Smith Family Funeral Homes Purchases Huson Funeral Home
Smith Family Funeral Homes has purchased Huson Funeral Home in Sherwood and will rename it Smith Sherwood Funeral Home, the company announced Monday. Huson Funeral Home is at 7700 Highway 107 — the...
View ArticleTechnological Advances Key to Any Business' Success, Says Kevin Turner
Digital technology represents the fourth industrial revolution of the U.S., according to CEO of Citadel Securities Kevin Turner at the Northwest Arkansas Technology Summit. The former Microsoft COO and...
View ArticleMaf Sonko Taps Wire on Little Rock's Tech Community
Maf Sonko founded LumoXchange in 2015 and serves as the startup’s CEO. He previously worked for six years at PepsiCo, first as a warehouse strategy manager then as a senior manager in supply chain...
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I Don’t Want to Scare You, But… (John Hendon Commentary)
How many times have you heard a phrase such as, “With all due respect …” or “I don’t want to scare you, but …” and you know nothing good is going to be said once the statement is completed? Sooo … I...
View ArticleSmithsonian Puts Spotlight On AutoMail
A northeast Arkansas company, AutoMail, has been added to a new virtual exhibit by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Postal Museum in recognition of technology it developed in the 1990s that...
View ArticleFuture Bank of the Ozarks HQ Site Draws Deals Totaling $12M-Plus (Real Deals)
Land for a corporate campus in west Little Rock was assembled in deals totaling $12.57 million. Little Rock’s Bank of the Ozarks Inc. acquired about 46.2 acres of mostly undeveloped property in a...
View ArticleDeveloper Brandon Woodrome’s $2M Fraud Seen From The Inside
Brandon Woodrome was a young man in a hurry: out of school early, married early, starting businesses early. He even ran for office before he was old enough to drink. In 2013, the year he turned 26, his...
View ArticleTech Company ACDI Breaks Ground For New Benton Headquarters
Access Control Devices Inc. of Little Rock and Harco Constructors of North Little Rock on Wednesday marked the start of construction for ACDI's new 18,000-SF headquarters at 403 Main St. in downtown...
View ArticleMorrilton Company Shows Claws in Trademark Lawsuit Against Big Lots
A Morrilton pet supply company has its fur standing on end after seeing a cat scratcher for sale at Big Lots Stores Inc. Cat Claws Inc. said the cardboard cat scratcher “is virtually identical to” one...
View ArticleMcLarty Capital Partners, USDA Launch Private Investment Fund
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has partnered with McLarty Capital Partners of Little Rock to launch a private investment fund the two groups said could inject $100 million in rural small...
View ArticleInnovation Hub to Host Makers Summit on Thursday
The Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub of North Little Rock, which is now part of Winrock International, will host its first Makers Summit on Thursday in support of the White House's Nation of Makers....
View ArticleIn Little Rock, Chase Economist Finds Economic Recovery Going Well
"We're not in crisis; we're getting back on our feet," economist Jim Glassman told a small gathering of business professionals Wednesday at an economic outlook luncheon sponsored by Chase, the Little...
View ArticleVenture Center Announces New Dates for FinTech Accelerator
The Venture Center of Little Rock on Friday announced that dates for its 2017 FinTech Accelerator have changed. The center said the dates changed so that the participants can engage more with senior...
View ArticleEmployers Seek Hires With Soft Abilities Like Attitude, Teamwork
The job applicant had a brilliant resume and precisely the technical skills the company wanted. But when her interviewer asked how she handles conflicts with co-workers, the surefire prospect lost her...
View ArticleNo Surprise: Higher Pay Helps Attract, Retain Employees
In order to remain competitive with other retailers, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced early last year that it was going to start paying its workers at least $9 an hour and raise the minimum to $10 this...
View ArticleConstruction Contractors Team With Pulaski Tech with Free Training Class to...
More companies are embracing the notion that on-the-job training is good business. Under that banner, members of the central Arkansas construction community are banding together to fill employment gaps...
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Signs of the Times (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
Some months back, several standing banners appeared in the offices of Arkansas Business Publishing Group — quotes from JFK, Vince Lombardi and the like. At first I dismissed them as the kind of rah-rah...
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Online Recruitment Works If Done Correctly, Experts Say
It seems to be a common complaint: Online employee recruitment efforts produce lots of resumes but few great prospects. PC Magazine reported last month that the percentage of new hires coming from job...
View ArticleMini Golf Owner Accused of Putting Money Away from Judgment
A judgment from 2011 continues to haunt a Hot Springs Village woman. Linda Gauthier, formerly known as Linda B. Turner, has been accused of hiding assets to avoid paying the judgment of nearly $350,000...
View ArticleSPONSORED: Uncle T's: A Neighborhood Mainstay For 50 Years And Counting
History books may devote more pages to nearby Little Rock Central High School, but in the day-to-day life of the neighborhood it’s hard to imagine any landmark around here ranking higher than Uncle T’s...
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