Most Feedback Is Just Noise (Barry Goldberg On Leadership)
Is it any wonder that the phrase “May I provide you with some feedback?” sets up an emotional loop almost guaranteed to grate on nerves and create stress?
View ArticleYou Knew It Would Happen (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
Commit this to memory so you can stop being surprised: Wherever there are human beings, there will be waste, fraud and abuse.
View ArticlePandemic Collateral Damage? Small Firms
The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered a wallop to the country’s economy, but experts interviewed by Arkansas Business don’t expect too much lasting damage. There is a caveat, of course.
View ArticleJebaraj Gives Passing Grade to CARES Act
Mervin Jebaraj works at the University of Arkansas’ Walton College of Business so it is apropos that he has a grade for the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
View ArticleNorthwest Arkansas Business Women's Conference Goes Virtual
The 22nd Northwest Arkansas Business Women’s Conference will be held virtually this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
View ArticleVenture Center, Alumni Net International Awards
The Venture Center took home the top prize in the Best Fintech Accelerator/Incubator category at the second annual Finovate Awards, an international competition.
View ArticleUS Retail Sales Rise for 4th Straight Month As Growth Slows
Americans kept spending in August, but the pace of that growth is slowing as millions of people who lost jobs have now lost a $600 a week boost in their unemployment checks.
View ArticleCOVID-19 Danger Continues to Drive Joblessness in US
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to 860,000, a historically high number of people that illustrates the broad economic damage still taking place nine months...
View ArticleArkansas Cannabis Industry Association Elects New Board Members
The Arkansas Cannabis Industry Association, which represents cultivators, dispensary operators and ancillary businesses, has elected nine new members to serve on its board of directors.
View ArticleArkansas Unemployment Increases to 7.4% in August
Arkansas' seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 7.4% in August from 7.1% in July, the state Department of Workforce Services reported Friday.
View ArticleSeal Solar Touts New Mobile App
Seal Solar of North Little Rock has a free mobile app that’s not only helping current clients but attracting new ones.
View ArticleArrowhead Estates Sells for $6.1M (Real Deals)
The 242-unit apartment property in North Little Rock trades hands between two California companies for $6.15 million.
View ArticleMotorcoach Industry Desperate for Aid
Little Rock Coaches, a charter motorcoach company, has basically seen its business shut down since mid-March. It is not a Little Rock or an Arkansas phenomenon; the pandemic has hammered motorcoach...
View ArticleReport: Restaurant Operators Don't See Business Improving In Next Six Months
The National Restaurant Association recently surveyed thousands of restaurant operators from across the country about the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on their businesses, and the results from...
View ArticleAmerican Safeguard Insurance Acquires TLC Insurance Group
American Safeguard Insurance, which has offices in Conway and Mountain Home, has acquired TLC Insurance Group of Mountain Home.
View ArticleNominate Now for the 33rd Arkansas Business of the Year Awards
Arkansas Business is once again seeking nominations of the state's outstanding businesses, business executives and nonprofits for its Arkansas Business of the Year Awards.
View ArticleU.S. Bank Donates $250K to 2 LR Organizations
U.S. Bank has donated $250,000 in the Little Rock area as part of its $15 million U.S. Bank Foundation Rebuild and Transform Fund that aims to rebuild corridors impacted by social unrest and systemic...
View ArticleTic Toc Auto Finds Customers in Quarantine
TikTok is much in the news these days, but what about Tic Toc?
View ArticleFed: Healthy US Economy Failed to Narrow Racial Gaps in 2019
The solid growth that the United States enjoyed before the viral pandemic paralyzed the economy this spring failed to reduce racial disparities in Americans' income and wealth from 2016 through 2019, a...
View ArticleConsumer Confidence Posts Solid Gain in September
U.S. consumer confidence rebounded more quickly in September than most economists had expected though they remain far from levels that were the norm before the pandemic struck.
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