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Dale Chihuly’s luck ran out, and yours probably will, too

Most companies spend a lot of time thinking about how to come up with the next big thing, and teams often look externally for new ideas, new products and new…

Bank marketer hopes ‘The Girl Banker’ website can be ‘a true voice’ for women to share challenges, opportunities

She played banker with her Barbies using bank forms her grandfather would bring from his office at Farmers & Merchants Bank in Prairie Grove. She was in high school when…

Report says medical pot for children has limited use but needs more study

As the number of approved medical marijuana patient applications in Arkansas nears 2,000, a new medical journal report released Monday (Oct. 23) says cannabis use may have some medical benefits…

Fort Smith official: Meter replacements will cost $7 million over a phase-in period of two years

Fort Smith Utilities Director Jerry Walters expects the city’s water meter replacement program to be phased in over a two-year period at a cost of $7 million. To date, Walters…

Writer for Talk Business & Politics, NWABJ receives state and national reporting awards

Nancy Peevy, a freelance writer for Talk Business & Politics and the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, has captured several state and national writing awards, including a first place national award…

Arbitration rules deny Wells Fargo consumers ‘day in court,’ CFPB says

Confronted with a little known clause to fend off lawsuits, an untold number of Wells Fargo customers in Arkansas and the U.S. are now faced with the possibility they will…

Forty Under 40: Cal Rose

Recruited to help develop the firm’s transactional business practice in its Northwest Arkansas office, Cal Rose has helped several companies in the tech and real estate space acquire or merge…

Forty Under 40: George “BJ” Deimel

Admiration for his family physician led George “BJ” Deimel to develop an interest in medicine. “[Dr. Larry Brashears] worked tirelessly for his patients and community, and I always respected that…

Can mindfulness improve performance at work?

Have you noticed lately that mindfulness is everywhere? Our inboxes are overflowing with articles about the benefits of mindfulness at work, school and in our community. But even though mindfulness…

Falcon Jet announces jobs cuts globally, impact unknown at Little Rock facility

French aviation giant Dassault Falcon announced Friday (May 19) “a less than 6%” reduction in the company’s global workforce, which includes some 1,800 workers at the French jetmaker’s completion facility…

Reshoring group says ‘tide has turned,’ more manufacturing jobs returning than leaving U.S.

A Chicago-based group that advocates for the return of manufacturing jobs to the U.S. says “the tide has turned,” with more jobs “onshored” than leaving the country. But it will…

House approves resolution to adopt impeachment rules

Although Arkansas House Speaker Jeremy Gillam said a resolution he sponsored Wednesday was not related to a slew of legislative complaints against Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen, the Arkansas…

Society of Manufacturing Engineers recognizes Little Rock engineer

Ashish Kumar Singh of Welspun Pipes Inc., in Little Rock has been recognized along with five other young professionals with the 2017 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award by the Society…

House Speaker files resolution to outline impeachment proceedings, lawmaker says Judge Griffen is target

As the Arkansas legislature prepares to end its three-day special session tomorrow, a House panel today approved a resolution by Republican House Speaker Jeremy Gillam that would open the door…

Senator Trent Garner requests Arkansas House to impeach Judge Wendell Griffen

Sen. Trent Garner, R-El Dorado, issued a statement on Monday calling for the Arkansas House of Representatives to bring articles of impeachment against Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen. “Because…

Little Rock port has manufacturing prospect with 1,000-job potential

Local and state economic development officials have met with a manufacturing prospect that could potentially add more than 1,000 jobs to the central Arkansas economy, Talk Business & Politics has…

Witnesses describe botched executions in Oklahoma, Alabama; American Bar objects to executions

A federal judge heard hours of testimony Tuesday (April 11) from out-of-state execution witnesses intended to highlight that the rush to send seven Arkansas death row inmates to the execution…

Little Rock slackwater harbor expansion awaiting Trump administration approval

The Little Rock Port Authority learned in July it received a $10 million award from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to help build a new dock in the Slackwater…

Inuvo reports 2016 revenue of $71.5 million, expects double-digit growth this year

Inuvo, a publicly traded advertising technology and digital publishing company in Little Rock, in 2017 expects double-digit growth in business and about $15 million in revenue from its recent $5.6…

Inuvo grows consumer data trove with Silicon Valley buy

Inuvo, a publicly traded technology company in Little Rock, has acquired NetSeer of Sunnydale, Calif., in exchange for 3.53 million shares of Inuvo’s common stock. Inuvo deals in advertising technology. Its…