by - March 12, 2019 11:52 am
Fayetteville-based WhyteSpyder is making the move to downtown Springdale to be part of the city’s efforts to create a technology hub. The company is the latest business to make an…
by - March 11, 2019 11:00 pm
Editor’s note: CJRW’s team of professionals will be providing Talk Business & Politics a daily roundup of activity from this year’s SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. The reporting crew consists…
by - March 8, 2019 12:55 pm
In an effort to expand the national tech talent pipeline, Walmart has announced a $3 million investment to support national nonprofit Girls Who Code. The money will be used to…
by - March 7, 2019 5:42 pm
Voice commerce is one of the areas Walmart has tested for the past year with Google and is now working on its own application for online grocery. Walmart began testing…
by - March 6, 2019 10:51 am
A Little Rock startup that aspires to be at the forefront of the fast-growing, multi-billion dollar food specialty market can trace part of its roots back to the public tennis…
by - February 28, 2019 5:19 pm
Memphis-based FedEx Corp. has announced the launch of its 7th annual Small Business Grant Contest that offers grants and services to ten U.S. based small businesses worth $220,500, the largest…
by - February 27, 2019 6:50 pm
Twenty early-stage startups from the Mississippi Delta region have been selected for the seventh cohort of the Delta Innovation Fund (Delta I-Fund) startup accelerator. Funded by the Delta Regional Authority…
by - February 27, 2019 2:11 pm
Medical device startup Lapovations LLC of Fayetteville has received a $225,000 grant to complete the development of a device that’s expected to improve the safety of minimally-invasive abdominal surgeries. Lapovations,…
by - February 26, 2019 6:57 pm
If your polished résumé or Linkedin.com profile has led to few interviews or scant job offers, a Little Rock entrepreneur believes she has the perfect answer to that problem. During…
by - February 24, 2019 8:34 pm
In a wide-ranging television interview to promote his new book, “Now What? The Biography of a (Finally) Successful Startup,” First Orion Corp. Chairman and CEO Charles Morgan discussed the struggles…
by - February 24, 2019 6:40 pm
In need of an extra set of hands for an odd job or household chore in Fayetteville? A modernized job board can connect you with a solution. The startup is…
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…
