by George Waldon 4/8/2013 12:00 am
A storage facility and a Dollar General Store in North Little Rock highlight recent property and real estate transactions in Pulaski County.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/5/2013 12:53 pm
Innovative small businesses and university researchers can take advantage of the early bird registration rate of $100 for the April 17 SBIR/STTR Phase I Proposal Writing Workshop.
by Mark Carter 4/4/2013 04:26 pm
Acumen Brands of Fayetteville receives an $83 million investment from New York firm General Atlantic, according to documents filed Thursday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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 Chris Bahn 4/2/2013 02:46 pm
Collective Bias, the shopper-oriented social marketing and advertising firm headquartered in Bentonville, has secured $10.5 million in funding.
by Luke Jones 4/1/2013 12:00 am
Repairs cost anywhere from $5 up to $50 or more. Rodgers' clientele, he said, ranges from lower income to doctors and lawyers. Business is steady, but it's not easy to compete with cheap, disposable shoes.
by Gwen Moritz 4/1/2013 12:00 am
In 1976, with his training certificate fresh in hand, Ohio native Phillip Duerr went to work in the repair shop at Bean Music Co. in Little Rock. He bought the repair business from Bean in 1991, moved it to Sherwood and since then the business has slowly grown.
by Jan Cottingham 4/1/2013 12:00 am
Vada's Reweaving is a secret that one Little Rock resident shares with another, but only if the person is worthy.
by George Waldon 4/1/2013 12:00 am
In the era of Nook, Kindle and iPad, J&B Quality Book Bindery Inc. remains a bastion for old-school craftsmanship that provides support for a competing handheld device.
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 Mark Friedman 3/25/2013 12:00 am
ContourMed Inc. of Little Rock surfaced from Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this month. CEO Barry Corkern says he expects to have $500,000 in revenue by the end of this year.
by Francisco J. Sánchez 3/25/2013 12:00 am
The U.S. Department of Commerce has released new data showing the impact of exporting on our national economy, with Arkansas as one of only 11 states to achieve double-digit export growth last year from 2011. In reality, Arkansas did much more than double its exports — the state experienced a 36 percent increase in overall export growth, and increased exports to France by 117 percent, making it one of the best-performing states.
by Luke Jones 3/18/2013 12:00 am
The list of disaster cleanup companies is new to Arkansas Business. The companies listed have a variety of specializations, but all work to clean up damage from disasters both natural and unnatural.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/18/2013 12:00 am
Earlier this month, Mike Hill agreed that the Internal Revenue Service could slap a $468,815 judgment against him personally. The amount was for unpaid federal employment taxes owed from MDH Builders. The taxes are owned for parts of 2008 and 2009, according to the government's lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Little Rock.
by Mark Friedman 3/18/2013 12:00 am
Blytheville Cinema 3 recently spent about $200,000 to upgrade its movie projectors from film to digital.
by Evan C. Bell 3/18/2013 12:00 am
If you are a business owner with at least one employee, you could be violating a very expensive law.
by Liz Fox 3/18/2013 12:00 am
Swift Travel Deals, which opened in February 2012, is based in Little Rock and operates out of the homes of Swift and her two associates, Kay Junior and Rory Elizabeth Hill.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/18/2013 12:00 am
The J. William Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Arkansas received a donation of $500,000 from the family of Raymond Hughes, a professor who taught at the university from 1954 to 1990.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/18/2013 12:00 am
James Lee Witt, a native of Dardanelle, was a Yell County judge chosen in 1988 by then-Gov. Bill Clinton to lead Arkansas' Office of Emergency Services. After Clinton was elected president in 1992, he named Witt to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which he headed from 1993 to 2001. Witt founded Witt Associates, an international disaster management firm, in 2001. In January, Witt Associates merged with O'Brien's Response Management to form Witt O'Brien's.
by Mark Carter 3/15/2013 09:44 am
Arkansas lawmakers this week received reports from two consultants hired by the state to study the economic impact of the proposed $1 billion Big River Steel project in Mississippi County.
Sine Die: Arkansas Lawmakers Formally End Legislative Session 
