Arkansas Sees Increase in Personal Income
Personal income in Arkansas rose 3.2 percent in 2017, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported late last month. That increase beat the average for all the states of 3.1 percent.
View ArticleHead to Lead Operations, Development at Venture Center (Movers & Shakers)
Jessica Head has been hired as a director of operations and program development for the Venture Center in Little Rock.
View Article$2M Rusty Tractor Vineyards In the Works For Southwest Little Rock
Real estate developer Doug Meyer and his wife, Sheree, are investing close to $2 million in Rusty Tractor Vineyards, an 80-acre property off David O. Dodd Road in southwest Little Rock that’s...
View ArticleListen Up, PR People (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
If you have a story to pitch me, bring it on. But I never forget that I’m working for my readers, not your client.
View ArticleComparing Metro Area Living Standards (James Bullard Commentary)
The results of this analysis show the importance of adjusting for price differences across regions when comparing living standards.
View ArticleUS Retail Sales Rebounded a Solid 0.6 Percent in March
U.S. consumers bounced back in March and bought more cars, furniture and appliances after three months of declining retail sales.
View ArticleSteps For Small Businesses Worried By Facebook Scandal
Small business owners who use Facebook to promote their services and reach customers may now be wondering how to reassure people and protect themselves amid the social network's most serious privacy...
View ArticleGet Started: Surveys Shows Owners Are Optimistic, Cautious
Small business owners are very optimistic, but that isn't motivating them to sharply increase their hiring.
View ArticleMedical Device Teams from UA, UA Little Rock Sweep Governor's Cup
Undergraduate and graduate student teams from the University of Arkansas and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock walked away from the 18th annual Governor's Cup competition with $154,000.
View ArticleCo-working Space Opens in Maumelle
Jolt Office Hub, which has co-working space for entrepreneurs and independent business owners, is now open in Maumelle at the Maumelle Towne Centre.
View ArticleMinority Interest in LR Investment Firm Sold to Staff
Greg Hartz, founder and co-owner of registered investment advising firm Foundation Resource Management, and Mark Millsap, co-owner, recently sold a minority interest in the firm to five staff members.
View ArticleGary Griffin Promoted to EVP at Stone Bank (Movers & Shakers)
Gary Griffin has almost 40 years of U.S. Small Business Administration lending experience and is a past board member of the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders.
View ArticleRickford Advances at Nabholz (Conway Movers & Shakers)
Matt Rickford has been promoted to business development officer for Nabholz. Sheffield Kent and Daniel Judkins have founded the Baptist Health Comprehensive Spine & Pain Management Center.
View ArticleResidential Lots Scarce As Northwest Arkansas Draws a Crowd
Space is not the problem for northwest Arkansas as thousands of new arrivals show up each year. The struggle is with affordability.
View ArticleThe Cobbler's Kid (Barry Goldberg On Leadership)
The reasons that change projects take too long, cost too much, do not deliver promised results or never get over the line point to failures in leadership far more often than failures in execution.
View ArticleNo Guarantees (Editorial)
There are no guarantees in life, and there are especially no guarantees in the life of a business.
View Article2017 Economic Census Survey Kicks Off
The economic census serves as the most comprehensive source of data related to business activity and as the foundation for the measurement of U.S. businesses and their economic impact.
View ArticleStudy: Venture Center Created 192 Jobs in 2017
The Venture Center in Little Rock announced Monday that it created 192 jobs last year, according to a Clinton School student's analysis.
View ArticleSmall Business Hiring Picked Up Moderately in April
Small business hiring picked up moderately last month as owners held to their strategy of cautiously adding to their payrolls.
View ArticleMore Businesses Are Mellowing Out Over Hiring Pot Smokers
FPI Management, a property company in California, wants to hire dozens of people. Factories from New Hampshire to Michigan need workers. Hotels in Las Vegas are desperate to fill jobs.
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