Economists are not expecting a new president to have significant effects on the local or national economy and outlook, according to presentations at the Little Rock Economic Briefing on Wednesday.

The University of Central Arkansas selects Houston D. Davis as its 11th president.

Arkansans’ expectations of their personal financial situations in the future have improved since March, even if they say their personal finances have not changed much from a year ago, a new survey finds.

Fornetti, an international bakery with 8,000 European locations, has opened some of its first U.S. locations at Road Runner stores in Conway, Fort Smith, Heber Springs, Little Rock and Hot Springs.

Camp Siloam, a Christian camp for youth and families in Siloam Springs, announces a $1 million donation from Charles and Genevieve Bonner toward the camp’s $3.4 million Feed My Sheep Campaign.

It’s the lazy college student cliché: sitting in a dorm room playing video games until 2:30 a.m. But for some students, video games have a new, more productive role.

Phil Schneider is the board chair of the Site Selectors Guild and has been in the industry for more than 30 years. The guild is meeting in Little Rock this week.

Five years after development began, Ballet Arkansas is finally moving into its new office and rehearsal space on Main Street Little Rock’s “Creative Corridor.”

In the shadow of the $70 million Robinson Center renovation, the DoubleTree Little Rock is undergoing its own transformation.

A Dallas commercial real estate firm is looking to revamp property on University Avenue formerly occupied by Sears.

Karen Minkel highlighted the work the Walton Family Foundation is doing in the Delta and northwest Arkansas during a speech Tuesday at the Rotary Club of Little Rock.

Karen Minkel highlighted the Home Region Program and the work the Walton Family Foundation is doing in the Delta region and northwest Arkansas when she spoke at the Little Rock Rotary Club Tuesday.

Arkansas Urology will begin work this month on a nearly $6 million, 12,467-SF new outpatient surgery center in Little Rock, expected to open by October 2017.

Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families encourages constituents to consider issues that affect children as they decide who to vote for in the upcoming election.

Smith Family Funeral Homes has purchased Huson Funeral Home in Sherwood and will rename it Smith Sherwood Funeral Home.

G.C. Evans Sales and Manufacturing and Sleeve Seal say they will invest a combined $6.4 million to expand operations in Little Rock and create 43 new jobs.

Sage Partners announces the purchase of the Colony West Shopping Center in Little Rock for $7.1 million.

The unemployment rate in the Little Rock zone averaged 3.8 percent in the second quarter, its lowest rate on record, according to the latest Little Rock Burgundy Book.

FedEx Corp. of Memphis marks the grand opening of its new 303,000-SF Ground facility in southwest Little Rock, where the company employs 175 people.

Specialized Real Estate Group of Fayetteville and Moses Tucker Real Estate of Little Rock has purchased the E.J. Ball Building in Fayetteville and plans renovations.