by Arkansas Business Staff 4/22/2013 10:29 am
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will be the featured speaker at the University of Arkansas on Tuesday.
by Associated Press 4/22/2013 07:22 am
The Delta Regional Authority is sweetening the pot for cross-state applications for federal grants to strengthen training partnerships between community colleges and employers.
by Lance Turner 4/15/2013 08:35 am
The University of Arkansas says Jack R. Jacobs of Tulsa, Okla., has made a planned donation of $1 million to establish the Dana Jacobs Memorial Endowed Scholarship in the College of Engineering at the UA.
by Chris Bahn 4/15/2013 12:00 am
A recent business retention and expansion survey conducted by the Northwest Arkansas Council and local chambers of commerce reveal that 30 percent of the more than 450 employers surveyed — a sample that ranged from mom-and-pop operations to global retailers — plan expansions within the next three years.
by Luke Jones 4/15/2013 12:00 am
The recent movement of publicly traded Inuvo Inc. to Conway is the latest success story for the city's active push to draw in more technology jobs.
by Luke Jones 4/15/2013 12:00 am
The top five largest employers in Arkansas have seen some bumps since last year, but they remain in the same order. Four of the top five saw increases in employment during 2012.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/15/2013 12:00 am
The Arkansas Department of Workforce Services in October issued “Arkansas Long-Term Industry & Occupational Projections,” detailing its forecasts for the long-term job market.
by George Waldon 4/15/2013 12:00 am
Leaders in the Arkansas construction industry are expecting demand soon will begin to exceed supply in some important building trades. Those anticipated shortages start in the near future with electricians, plumbers and masons as the economy rebounds and construction demand picks up.
by George Waldon 4/15/2013 12:00 am
A former Kmart building, a Pizza Hut and portions of a Hillcrest apartment development lead off this week's important real estate transactions in Pulaski County.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/15/2013 12:00 am
Bobby Cheatwood of Little Rock and Todd Dennis of Maumelle have been recognized by the Farm Bureau of Statewide Agents & Agency Managers for total performance during 2012.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/15/2013 12:00 am
Brenda Ponsford was named dean of Henderson State University's School of Business following a nationwide search late last year. She will replace Interim Dean Louis Dawkins, who played a pivotal role in the school's 2013 AACSB International reaffirmation.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/15/2013 12:00 am
Artee Williams, the director of the Department of Workforce Services, shares his thoughts on the state's unemployment rates, which jobs are filling up too fast and which ones aren't filling up at all.
by Lance Turner 4/12/2013 01:18 pm
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences names Dr. G. Richard Smith has its new dean of the College of Medicine and vice chancellor. The appointment is effective May 1.
by Mark Carter 4/10/2013 01:57 pm
University of Arkansas startup Picasolar and Catch-22 from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock took home the top overall prizes at the 2013 Donald W. Reynolds Governor's Cup. Picasolar won first prize in the graduate division of the state's top collegiate business-plan competition, while Catch-22 took top honors in the undergraduate division.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 4/10/2013 11:15 am
A proposal aimed at allowing Arkansas colleges and universities to extend in-state tuition rates to some immigrants who came to the country illegally has failed before a state Senate committee.
by Lance Turner 4/10/2013 09:20 am
Our House, the Little Rock nonprofit that helps the working homeless, has met its $3.8 million fundraising goal and will begin construction of a new Children's Center in May.
by Mark Carter 4/8/2013 10:14 am
Simple Service, an app that tracks and validates community service projects, won the inaugural Startup Weekend Little Rock event.
by Luke Jones 4/8/2013 12:00 am
Arkansas Genomics was founded to be the state's first and only dedicated forensic DNA testing lab. But despite filling a niche, the business has had trouble turning a profit, and founder Jimmy Threet is pushing the lab in a new direction: personalized medicine.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/8/2013 12:00 am
The University of Arkansas Community Design Center has received national accolades from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture for projects focused on housing design education and outreach efforts in Rwanda.
by Chris Bahn 4/8/2013 12:00 am
Gov. Mike Beebe signed into law on Thursday an act that allows employers to voluntarily give preference to veterans when hiring. HR managers are freed from concerns that by providing preference, they are violating hiring laws
State Treasurer Martha Shoffner Arrested for Extortion by FBI 
