by Jan Cottingham 2/10/2014 12:00 am
The move of the Bachman Wilson House to the grounds of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is presenting opportunities for students of the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas.
by Arkansas Business Staff 2/10/2014 12:00 am
The vacancy rate for commercial office space in central Arkansas fell to 11.5 percent in fourth-quarter 2013, compared with 11.9 percent in third-quarter 2013 and 11.8 percent in the year-earlier quarter. The national average in the fourth quarter was 15.6 percent, according to the Central Arkansas Commercial Data Exchange.
by Associated Press 2/7/2014 11:01 am
President Barack Obama is carrying out a presidential duty that he hasn't had a lot of opportunity to perform recently: signing into law a major piece of bipartisan legislation.
by Mark Carter 2/6/2014 09:27 am
Southern Bancorp this week unveiled its Riverside Renewal Project in Helena, part of a "trifecta of economic development tools" the rural development bank has launched in an effort to promote job growth and entrepreneurship in the Delta.
by Arkansas Business Staff 2/5/2014 10:28 am
Unemployment rates were down or steady in four of six Arkansas metropolitan areas surveyed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, data released Wednesday by the agency revealed.
by Arkansas Business Staff 2/3/2014 12:00 am
Leland Tollett, retired chairman and CEO of Tyson Foods Inc., completed his purchase of the Adolph Thomas Farm & Hunting Club for $10.86 million.
by Lance Turner 1/30/2014 03:02 pm
The University of Arkansas says it will use existing reserves to "fully fund" annual operating expenses at its Division of University Advancement, and that a combination of reserves and private fund will eliminate a lingering $3.2 million deficit.
by Mark Carter 1/28/2014 09:12 am
The unemployment rate in Arkansas dropped one-tenth of a percentage point to 7.4 percent in December, according to the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services.
by Arkansas Business Staff 1/24/2014 11:01 am
Dillard's Inc. of Little Rock says that it will give more than $1 million to local chapters of Ronald McDonald House Charities.
by Chuck Bartels, The Associated Press 1/23/2014 03:57 pm
University of Arkansas trustees have accepted an audit report that detailed a $4.2 million deficit run up by the advancement division at the Fayetteville campus.
by Arkansas Business Staff 1/23/2014 01:45 pm
Jerry C. Jones of Acxiom Corp. of Little Rock has been elected to an at-large position of the board of directors of international nonprofit Heifer International.
by Arkansas Business Staff 1/23/2014 10:41 am
Tickets are available now for the 26th Annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards banquet, which honors the state's most outstanding businesses, nonprofit organizations and executives.
by Arkansas Business Staff 1/23/2014 08:56 am
A plan to transform four neglected blocks of Main Street in downtown Little Rock into an arts district has earned a national design award for the University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture and Marlon Blackwell Architect of Fayetteville
by Gwen Moritz 1/20/2014 12:00 am
The number of high-value mergers and acquisitions in Arkansas — those believed to be worth $9 million or more — dropped in 2013 to 73 compared with 80 in 2012. But the number of really high-value deals — those worth $100 million or more — jumped from 14 in 2012 to 26 in 2013.
by Arkansas Business Staff 1/20/2014 12:00 am
Malcolm Glover, who has hosted various programs at the Little Rock NPR affiliate since 2007, was hosting the local content of Morning Edition before he left the station last week.
by Mark Carter 1/17/2014 02:51 pm
The competition entails students, working as individuals or in small groups and led by teacher advisers, developing and marketing their own business concept.
by Arkansas Business Staff 1/16/2014 11:41 am
Gov. Mike Beebe announces 28 appointments to state boards and commissions.
by Mark Friedman 1/13/2014 12:00 am
Doing business with hospitals can mean big business for vendors, and tax forms filed by nonprofit hospitals provide a peek into how hundreds of millions of dollars are spent.
by Gwen Moritz 1/13/2014 12:00 am
Arkansas Securities Commissioner Heath Abshure took heat from legislators for more than an hour last week, but threatening weather forced the Joint Performance Review Committee to recess before any other witnesses could be heard.
by Arkansas Business Staff 1/13/2014 12:00 am
Metroplan recently released its latest “Metro Trends: Economic Review and Outlook” report, in which the agency examines the region's rate of economic recovery four years after the official end of the Great Recession in June 2009.
Simmons First Announces Plans to Combine Bank Charters 
