by Arkansas Business Staff 5/20/2013 12:00 am
The largest Arkansas-based, Arkansas-owned private companies ranked by reported or estimated revenue (in millions) for fiscal year listed.
by Luke Jones 5/15/2013 03:26 pm
Acxiom Corp.'s fourth-quarter earnings were down 71 percent compared to the same quarter last year.
by Mark Carter 5/15/2013 02:50 pm
Arkansas will recognize its own top exporters on May 22 at the 2013 Governor's Awards for Excellence in Global Trade.
by Arkansas Business Staff 5/15/2013 11:34 am
A summer camp by the Arkansas Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators will explore how communication professionals, nonprofits and ad agencies can perform in a business world rocked by globalization and digitalization.
by Mark Carter 5/15/2013 09:44 am
Picasolar is a University of Arkansas graduate-level startup which created a technology that improves solar cells. It's made an impressive run through the 2013 cycle of national business-plan competitions.
by Mark Carter 5/15/2013 09:44 am
Picasolar's 2013 successful run in national business-plan competitions is reminiscent of past University of Arkansas startups.
by Mark Carter 5/15/2013 09:42 am
Startups launched from the Walton Business College at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville are earning both accolades at national business-plan competitions and money as viable, high-growth businesses.
by Barry Goldberg 5/13/2013 12:00 am
Barry Goldberg offers seven tips on getting the most out of your business meetings.
by Arkansas Business Staff 5/13/2013 12:00 am
Stephen Tipton has been promoted to senior vice president and credit risk management director of Centennial Bank and its parent company, Home BancShares Inc., in Conway. Tipton, a University of Arkansas business graduate, has worked for Centennial for seven years and has experience in retail, business development and lending.
by Arkansas Business Staff 5/13/2013 12:00 am
Richard Howe leads Inuvo Corp., which earlier this year moved its headquarters from Florida and New York to Conway.
by Gwen Moritz 5/13/2013 12:00 am
Hard work, education and a can-do spirit are still requirements for good employment, but some big feet to stick through that door help too.
by Gwen Moritz 5/6/2013 12:00 am
Assets held by banks headquartered in Arkansas grew by 4.75 percent to $61.3 billion during 2012 even as the number of individual charters remained almost stable.
by Arkansas Business Staff 5/6/2013 12:00 am
Publicly traded Inuvo Inc. is still working on moving all its operations to Conway. One of its recent filings with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission shows that progress is being made.
by Arkansas Business Staff 5/6/2013 12:00 am
Spherion Staffing LLC has about 150 offices nationwide. The Little Rock location at 11500 N. Rodney Parham Road was owned by David Walker since 2008. Tammy Lensing, a Little Rock native, bought the franchise from Walker on April 1. Lensing said Walker was selling for health reasons; she declined to comment on the sale price.
by Arkansas Business Staff 5/6/2013 12:00 am
The total vacancy rate for office real estate in the central Arkansas market remained flat during the first quarter of 2013, hovering at 12 percent, just a slight dip from 12.1 percent in the previous quarter.
by George Waldon 5/6/2013 12:00 am
Ownership of a 33,972-SF office building in North Little Rock shifted in a transaction valued at $1.78 million.
by Arkansas Business Staff 5/6/2013 12:00 am
Bill Fontes took on the role of general manager of The Peabody Little Rock on Feb. 28, when BG Excelsior Ltd., an affiliate of Peabody Hotel Group of Memphis, sold the hotel to Fairwood Capital LLC of Memphis. The Peabody was reflagged as a Marriott last week.
by Mark Carter 5/6/2013 12:00 am
Later this month, perhaps even as soon as this week, ARK officials hope to name the 10 startup finalists who will relocate to Fayetteville and compete for up to $150,000 available to two overall winners of this mentorship-driven startup boot camp.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/29/2013 11:31 am
Dale Dawson, an investment banker and entrepreneur who founded Bridge2Rwanda, will be the keynote speaker at this year's Arkansas Business 40 Under 40 luncheon June 14 at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Little Rock.
by Chris Bahn 4/29/2013 12:00 am
Motivated by the possibility of failure, bolstered by innovative thinking and energized by promising young hires who would work their way to the top of the company, J.B. Hunt Transport eventually matched — and exceeded — J.B. Hunt's vision for what the business could become.
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