US Consumer Spending Up Tiny 0.1 Percent in February
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumers increased their spending at the weakest pace in six months, while the 12-month rise in consumer prices was the largest in nearly five years. Consumer spending edged up 0.1...
View ArticleDWS Director Daryl Bassett on Why Land of Opportunity Needs More Workers To...
Before being named director of the Department of Workforce Services, Daryl Bassett served as director of Business & Commercial Services at the Arkansas secretary of state’s office. Before that, he...
View ArticleHergets Give Heights Icon New Chance
The venerable Terry’s Finer Foods in the Heights lives now as the Heights Corner Market, a rebirth greeted with relief by all who relied on Terry’s for great meat, seafood, desserts and its selection...
View ArticleRidge Road Village Draws $7M Transaction (Real Deals)
An 80-unit apartment project in North Little Rock tipped the scales at $7.05 million. 4748 Ridge Road LLC, an affiliate of New York’s Dwight Capital, acquired Ridge Road Village Apartments from Ridge...
View ArticleStartup Junkie To Pitch IdeaFame to Arkansas Innovators
Startup Junkie Consulting of Fayetteville is planning a new pitch competition platform for prospective entrepreneurs and innovators. The specific details about the platform, IdeaFame, will be announced...
View ArticleArkansas Industry Leaders Say Temporary Workers in Short Supply
The RAISE Act that U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton introduced in February would slash permanent legal immigration, but it doesn’t address at all the immigration issue that may be most pressing back home in...
View ArticleHelp Wanted: Cotton Immigration Measure Can Be Improved, Zook Says
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton’s bill to change the country’s immigration priorities contains a feature that Randy Zook loves and Patrick Gallaher hates: It would dramatically reduce the number of immigrants...
View ArticleShifting Labor Rules Keep Arkansas Attorneys Busy
Arkansas labor and employment attorneys are keeping an eye on challenges to the U.S. Department of Labor’s overtime rules as well as a bill that would amend the Minimum Wage Act in Arkansas. The Labor...
View ArticleArkansas House Rejects Attempt to Impose Online Sales Taxes
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas legislators wrapped up the bulk of their work for the 2017 regular session Monday, approving a $5.5 billion budget and establishing a rainy day fund for future fiscal...
View ArticleSPONSORED: Think Twice Before Being Your Own Bookkeeper
Being a small business owner these days is tough. Entrepreneurs face challenges at every turn and it requires personal investment of time, talent and treasure to be successful. Not the least of these...
View ArticleAristotle Exec on Broadband Mission to Washington
Elizabeth Bowles will be on a mission April 21 when she flies to Washington, D.C., as a newly minted member of the federal Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee. She’s demanding technological...
View ArticleKids’ Book Series Launched With Kickstarter Campaign
Digital content strategy firm Southern Swallow of Little Rock recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $18,000 for its new four-book Entrepreneur Kid series that aims to inspire K-12 student...
View ArticleUALR Pipeline to Black Oak Celebrates Anniversary
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s master’s program in information quality recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, and the only complaint from employer Black Oak Analytics Inc. is that it...
View ArticleUS Bank's Mike Richardson Shows Healthy Interest in Rising Rates
A Fulton County native, Richardson started at U.S. Bank in Mountain Home. He became district manager for the Little Rock area nine years ago before moving to Columbia, Missouri, to be a regional...
View ArticleArkansas Loosens Limits, Expands Crowdfunding Options
More Arkansas investors will soon have more options for putting their money to work. The Arkansas Legislature passed and Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed Act 668 in March to loosen some restrictions for...
View ArticleSearcy Energy Lender Southeast Capital Quietly on the Rise
Jay Barber has quietly built a national business as an energy banker in Searcy, but he’s not completely hush-hush. The president and CEO of Southeast Capital & Finance won’t discuss rates or...
View ArticleBank Assets, Profits Up; Charters Dwindle on List of Largest Arkansas Banks
Out-of-state acquisitions by publicly traded banks pushed total assets reported by Arkansas charters up by almost 17 percent to more than $88 billion at year-end 2016. Net income reported by 101...
View ArticleAsa Hutchinson Among Speakers at 2nd Conference on Delta's Future
Gov. Asa Hutchinson will be the featured luncheon speaker at a conference on the future of the Arkansas Delta on May 19 at the Pine Bluff Convention Center. Simmons Bank will sponsor the one-day event,...
View ArticleVideo: A Conversation On Leadership with Fitz Hill
A good leader should be flexible and willing to adapt to new situations to guide an organization to success, says Fitz Hill, a former college football coach and college president, in Arkansas Business'...
View ArticleCancer-Fighting Tech, Livestock Tracker Win Big at Governor's Cup
Undergraduate and graduate student teams from the University of Arkansas, John Brown University, Arkansas State University and Harding University walked away from the 17th Annual Donald W. Reynolds...
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