by - February 22, 2019 6:56 am
With baseball season here, U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, said he’s been working with district economic leaders to capitalize on newly announced Opportunity Zones to create base hits locally, not…
by - February 20, 2019 6:30 am
The Department of Defense (DOD) on Feb. 12 released the summary of its strategy on artificial intelligence (AI) that describes how the nation’s military will leverage security technology into the…
by - February 19, 2019 9:15 pm
Shareholders of Windstream Holdings Inc. and closely-tied Uniti Corp. fled both companies’ stocks in Tuesday’s trading session after a Wall Street hedge fund mocked the Little Rock telecom’s response to…
by - February 19, 2019 12:38 pm
Arkansas is participating in an initiative to encourage female students to learn cybersecurity skills. The Arkansas Department of Education announced Tuesday (Feb. 19) that Arkansas is partnering with the SANS…
by - February 18, 2019 6:08 pm
Windstream Holdings Inc. on Monday (Feb. 18) put off its fourth-quarter and yearly earnings report scheduled for Thursday as the Little Rock-based Fortune 500 company evaluates its options following an…
by - February 18, 2019 2:02 pm
Bentonville-based technology firm Movista has announced the addition of industry veteran Patty Lehan to head up sales development for the company. Lehan has over 20 years’ experience leading global marketing…
by - February 15, 2019 11:08 pm
A federal judge in New York City ruled late Friday evening that Little Rock-based Windstream Holdings had defaulted on its bonds in 2015 during the spinoff of its telecom assets…
by - February 15, 2019 2:46 pm
McMillon Innovation Studio at the University of Arkansas recently underwent changes in leadership and how student teams select projects. Jessica Salmon, director of the McMillon Innovation Studio, has been leading…
by - February 15, 2019 1:07 pm
Ritter Communications is investing $7 million in infrastructure construction to build out new high-speed services to Hot Springs. The company announced Friday (Feb. 15) that it would make the investment…
by - February 14, 2019 12:50 pm
The Women’s Foundation of Arkansas (WFA) announced a new partnership with Acxiom on Thursday (Feb. 14) in an event on the Acxiom campus in Conway. The partnership will involve a…
by - February 14, 2019 1:38 am
The Little Rock Technology Park Authority on Wednesday (Feb. 13) put a nearly $26 million price tag on the as-of-yet unfinanced second phase of the city’s multi-stage downtown startup village….
by - February 12, 2019 12:31 pm
Do you have an idea you think Mark Cuban or Daymond John would invest in? Start practicing your business pitch. Fayetteville consulting firm Startup Junkie is teaming up with ABC…
by - February 11, 2019 9:00 am
A group of Arkansas hospitals announced on Friday (Feb. 8) they are working together to expand a state-supported, startup accelerator program that connects early-stage companies with Arkansas healthcare providers to…
by - February 8, 2019 3:15 pm
In its latest white paper, “Substance behind the Hype: 5G Smartphones Primed and Ready for Fast Rollout,” IHS Markit analyst Wayne Lam predicts that the global 5G transition is poised…
by - February 7, 2019 12:46 pm
Editor’s note: This story is updated to include a statement from NanoMech. New York-based technology financing company Michaelson Capital Partners is suing Springdale-based nanotechnology company NanoMech for not making payments…
by - February 6, 2019 6:04 pm
Consumers who purchase cereal at the Walmart Supercenter on Walnut Street in Rogers will see a new iteration of electronic shelf labels (ESL) that make price adjustments automatically as dictated…
by - February 5, 2019 4:44 pm
As the Arkansas startup community continues to mature entering 2019, there has been a noticeable ramp up in collaborative efforts to boost the success of early stage ventures in an…
by - February 5, 2019 12:49 am
Little Rock’s Remix Ideas will present its “Battle of Ideas” pitch contest on Feb. 22 where early stage startups can pitch their business ideas for a chance to win $5,000….
by - February 4, 2019 3:37 pm
Voice assistants are a new frontier in retail. With the majority of consumers (77%) now using smartphones, the market is ripe for disruption, according to Jake Stanley, co-founder of Little…
by - February 1, 2019 12:25 pm
Walmart Chief Data Officer Bill Groves, who joined the retail giant about seven months ago, says he quickly sized up the potential for Northwest Arkansas to become a national hub…
