Inuvo Executives See Pay Decline in 2016
Every officer at Inuvo Inc. of Little Rock saw their pay decline in 2016, according to an annual proxy statement the company filed last week. Richard Howe, chairman and CEO, was paid $1 million in...
View ArticleInuvo Reports 1Q Net Loss of $1.7M
Advertising technology and digital publishing firm Inuvo Inc. of Little Rock on Thursday reported a net loss of $1.7 million, or 6 cents per share, compared to a profit of $374,000, or 2 centers per...
View ArticleDowntown Invited for Coffee @ the Corner
Further enhancing the downtown Little Rock coffee scene will be the folks who own At the Corner, the diner at the southeast corner of East Markham and Scott streets. Helen Grace King said the...
View ArticleJob Openings Increase Slightly in March
WASHINGTON — Steady job growth has left U.S. employers with an increasingly shallow pool of unemployed workers to consider hiring, something that could lead to faster wage gains. The number of job...
View ArticleSPONSORED: Staying Poised For A Changing Marketplace
As we quickly approach the halfway point of the year, what can you say you’re doing to bolster your business’ potential in 2017? The future looks bright — job growth is steady and consumer spending is...
View ArticleVideo: A Conversation On Leadership with Gina Radke
One way to motivate and inspire employees is to help them see themselves in the company's vision, says Gina Radke, co-founder and CEO of Galley Support Innovations Inc. of Sherwood, in Arkansas...
View Article10 FinTech Accelerator Companies Named
Global financial services technology provider FIS of Jacksonville, Florida, and the Venture Center of Little Rock on Wednesday named the 10 startup companies selected from a pool of 295 applicants for...
View ArticleWLR Office Building Attracts $3.2M Sale (Real Deals)
A 35,520-SF office building in west Little Rock weighed in at $3.25 million. Normandy Place LLC, led by Max Mehlburger, purchased the Markham Executive Center at 10201 W. Markham St. The seller is...
View ArticleA Look Inside a $12.4 Million Slap at Wal-Mart
In early 2014, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. turned to a Southern California digital design firm for help with a problem that has dogged the Bentonville retailer for years: e-commerce. Specifically, Wal-Mart...
View ArticleStoby’s Eyes July Reopening
The owners of Stoby’s, the popular Conway restaurant devastated by fire in March 2016, are shooting to reopen by July 21, the restaurant’s 37th anniversary, says Patti Stobaugh, co-owner with her...
View ArticleBusiness Leaders to Congress: Ignore Chaos, Focus on Taxes
WASHINGTON — Business leaders began an aggressive lobbying effort Thursday to ensure that their vision for overhauling the U.S. tax system isn't lost in the chaos consuming President Donald Trump's...
View ArticleArkansas Unemployment Rate Drops to 3.5 Percent
Arkansas' unemployment rate fell in April to a new record low, 3.5 percent, down one-tenth of a percentage point from March and six-tenths of a percentage point from April 2016. "For the fourth month...
View ArticleAsa Hutchinson: Arkansas Leads Nation in Foreign Direct Investment
Gov. Asa Hutchinson was the keynote speaker at the conference on the future of the Arkansas Delta at Pine Bluff Convention Center on Friday, addressing representatives from a range of sectors who met...
View ArticleA.J. Gary Says Having Game Plan Can Rescue Business from Disaster
A.J. Gary was appointed Arkansas Department of Emergency Management director by Gov. Asa Hutchinson in June 2016. In addition to heading ADEM, Gary is also the Homeland Security adviser for Arkansas....
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Why Your Buyers Are Scared (Jim Karrh On Marketing)
It might be the deer-in-the-headlights look. Maybe instead you are getting the lean-back or a talk-to-the-hand or a direct “Not now.” Whatever the form, if your prospective buyers are consistently...
View ArticleStartup Activity Moves Up in 2016
Startup activity in the United States rose in 2016 for the second consecutive year, according to the Kauffman Foundation, a nonprofit based in Kansas City, Missouri, that focuses on education and...
View ArticleFarm Belt Meets Conveyor Belt in Northeast Arkansas
Two of northeast Arkansas’ conveyor manufacturers have deep roots in the region’s farming tradition, going back a half-century and more. Gay W. Roach Sr. moved to Trumann from Marked Tree in 1953 to...
View ArticleArkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield Tops Big Private Companies List
Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Little Rock, with revenue doubling in the past five years to nearly $2.5 billion, has taken the top spot on Arkansas Business’ annual list of the state’s...
View ArticleUCA Hosts Boot Camp For Entrepreneurial Students
The University of Central Arkansas, the Conductor and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ BioVentures have teamed up this week to host a Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Boot Camp that...
View ArticleCorrugated Specialties of Fort Smith Buys Texas Plant
Corrugated Specialties of Fort Smith, a manufacturer of corrugated boxes and specialty packaging items, announced on Tuesday that it is purchasing Century Corrugated Container Corp. of Kilgore, Texas....
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