquisition that expanded the…
by - January 22, 2019 7:08 pm
The annual listing by Fortune of the world’s most “most admired companies” was released this week. The three largest publicly traded employers in Northwest Arkansas were all included, though none…
by - January 22, 2019 5:04 pm
Almost 2,500 students have benefitted from the El Dorado Promise scholarship program since it was implemented on Jan. 22, 2007, with students attending 140 universities in 31 states, according to…
by - January 22, 2019 4:57 pm
A simmering battle over expanding procedures for optometrists is likely to be one of the session’s most watched, literally, debates in 2019. After an interim study looked at what other…
by - January 22, 2019 4:01 pm
Fayetteville-based Little Bird Systems has taken on an industry challenge the poultry sector has faced for more than two decades. Electrical engineers Byron Western and Edgar Cilio put their heads…
by - January 22, 2019 3:56 pm
Mercy Health said it’s seeing progress in an effort to bring more access to kids in need of mental health care over the past year. The provider said mental health…
by - January 22, 2019 3:51 pm
The University of Central Arkansas on Tuesday (Jan. 22) announced it has received a $20 million gift from the Little Rock-based Windgate Foundation for a state-of-the-art Windgate Center for Fine…
by - January 22, 2019 2:08 pm
Technology might help to reduce capacity tightness in the trucking industry and improve safety as truck driver fatalities have continued to rise. For the week ending Jan. 19, truckload capacity…
by - January 22, 2019 2:00 pm
A Senate panel began the long process Tuesday (Jan. 22) of reviewing Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s omnibus transformation plan by asking the bill sponsors to provide a financial impact analysis on…
by - January 22, 2019 1:37 pm
Little Rock attorney Tom Thrash and his wife, Toni, have donated $800,000 to Ouachita Baptist University (OBU) in Arkadelphia. Thrash, owner of Thrash Law Firm and a 1977 OBU graduate,…
by - January 22, 2019 11:24 am
Little Rock-based nonprofit Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families (AACF) has announced the hiring of Missy Kincaid of Fayetteville as the nonprofit’s first Northwest Arkansas development director. Kincaid was most…
by - January 22, 2019 10:24 am
A 48,800-square-foot office building near Financial Centre Parkway in west Little Rock recently sold for $4.45 million. Woodmont Hardin LLC bought the building at 400 Hardin Drive, known as the…
by - January 22, 2019 10:09 am
U.S. natural gas market trends in 2018 are expected to continue in 2019 and 2020 as Henry Hub natural gas prices are expected to remain stable and natural gas consumption,…
by - January 22, 2019 8:56 am
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour division will present an educational forum in Little Rock at the end of this month to discuss recent developments within its Payroll…
by - January 22, 2019 8:41 am
The five federal financial institution regulators and state regulators from across the U.S. are encouraging financial institutions to work with consumers affected by the federal government shutdown. The statement, which…
by - January 22, 2019 8:33 am
In between the launch of the capital city’s two highly-touted “fintech” accelerator programs, the Arkansas Women’s Business Center with the help of Remix Ideas has quietly jumpstarted a unique project…
by - January 21, 2019 7:39 pm
Walmart continues to staff up its massive technology arm known as Walmart Labs. The retail giant added roughly 1,700 tech-related jobs in fiscal 2019 which ends Jan. 31. There are…
by - January 21, 2019 4:31 pm
Wholesale beef prices continue to rise through January, which is good for packers like Tyson Foods and Cargill Higher beef prices will help operations margins as long as prices don’t…
by - January 21, 2019 3:29 pm
The nonprofit Arkansas Association of Asian Businesses (AAAB) will host a business luncheon Feb. 13 to celebrate the Lunar New year with the Asia-related business community in Arkansas. The event…
