by - February 21, 2017 11:23 am
Steve and Sharon Stafford of Green Forest and their family will give $100,000 toward the construction of Arkansas Children’s Northwest hospital. Steve Stafford is chairman and CEO of Anstaff Bank…
by - February 21, 2017 10:36 am
The Communications Group of Little Rock has been chosen as the public relations agency of record for Delaware-based Speakman Co., a 148-year-old industrial manufacturer of showering, plumbing and emergency products….
by - February 21, 2017 10:02 am
The University of Arkansas raised its research expenditures by 41% during the past five years, according to a report from the Arkansas Department of Higher Education. In the 2011-12 school…
by - February 20, 2017 2:44 pm
Paul Danielson, who retired last year after serving 10 years on the Arkansas Supreme Court, has joined the Danielson Law Firm. The law office has locations in Fayetteville and Booneville…
by - February 20, 2017 12:54 pm
Rogers engineering and design firm Crafton Tull has elected Matt Crafton, the company’s president and CEO, to the additional role of chairman of the firm’s nine-member board of directors. His…
by - February 19, 2017 10:13 am
Manufacturers have “struggled mightily” over the past two years to increase international demand, particularly with a strong U.S. dollar and lingering economic challenges to key markets, according to Chad Moutray,…
by - February 19, 2017 10:11 am
According to research firm McKinsey, 99% of data collected by businesses is discarded before management ever has a chance to analyze it. According to Martin Rainer, vice president and general manager…
by - February 19, 2017 10:10 am
Recent political trends suggest the growth of reshoring will continue and would protect and promote U.S. manufacturing jobs, according to an Intelligence Node white paper. One of President Donald Trump’s…
by - February 17, 2017 2:52 pm
U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., has been named chairman of three Senate subcommittees, according to a statement from his office. Boozman will chair the following subcommittees in the 115th Congress:…
by - February 17, 2017 9:18 am
A student organization at University of Arkansas in Fayetteville plans to give $250,000 to Arkansas Children’s Hospital Northwest over the next five years. The organization, Hogs for Hope, will raise…
by - February 16, 2017 11:57 am
State and local officials will dedicate a new sculpture commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase survey at 10 a.m. on Feb. 20 in the atrium of the Statehouse…
by - February 16, 2017 9:31 am
A University of Arkansas alumna and her husband have donated $100,000 to start a fund supporting student entrepreneurial efforts within the UA’s Sam M. Walton College of Business. The Janet…
by - February 15, 2017 3:17 pm
Farm Credit of Arkansas has 10,800 members in Arkansas and those members will receive a check from the financial cooperative this month. Farm Credit will disperse $15.5 million to its…
by - February 14, 2017 6:23 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday (Feb. 14) announced the following appointments. Ann Hudson, Forrest City, to the Board of Trustees of East Arkansas Community College. Appointment expires Dec. 31, 2022….
by - February 14, 2017 2:08 pm
Ruth Whitney, CEO of Little Rock-based public affairs firm inVeritas, has launched a new firm called Select Litigation, focusing on jury selection and litigation support services. The company will be…
by - February 14, 2017 12:09 pm
Plans for renovations at Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock now include adding Chick-fil-A and Chili’s, the airport announced Tuesday (Feb. 14). Pending approval of the Little…
by - February 13, 2017 6:08 pm
Tyson Foods shareholders are entitled to a cash quarterly dividend of $0.225 cents payable June 15. The dividend was declared by the company’s board of directors at meeting on Feb….
by - February 13, 2017 4:12 pm
Little Rock-based Southwest Power Pool is the first regional transmission organization in North America to serve more than 50% of its load at a given time with wind energy, according…
by - February 13, 2017 10:45 am
Surface Mod, a University of Arkansas graduate student team hoping to start a company around tissue-engineering technology, earned first place at the 2017 Georgia Bowl student business plan competition on…
by - February 10, 2017 1:38 pm
WattGlass of Fayetteville has closed a Series A funding round led by DSM Venturing, the funding arm of a global science company called Royal DSM. The startup, which makes anti-reflective glass…
