by - July 17, 2018 6:27 pm
Row crop fields in Arkansas’s Delta Region include miles and miles of polypipe, a pipe used to irrigate crops. Holes are punched in the pipe to allow water to spill…
by - July 17, 2018 3:07 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and a host of local business and community leaders will get a chance to preview the 2018 class of financial technology startups that have for the past…
by - July 17, 2018 3:04 pm
Springdale-based healthcare technology startup Now Diagnostics developed the first blood-based pregnancy test to be sold over the counter in Europe. Now Diagnostics, which develops fast, simple diagnostics tests, recently shipped…
by - July 11, 2018 2:35 pm
The University of Arkansas Global Campus began an initiative three years ago to fill the skills gaps in the region by offering information technology (IT) readiness classes in a partnership…
by - July 9, 2018 5:38 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) has received nearly $2 million in “continuation” grants from the Arkansas Department of Higher Education (ADHE) for the university’s existing Regional Workforce…
by - July 9, 2018 4:40 pm
Full enforcement of the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate has been in effect since April 1, and carriers prepared for it are in a better position to succeed while federal…
by - July 3, 2018 12:20 pm
The lack of capacity in the transportation sector is having a ripple effect across the entire supply chain as it works to keep everything going and costs rise worldwide, said…
by - July 2, 2018 3:35 pm
After years of private speculation and months of public disclosure, the next chapter of Acxiom is ready to be written. Interpublic Group of Cos. (NYSE:IPG), a global marketing and advertising…
by - July 2, 2018 2:34 pm
The digital currency system Bitcoin is just one application of blockchain technology. And while it garners much attention, future retail applications are almost certain, according to Marshall Cohen, chief retail…
by - July 1, 2018 6:03 pm
Cupcakes aren’t a new idea. But a cupcake business, reimagined, paying competitive wages to employees with special needs? That was worth a frosty $500 at Entrepreneurship Bootcamp on Friday (June…
by - June 28, 2018 5:22 pm
The Arkansas Department of Information Systems (DIS) announced that Jennifer Davis has been selected as the state’s first chief privacy officer. The position of CPO at DIS was created in…
by - June 25, 2018 12:08 pm
Michelle Bernhardt-Barry, assistant professor of civil engineering at the University of Arkansas, has been studying methods to use soils and sands to build roads and structures in remote areas —…
by - June 24, 2018 10:33 pm
Facebook is bringing a “Community Boost” to Little Rock on Dec. 11-12, 2018. The program was started last November and is part of Facebook’s commitment to visits U.S. cities with…
by - June 22, 2018 12:00 pm
Walmart Labs Chief Technology Officer Jeremy King has said the retail giant will add to its tech workforce this year, creating around 2,000 full- and part-time jobs. The jobs will…
by - June 21, 2018 4:52 pm
State lawmakers and others working to overhaul the state’s cumbersome tax code applauded an almost-split decision issued Thursday (June 21) by the U.S. Supreme Court that could allow Arkansas and…
by - June 19, 2018 4:32 pm
Crowdsourcing is not new to retail. Some of the biggest companies on the planet are using it to keep tabs on store shelves, final mile delivery and other needs. Coca-Cola…
by - June 13, 2018 11:10 pm
The Little Rock Technology Park Authority spent nearly three hours on Wednesday (June 13) hearing proposals from four Central Arkansas construction firms competing to build the second phase of the…
by - June 13, 2018 5:10 pm
The Northeast Arkansas Regional Intermodal Authority will launch an economic development planning project designed to refine the top targeted business and industry targets for the region but as well as…
by - June 7, 2018 3:57 pm
In early May, Northwest Arkansas Business Journal editor Paul Gatling moderated a roundtable discussion in the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio at Fayetteville radio station KUAF 91.3 FM. The topic? Technology. Participants…
by - June 7, 2018 9:27 am
Little Rock-based startup LumoXchange, one of the first tenants of the city’s Technology Park and an initial graduate of the Venture Center’s FinTech Accelerator program, laid claim Wednesday (June 6)…
