Highway Widening Continues in Jacksonville
The Arkansas Department of Transportation expects to complete the $79.3 million widening of U.S. Highway 67/167 from Vandenberg Boulevard in Jacksonville to state Highway 5 near Cabot in the first...
View ArticleArkansas Initiative Campaigns Near Deadline for Petitions
Hundreds of paid workers have been gathering signatures around Arkansas and the state's airwaves have been flooded with TV ads as initiative campaigns for casino legalization, raising the minimum wage...
View ArticleNew Rank Makes Case for Independence: AEDC Moves County to Top Tier
With a boost from business and business friendly policies, Independence County has vaulted to the top of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission's incentive tier rankings.
View ArticleMayor Harold Perrin on Why Other Communities Are Trying to Keep Up With...
Harold Perrin, mayor of Jonesboro, talks about the blessings of steady growth, and some of the challenges that come with it.
View ArticleGrocery Sales of Wine Hit Liquor Stores
Expanded wine offerings have taken a toll on sales at the state’s package liquor stores.
View ArticleBenton, Craighead Counties Top Arkansas List of Incoming Investments
SmartAsset, a financial technology company based in New York, considered a number of factors to create its listing of the counties in Arkansas that have the most incoming investments
View ArticleArkansas Liquor Stores See Sales Fall 5.5 Percent Since Grocery Wine Expansion
Liquor stores throughout Arkansas have seen total sales fall an average of 5.5 percent since expanded sales of wine in grocery stores went into effect Oct. 1, according to a report released Monday.
View ArticleSPONSORED: The Re-emergence Of The American Downtown
Residents and businesses are rediscovering the authenticity and character of once-abandoned city centers.
View ArticleStacy Leeds Named UA Vice Chancellor for Economic Development
Stacy Leeds, a former dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law, has been appointed vice chancellor for economic development. And Chris McCoy has been appointed vice chancellor for finance and...
View ArticleCEOs Aren’t Talking to Customers (Jim Karrh On Marketing)
Given the truth that CEOs are ultimately responsible for the growth of the enterprise, one detail stands out: “Most of our CEOs were dismayed to discover how little time they spent with their customers...
View ArticleRejuvenix Ready to Reduce Cancer Side Effects
Rejuvenix Technologies LLC of Perryville has patented a technology that aims to reduce side effects for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment by delivering drugs directly to tumors.
View ArticleAdult Day Care: Niche Offers Option to Home Care
With $8 billion in annual revenue nationwide, and more than 200,000 employees at about 15,000 care facilities, the adult day care industry is competing against other forms of senior assistance.
View ArticleUS Retail Sales Rise at Healthy 0.5 Percent Pace in June
U.S. retail sales rose at a solid pace last month despite higher prices and modest wage gains, a sign of underlying consumer optimism.
View ArticleFIS, State Will Sponsor FinTech Accelerator for Another Year
Global financial services company FIS of Jacksonville, Florida, and Gov. Asa Hutchinson say they will sponsor the VC FinTech Accelerator for another year.
View ArticleTeleComp Moving to Larger Office, Will Create 10 New Jobs
TeleComp Holdings Inc. of Bentonville will move into the top floor of a standalone two-story building being constructed off Interstate 49 in Rogers, and it plans to add 10 full-time, salaried positions...
View ArticleTown & Country Shopping Center Sold For $3.8M
The Town & Country shopping center changed owners in a $3.8 million transaction that closed Monday.
View Article401(k)s & Bipartisanship (Editorial)
The Retirement Enhancement & Savings Act of 2018, seeks to encourage further employee participation in 401(k) and similar plans, the increasingly important vehicles through which people save for...
View ArticleMedical Device Awaits Funding, FDA Approval
Spencer Jones hopes that it won’t be long before the Food & Drug Administration approves his medical device allowing an IV line to break away easily under tension and snap shut, preventing complete...
View ArticleBranch Banks’ Death Rumors Are Exaggerated
In Arkansas, the number of new bank offices appears to have popped up in the past 12 months after a decade in which the count declined by more than 10 percent.
View ArticleFayetteville's John Xia Under Indiana Injunction
An Indiana diagnostic company has a long memory and had asked in Washington County Circuit Court for an injunction to be enforced against a former employee who now lives in Fayetteville.
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