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 Arkansas Business Staff 4/1/2013 01:58 pm
Suddenlink of St. Louis announces it will spend about $20 million in improvement projects in the state this year.
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 Chris Bahn 3/28/2013 10:40 am
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will speak April 7 at Barnhill Arena on the University of Arkansas campus.
by Luke Jones 3/26/2013 03:49 pm
Windstream Corp. of Little Rock reported CEO Jeff Gardner's 2012 total compensation fell to $7.99 million, closer to his compensation two years ago than last year's $9.78 million.
by Chris Bahn 3/25/2013 12:00 am
Hiring and retaining qualified drivers lead trucking companies like P.A.M. and Maverick to online destinations like Facebook, Twitter and even Pinterest.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/25/2013 12:00 am
The account has been disabled, but the long memory of Google tells us that, before he was charged with 30 separate federal crimes, former northwest Arkansas developer Brandon Barber had a Twitter account with the handle @BBarberNY.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/25/2013 12:00 am
In homage to the Facebook page Humans of New York, on which “street photographer” Brandon Stanton tells some of the “8 million stories of the Naked City” ('50s TV flashback alert), a Fort Smith entrepreneur has created Humans of Fort Smith. And though there may not be 8 million stories in Fort Smith, there are plenty to make Humans of Fort Smith a great diversion.
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 Chris Bahn 3/18/2013 12:00 am
Using a smartphone to gather information is becoming a necessity during storms. It's why Wal-Mart's Sam's Club division set up power stations at stores in the Northeast after Hurricane Sandy hit. It's why Entergy continues to tweak a social media plan it used during December's winter storm.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/18/2013 12:00 am
The city of Little Rock's website now includes a page tracking progress in cleaning up debris from December's “winter storm event,” Mayor Mark Stodola said in an email to residents.
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 Jaclyn Mispagel 3/18/2013 12:00 am
Disaster can hit a business at any time. Internally, an employee can open a corrupt file and send the network into dysfunction, compromising important company data. Externally, Arkansas' spring season might bring a tornado that causes major damage to a business or a severe rainstorm that floods a company, washing away years of records and classified information. Scenarios like these can be catastrophic to any business and provide even more reason to be prepared with a proper disaster recovery plan.
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 Luke Jones 3/18/2013 12:00 am
The recent rebranding of Little Rock's Acxiom Corp. appeared suddenly and without fanfare. It's the latest in a series of changes in direction for the miner of big data.
by Luke Jones 3/18/2013 12:00 am
EMDR Elite, an iPad app developed by Little Rock web developer Aristotle, was chosen as one of three finalists for the medical category in MediaPost Communications' 2013 Appy Awards.
by Kate Knable 3/18/2013 12:00 am
Chuy's, the Austin, Texas, restaurant chain that will open its first Arkansas location on Chenal Parkway in west Little Rock on May 7, has named Mangan Holcomb Partners of Little Rock as its agency of record for central Arkansas.
by I. Barry Goldberg 3/18/2013 12:00 am
It is natural that a new CEO wants to put his or her imprimatur on the company. A bold move to let the employees and stockholders know that “I am here and I am taking the reins” is part of the modus operandi for a new leader. After all, every new alpha wants to mark the territory.
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