Get Tickets for Arkansas Business' Women's Leadership Summit in Jonesboro
Arkansas Business is holding its first Women's Leadership Summit Oct. 8 in Jonebsoro, and tickets to the virtual event are available now.
View ArticleJonesboro Economy Keeps Distance From Pandemic Woes
After a few months of dormancy, Jonesboro's economy is getting up to speed as business owners and developers use unexpected savings, federal stimulus money and assistance programs to build, enhance and...
View ArticleUS Consumer Spending Rose A Moderate 1.9% in July
U.S. consumers increased their spending by 1.9% last month, a dose of support for an economy struggling to emerge from the grip of a pandemic that has held back a recovery and kept roughly 27 million...
View ArticleTalbert Moves Ahead at SBA (Movers & Shakers)
Jerry Talbert has been appointed as the new deputy director of the U.S. Small Business Administration Arkansas District Office in Little Rock.
View ArticleLevel the Field for Entrepreneurs of Color (Yee-Lin Lai Commentary)
Entrepreneurs of color are facing a skewed playing field. On average, minority households in the U.S. have significantly less wealth than white households, leaving them with less money to start a...
View ArticleReMix Dissolving Barriers for Black Entrepreneurs
ReMix Founder Benito Lubazibwa believes Black business ownership is a path to wealth creation and that increasing it will reduce the racial wealth gap that is quickly widening in the United States.
View ArticleBlack-owned Businesses in the U.S. Make Up 2.2% of Employer-owned Firms
Blacks owned 124,004 employer businesses (firms with at least one paid employee) in 2017, or 2.2% of the 5.7 million employer businesses in the United States, according to the 2018 Annual Business...
View ArticleSoMa Stays Social While Socially Distant
Restaurateurs come together at the SoMa Outdoor Dining Room in the parking lot at the southeast corner of 13th and Main streets in downtown Little Rock.
View ArticleNo Summer Fling (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
Instead of simply asking what white-owned businesses can do to promote diversity in their workforce or in their customer base, Americans of goodwill are asking how they can make minority-owned...
View ArticleProtests Fail to Boost Black-owned Businesses
Social media campaigns urged consumers to buy goods and services from Black-owned businesses following protests against racism and police brutality. But several African American business owners told...
View ArticleCentral Arkansas Angel Network Gets New Name, Expands Reach to Entire State
The Central Arkansas Angel Network is now the Ark Angel Alliance and has expanded its reach to the entire state.
View ArticleArkansas Hotel Industry Seeks Federal Help As Travel Sags
The hotel industry in Arkansas and nationwide is lobbying Congress for relief, as it reports less leisure travel and “nonexistent” business and convention travel amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
View ArticleArkansas Business Announces 'Best Places to Work' Honorees, Online Event
Arkansas Business will honor more than 40 companies designated among this year's "Best Places to Work" during an interactive online ceremony in November.
View ArticleCity, UA Little Rock Take Steps to Improve Asher Avenue Properties
Little Rock city officials announce revitalization plans for the Asher Avenue corridor, and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock announces redevelopment plans for its University Plaza shopping...
View ArticleFed's 'Biege Book' Finds Widespread Pessimism About Economic Future
The latest Federal Reserve survey of U.S. economic activity found generally modest gains in August but also pessimism about the future given the threats posed by the coronavirus.
View ArticleEconomic Recovery Stalls As Consumers Signal Caution
Consumer spending accounts for about 70% of the U.S. gross domestic product, making it the single most important factor in recovering from one of the worst recessions on record. Spending plunged an...
View ArticleThe 2020 20 In Their 20's: The Future Looks Bright From Here
From Rogers to Jonesboro to Benton and McCrory, there is bright young talent across our state. For the 11th year, Arkansas Business is proud to introduce 20 of the freshest faces in business and...
View ArticleConway Firm Gets Grant for Educational Platform
Zuni Learning Tree of Conway recently received a $200,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the U.S. Department of Education to build a new feature for its namesake online educational...
View ArticleCentral Arkansas Population Stands at 750,000
The Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area now has a population of about 750,000, according to a report by Metroplan, the planning agency for Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski and...
View Article5 Companies Set for 3rd HealthTech Arkansas Accelerator
HealthTech Arkansas, along with 11 of the state’s health care providers, announced Tuesday the five early-stage companies selected for the 2020 HealthTech Arkansas accelerator.
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