by - August 15, 2019 11:53 am
The Conductor has been awarded the 2019 Inclusion Open Grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The Inclusion Open Grant was created by the Kauffman Foundation to find uncommon solutions…
by - August 13, 2019 4:26 pm
Windstream Holdings Inc., which released its Chapter 11-stricken second quarter earnings report last week, said Tuesday (Aug. 13) that its quarterly 10-Q filing would be indefinitely delayed due to its…
by - August 13, 2019 4:20 pm
The Venture Center and the Little Rock Regional Chamber Tuesday (Aug. 13) announced a new business development initiative offering free downtown office space to eight local startups selected to participate…
by - August 13, 2019 10:57 am
Grain Management, a private equity firm investing in the global communications industry, together with E. Ritter and Company, has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Ritter Communications….
by - August 12, 2019 4:30 pm
The Washington, D.C.-based Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) on Monday (Aug. 12) announced a second fintech-related accelerator program aimed at further boosting innovations and financial technology solutions for thousands…
by - August 8, 2019 7:57 pm
Little Rock real estate investment trust (REIT) Uniti Group Inc. Thursday (August 8) posted second quarter profits of nearly $39 million after selling off its Latin America cell tower portfolio…
by - August 8, 2019 4:03 pm
The digital transformation of Tyson Foods took another public step forward Thursday (Aug. 8) as the meat giant unveiled its new manufacturing automation technology center just off Emma Avenue in…
by - August 8, 2019 11:34 am
Windstream Holdings Inc. on Thursday (Aug. 8) reported adjusted second quarter earnings and sales were down broadly across all its businesses as the company seeks to renegotiate terms of a…
by - August 8, 2019 8:43 am
Notwithstanding recent high-profile data breaches at some of the nation’s largest banks and credit reporting agencies, a top cybersecurity specialist told a group of business leaders and IT managers in…
by - August 6, 2019 3:21 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s plan to improve broadband access to rural areas of the state took another step forward Tuesday (Aug. 6). The governor’s office announced a $25 million state grant…
by - August 6, 2019 11:21 am
The Conductor, a public-private partnership between the University of Central Arkansas and Startup Junkie Consulting, announced that Grace Rains and Tiffany Henry will join its leadership team as the Director…
by - August 6, 2019 11:03 am
Dr. Nitin Agarwal, director of the Collaboratorium for Social Media and Online Behavioral Studies (COSMOS) at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been awarded a $2.4 million grant…
by - August 1, 2019 12:24 pm
ReMix Ideas Inc. and FORGE Community Loan Fund will kick off the inaugural Startup Business Academy at Philander Smith College in Little Rock this weekend to help guide underserved mostly…
by - August 1, 2019 4:31 am
National Park College’s Innovative Technologies Center has hired Christina Streeter as the new Makerspace program coordinator. Streeter joins NPC from the University of Mississippi where she worked as operations manager…
by - July 29, 2019 12:37 pm
Fayetteville-based clothing startup LIVSN Designs recently launched its second Kickstarter campaign to release an updated version of its Flex Canvas Pants. Andrew Gibbs-Dabney, founder of LIVSN Designs, said the company…
by - July 29, 2019 7:57 am
A consortium of Arkansas healthcare organizations from central and Northwest Arkansas will work with five startups in this year’s cohort of the HealthTech Arkansas accelerator program. The five startups will…
by - July 26, 2019 8:16 am
Windstream Holdings Inc., Uniti Corp. and other parties are scheduled to appear in federal bankruptcy court in upstate New York Friday (July 26) concerning a request by unsecured creditors and…
by - July 24, 2019 1:13 pm
Little Rock-based Uniti Group Inc., the former spinoff of Windstream Holdings Inc., has filed a motion in federal bankruptcy court in New York seeking to halt appointment of a mediator…
by - July 23, 2019 10:41 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Commerce Secretary Mike Preston have named Nathan Smith, Ph.D., as the state’s first broadband manager. The position, which was amended by Act 792 of 2019, will…
by - July 19, 2019 2:34 pm
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the July 8 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
