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Delta Regional Authority To Host Pitch Competitions

The Delta Regional Authority is working to identify and nurture entrepreneurs from the Delta through a new pitch competition to help startups and expansions.

AT&T Hiring 120 New Positions In Arkansas

AT&T said it will hire 120 new workers across that state for primarily technician and retail sales jobs. AT&T said the jobs can be full-time and part-time and will include…

Startup Talk: Where Startup Funding Originated In 2014

Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive…

WattGlass Lands $150,000 Science Grant For R&D

WattGlass has received a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to further develop a nano-particle coating for glass, which makes the glass anti-reflective, self-cleaning and highly transparent. The company…

Home Bancshares $30 Million Q4 Leads To Record Annual Profits

Home Bancshares, parent company of Centennial Bank, reported fourth quarter net income of $29.9 million, which led to full year earnings of $113.1 million – a 70% increase over the…

Buddy Wray Says Mistakes Are Necessary For Business Success

Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the January-February 2015 issue of Talk Business & Politics magazine. Wray is one of four inductees in this year’s UA Walton College of…

Arkansas River Tonnage Dips 3% In 2014, But Inbound Tonnage Up 11%

Big reductions in the amount of coal, wheat and farm products shipped on the Arkansas River were primary reasons for a 3% drop in tonnage shipped in 2014 compared to…

A Private Option Primer

No two words could define this year’s legislative session more than these: “private option.”

Tolbert: Rep. Kim Hendren Asks Salary Commission Not To Raise His Pay

The Independent Citizens Commission met again today at the UALR Law School to continue its consideration of whether or not to raise salaries for statewide elected officials. The commission heard…

Buddy Wray says mistakes are necessary for business success

Buddy Wray does not fear mistakes or weaknesses. They are essential to the growth of any company, he says. But there is a caveat. “Now, don’t make the same mistake…

Arkansas River tonnage dips 3% in 2014, but inbound tonnage up 11%

Big reductions in the amount of coal, wheat and farm products shipped on the Arkansas River were primary reasons for a 3% drop in tonnage shipped in 2014 compared to…

Arkansas teen pregnancy costs exceed $143 million annually

Female leaders and a few brave men packed the room at the University of Arkansas Global Campus in Rogers on Wednesday (Jan. 14) to discuss teen pregnancy and the impact…

Gov. Hutchinson outlines tax cut plan, freezes state hiring

On Wednesday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson disclosed more details of his proposed middle-class tax cut plan, which included an adjustment at the low end of his proposal to account for a…

Umarex to sell limited edition U.S. Marshals Museum commemorative airgun

Umarex USA has teamed with the U.S. Marshals Museum to offer a limited edition U.S. Marshals Museum commemorative airgun of the Colt Single Action Army® Revolver, also known as the…

Hutchinson Rolls Out Tax Cut Details, Revises $20,000 Floor Due To Inflation Adjustment

On Wednesday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson disclosed more details of his proposed middle-class tax cut plan, which included an adjustment at the low end of his proposal to account for a…

Core Brewery On Tap For Record 2015 With Brand And Pub Expansions

Jesse Core, a former Tyson Foods system analyst, is putting his Harding University master’s business degree to good use. He’s grown his beer brewing hobby from a family garage to…

Conner Eldridge: ‘I’m Here To Be A Prosecutor’

Editor’s note: This article appears in the latest magazine edition of Talk Business & Politics, which you can read here. If you ask Conner Eldridge about his political future, don’t…

Kenny Chesney among Walmart AMP’s 2015 acts

The opening acts for the spring 2015 season at the Walmart AMP, a venue of the Walton Arts Center was announced this week. This is the second season for the…

Lemonade Day Northwest Arkansas

There will be lemonade stands all across Northwest Arkansas today as entrepreneurs in training market their wares! This is the culmination of a 14 lesson program that each of these…

Core Brewery on tap for record 2015 with brand and pub expansions