by Chris Bahn 4/22/2013 12:00 am
USA Truck has outfitted six of the trucks in its fleet with an onboard diagnostics program as part of a pilot program offered by Daimler.
by Mark Friedman 4/22/2013 12:00 am
A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' BioVentures company that says it has a treatment that will detect and kill cancer cells is preparing to have its initial public offering.
by Mark Carter 4/15/2013 01:03 pm
IA recently caught up with Pathagility's Mark McCuin, who told us how a 'pivot' led to new clients and how all the recent health-care hubbub is affecting the firm.
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
Inuvo Inc. has gone through several changes in name and services since it started in the early 2000s, but its current iteration began in 2009 when former Acxiom CEO Charles Morgan became involved as an investor.
by Luke Jones 4/15/2013 12:00 am
The flourishing of tech companies in Conway isn't restricted to big names. Rock Pond Solutions and ABC Financial Services putting down roots in progressive, education-rich atmosphere.
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 Luke Jones 4/15/2013 12:00 am
The Qbot app replaces the typical paper and plastic loyalty cards issued by thousands of companies and subsequently lost in wallets or couch cushions.
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 Lance Turner 4/11/2013 11:16 am
The Financial Times reports that Acxiom Corp. of Little Rock is preparing a service that will show people what information it has on them.
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 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 Mark Friedman 4/8/2013 12:00 am
Starting in September 2014, a record of all payments that drug companies make to doctors will be publicly available, a situation raising concerns among both physicians and drug companies.
by Jan Cottingham 4/8/2013 12:00 am
The effort to digitize health care records has been underway for years, but it gained new momentum — and qualified health care providers gained financial incentives — with the 2009 passage by Congress of the Health Information Technology for Economic & Clinical Health Act, known as HITECH.
by Jim Karrh 4/8/2013 12:00 am
As a consumer of news, ideas and products, do you ever pay attention to the “reader comments” attached to online stories or reviews? As a business leader, do you wonder whether those comments have an effect on consumer perceptions?
by Rob Anderson 4/8/2013 12:00 am
Just as there was no shortage of gloating at the turn of this century on the part of the vocal few who thought the whole “Internet thing” was some sort of fad, a similar crowd seems to be eagerly awaiting the big social media crash of 2013.
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
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