by - January 1, 2009 12:00 am
The ITRI has one of the top Radio Frequency Identification labs in the world and one of its latest projects involved testing RFID applications in the perishable supply chain.
by - January 1, 2009 12:00 am
Springdale?s Doubletree sells, church buys Summerhill Racquet Club in Rogers.
by - January 1, 2009 12:00 am
Ever since Detroit’s “Big Three” automakers ? Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp. and Daimler A.G. (Chrysler) ? went panhandling down Pennsylvania Avenue, the idea of bailing out their knuckle headedness has seemed like a double eye-poke to the American
by - January 1, 2009 12:00 am
President-elect Barack Obama’s proposed economic stimulus package has caught the attention of business, which in normal times leans toward more conservative Republican ideas.
by - January 1, 2009 12:00 am
A former Razorback football player brings the science to students in Northwest Arkansas.
by - January 1, 2009 12:00 am
By pushing initiatives to improve broadband access and through education about the benefits of high-speed Internet, Connect Arkansas plans to improve the state’s rankings.
by - January 1, 2009 12:00 am
Think Old Springdale collides with New Springdale. At least that”s the sort of thing city leaders hope to encourage with the 37-acre Springdale Technology Park, which they believe will attract knowledge-based jobs and advance the city”s economy.
by - January 1, 2009 12:00 am
BlueInGreen, a Fayetteville-based company, has developed a unit that could solve the river’s oxygen problem and protect the trout, a significant contributor to the state’s economy.
by - January 1, 2009 12:00 am
Operating out of a new facility in South Fayetteville, BioBased scientists are developing sustainable products that are used around the country.
by - January 1, 2009 12:00 am
The 10-year-old Rogers-based company specializing in information systems management is expanding its business through the latest trends in unified communications and virtual servers and storage.
by - December 15, 2008 12:00 am
Twenty-one banks doing business in Benton and Washington counties had a combined $332.3 million worth of loans on their books that were not accruing interest as of Sept. 30.
by - December 15, 2008 12:00 am
Unlike the weather, the local economic forecast is these days affected quite directly by events around the globe, as well as national and state trends. Implications and responses to these are therefore important as one seeks to plan.
by - December 15, 2008 12:00 am
The U.S. economy has been in the doldrums for some time now. So the National Bureau of Economic Research finally said recently what most of us already knew: we’ve been in a recession for a year, since last December.
by - December 15, 2008 12:00 am
Baldwin & Shell Construction Co. of Little Rock recently broke ground on a $39 million parking garage and retail center on the University of Arkansas campus.
by - December 15, 2008 12:00 am
The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Dec. 5 released the worst unemployment figures in 30 years but numbers in Arkansas fare better.
by - December 15, 2008 12:00 am
Black Friday became an all-too-accurate description of the horrific events at a Long Island Wal-Mart Supercenter.
by - December 15, 2008 12:00 am
The October demise of Athletic World Advertising, once the world’s largest sports schedule poster company, has opened the door for a new company to revise the business model.
by - December 15, 2008 12:00 am
Duet Trout Fishing in America was nominated for a Grammy Award for the fourth time on Dec. 3.
by - December 15, 2008 12:00 am
While the broader economy struggles through a recession, Karen and Michael Timbes are putting their money to work in Northwest Arkansas.
by - December 15, 2008 12:00 am
Like its Bentonville-brother Wal-Mart Stores Inc., America’s Car-Mart Inc. managed to outperform the broader economy even during a brutal second quarter ended Oct. 31 that encompassed the full brunt of the stock market collapse.
