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Recruiting Women in Tech Fields Might Be At Crux of US Advantage

Women comprise 47 percent of the workforce overall, but only 11 percent of engineering professionals.

Businesses Must Pay Recession Debt

Businesses face an increase in the 2013 federal unemployment tax, thanks to an outstanding balance on money issued by the U.S. Department of Labor to the state of Arkansas to help it cope with the Great Recession.

Gray Matters CEO Darin Gray Announces Exit From Company

Darin Gray leaves his 16-year leadership role in order to explore new opportunities.

All Indicators Pointing to New Apartment Construction

Recent movement in the market-rate apartment industry in Rogers and Bentonville appears to show a renewed trend in building non-student, multifamily housing.

Goodbye to The Boss

Business Journal leader Darin Gray will be missed.

Winning the Business

A good presentation can have a strong bearing on a hiring decision.

Dallas Company Pays $5.40 Million for Fayetteville Walgreens

Real estate investment firm Vintage Interests LP recently purchased the 15,120-SF retail property on College Avenue.

Powerful Art, Generous People Inspire WAC Fundraising Exec

A belief that live performance can have a life-changing effect on a person at any age drives Missy Kincaid in her career as director of donor engagement at the Walton Arts Center.

Bank Mergers Are a Funny Thing

At Simmons First National Bank, Lunsford Bridges is out, but MNB senior VP and COO Susie Smith is apparently still in.

Market Moves in Bentonville

A group of local investors called Food Hub NWA LLC. bought an abandoned Tyson Foods Inc. plant in Bentonville last summer, and now it looks like some work is being done on the property.

Green Pizza

Sources say the owners of Fayetteville restaurant Greenhouse Grille are looking to open a pizza place.

NWACC Attack

The effort to build a new Northwest Arkansas Community College campus in Springdale is facing challenges.

Bradley Edwards Integrates Alternative Energy Systems

The Fayetteville architect has used innovative concepts to design the fuzzbox, a building that can double as its own power station.

Design From Fay Jones School Of Architecture Wins AIA Award

University of Arkansas faculty and staff were among 26 recipients of American Institute of Architects awards, from more than 700 admissions.

Local Utilities Receive Water/Wastewater Awards

The Northwest District of the Arkansas Water Works and Water Environmental Association announced at its meeting in December its annual awards for water and wastewater service excellence.

Illinois Publisher to Lead NWA Newspapers

Todd Nelson will become the organizations next president and will act as vice president and general manager of the Northwest Arkansas division.

Medical/Office Properties Sold for $7.2 Million

A pair of medical properties in Bella Vista and Springdale are now under the ownership of a Fortune 500 company.

Career Marketing Agents Open Fitness Boutique

Bend Studios in Fayetteville is located near the intersection of Joyce Boulevard and Crossover Road.

Arvest promotes Christy Queary

Arvest Bank announced Christy Queary was promoted to vice president / consumer loan manager for the Springdale market. She will report to Kent Williamson, executive vice president / loan department…

What will Doug Do?

When 47-year-old Doug McMillon became the new Wal-Mart Stores CEO on Feb. 1, he began a job responsible for more than 2.2 million employees and is expected to provide direction…

Oklahoma court ruling threatens poultry industry in Arkansas

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson