Steuart Walton: Recovery Task Force Eyes Final Recommendations
Steuart Walton, Sam Walton’s grandson and head of the Arkansas Economic Recovery Task Force, says that Arkansas is poised to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic stronger and should focus on attracting...
View ArticleASBTDC Receives $125K Grant to Help Companies Apply for Grants
The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a $125,000 grant to assist companies pursuing federal Small Business Innovation...
View ArticleRaymond Long to Oversee Business Retention at Little Rock Chamber
The Little Rock Regional Chamber hires Raymond Omar Long as director of business retention and expansion.
View ArticleUS Layoffs Remain Elevated As Incomes, Spending Weaken
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits declined last week to a still-high 837,000, evidence that the economy is struggling to sustain a tentative recovery that began this summer.
View ArticleOzark IC Competing For $2M in Prizes
Ozark Integrated Circuits Inc. of Fayetteville was the only Arkansas-based company to be chosen as a finalist in the 2020 MassChallenge global contest.
View ArticleRAO Video Still for Sale
After 43 years as Main Street’s video man, Robert Oliver is still renting and selling movies at RAO Video, but you may have heard he’s selling out, seeking $1.2 million — or perhaps a little less — for...
View ArticleOzarka College Receives $1.47M Grant
Ozarka College in Melbourne received a $1.47 million grant for a three-year workforce program at its satellite campus in Ash Flat.
View ArticleWith Insurance Company Buy, Smith Brings 2 Family Businesses Together
Smith Family Funeral Homes of North Little Rock acquires American Home Life Insurance Co. of North Little Rock, expanding its central Arkansas family-owned business into life insurance.
View ArticleVideo: Women Leaders Talk Pay Equity, Career Moves at Women's Leadership Event
Kristi Crum, Laura Landreaux, Jean Block and Lori Burrows discuss career transitions, pay equity, work-life balance, diversity and more during the Women’s Leadership Symposium.
View ArticleNuShores Biosciences Wins $2.8M Contract
NuShores Biosciences LLC of Little Rock has won a three-year, $2.8 million contract from the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium, a nonprofit biomedical technology consortium associated with the...
View ArticleArkansas Unemployment: Metro vs. Rural Areas
The unemployment rate in Arkansas moved up slightly in August, to 7.4%, as it did in six of the state’s eight metro areas. Only Fort Smith and Texarkana posted declines between July and August.
View ArticleWhat Has COVID-19 Unmasked in Your Business? (Michael Collins Commentary)
As COVID-19 continues to impact our society, it’s easy for daily business obligations to blind owners to the importance of evaluating their operation in light of the ongoing social and economic...
View ArticleBaptist Health, Vascugenix Introduce Heart Surgery Device to Market
Baptist Health recently partnered with Little Rock startup Vascugenix to introduce to the U.S. market the Speed Torque.
View ArticleBack in LR, Ashley Steele Creates Digital Marketing Firm, Obtain Creative
Marketing executives are known for their talk, but Ashley Steele prides herself on listening, particularly to small business leaders.
View ArticleArkansas Offers $50M Grant Program for Tourism, Hospitality
The state of Arkansas announces a $50 million grant program aimed at helping the state's hospitality industry amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
View ArticleFormer Craighead County Clerk Lists Debts of $3.8M in Bankruptcy
Less than a month after former Craighead County Clerk Jacob “Kade” Holliday agreed to pay $1.4 million to the county to settle a civil lawsuit over allegations of embezzlement, the 32-year-old filed...
View ArticleSmall Meat Processors in Arkansas Get Another $5.4M in CARES Grants
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture announced late Friday that an additional $5.4 million in funding has been approved and awarded through the Arkansas Meat and Poultry Processing Grant Program.
View ArticleArkansas Unemployment Decreases to 7.3% in September
Arkansas' seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 7.3% in September from 7.4% in August, the state Department of Workforce Services reported Friday.
View ArticleWebinar: Amuni Financial, Wilson+Miller Talk Stimulus, Retirement Planning
In the next Insights webinar from Arkansas Business, John Satterfield of Amuni Financial and Stan Miller of Wilson+Miller will discuss what effect COVID-19 stimulus funding could have on taxes and...
View ArticleWomen Leaders Confront 'Imposter Syndrome,' Other Challenges at Jonesboro Summit
Women must support other women in their professional march forward, four panelists agreed during the Jonesboro Women’s Leadership Symposium, an online event hosted by Arkansas Business.
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