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
A creditor of Jonesboro developer Bruce Burrow is demanding that his Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization be converted to a Chapter 7 liquidation or tossed out.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/15/2013 12:00 am
A receiver has been appointed to run the Clarion at 925 S. University Ave. while it makes its way through a foreclosure lawsuit.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/15/2013 12:00 am
Comerica Bank of Dallas filed a foreclosure suit in January against Cow Patties LLC, the local franchisee that operated the burger joint in the Pleasant Ridge Town Center at 11525 Cantrell Road.
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 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 Jeannie Nuss, The Associated Press 4/11/2013 08:16 am
An ExxonMobil pipeline that ruptured last month and spilled thousands of barrels of oil in central Arkansas has a gash in it that is 22 feet long and 2 inches wide, state Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said Wednesday.
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
John Harris, who took over as President and CEO of Coulson Oil after David Zakrzewski's resignation last month has "complicated" legal history.
by Arkansas Business Editors 4/8/2013 12:00 am
Here's a date-by-date look at how Medicaid expansion perhaps came to Arkansas.
by Mark Friedman 4/8/2013 12:00 am
Senate Bill 694 would allow judges who have been appointed and who have served at least a year to use the title of “judge” before their names on the ballot in an election for a judicial office. Now only incumbent elected judges are allowed to use the title when seeking re-election or election to another position.
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
by Lauren James 4/4/2013 10:10 am
Startup Weekend, a global grassroots movement of active entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures, takes place Friday-Sunday at the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock.
by Gwen Moritz 4/3/2013 08:30 pm
A federal grand jury in Little Rock charged Lile with two counts of embezzlement associated with some $300,000 worth of personal expenses charged to his defunct former employer, Cosmopolitan Life Insurance Co.
by Jeannie Nuss, The Associated Press 4/3/2013 07:17 am
Federal pipeline safety officials on Tuesday issued a corrective action order to ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. after one of its pipelines ruptured last week in central Arkansas.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/1/2013 12:00 am
A circuit judge has ruled in favor of the banks in the foreclosure suit on Henry Management Inc.'s blighted Valley Heights Apartments in Little Rock.
by Arkansas Business Editors 4/1/2013 12:00 am
Arkansas' Freedom of Information Act, one of the first and best in the country for creating transparent government and holding government officials accountable, is under unprecedented attack.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/29/2013 11:36 am
As Arkansas Business prepares for the 20th anniversary of its annual 40 Under 40 feature, we are asking to hear from all past honorees in a special survey.
by Michael Stratford, The Associated Press 3/27/2013 07:32 am
Arkansas employers and colleges would be prohibited from asking their employees or students to turn over passwords to personal social media accounts under a pair of bills that state lawmakers advanced Tuesday.
by Lance Turner 3/26/2013 09:53 am
Two Arkansas-based public companies are in legal tussles with unions in their respective industries: the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.
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