Two companies in Arkansas are working to close the gender gap in cybersecurity — a gap that has always existed on a national scale — and they say exposing young girls to the growing field is the key to getting that done.
Ouachita Electric Cooperative Corp. of Camden will seek the state's first utility-wide electricity rate decrease tied to savings from solar power.
While small and mid-sized businesses are increasingly targets for cybercriminals, companies are struggling to devote enough resources to protect their technology from attack.
Arkansas Business' 2019 CFO of the Year finalists and Lifetime Achievement Award winners will be recognized at a luncheon on Thursday, Nov. 7, at the Embassy Suites in Little Rock. read more >
The Delta Regional Authority has invested $2.2 million in eight public infrastructure and workforce training projects. read more >
The sun never sets on Arkansas' solar power pricing battle, it seems, but a swirl of cases before Arkansas regulators and a major ruling in Louisiana favoring Entergy Inc. suggest a reckoning may be near. read more >
Christina Muñoz Madsen, a former TV news anchor and VP of marketing and public relations at the University of Central Arkansas, has been partnered with branding and marketing specialist Michelle Pugh of Conway for a little over a year. read more >
Fighting policies that protect workers from disruption should unite the left, right and center — and should bring into clear focus the point at which corporations should rightly cede responsibility for employee protections to government. read more >
Matthew Vannatta has been promoted to vice president of consumer and retail markets at Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Little Rock. read more >
Arkansas Secretary of Government Transformation and Shared Services Amy Fecher and Southern Bancorp CEO Darrin Williams are among executives scheduled to speak as part of the 2020 Arkansas Business Executive Leadership Academy. read more >
John McPike has been promoted to senior vice president at First Security Bank's main banking center in Jonesboro. read more >
Just like a fire in your office building, cyber attacks are the 21st century version of catastrophic loss to your business. Your first line of defense is awareness and avoiding the pitfalls behind the myths. read more >
Franchisee Jon Foote recently opened an MIT Solutions office at 4210 N. Frontage Road, Suite 31, in Fayetteville. read more >
With a potential new lithium industry coming together in south Arkansas, Robert Mintak is putting up rather than shutting up. Standard Lithium's $10 million test plant, if successful, could pave the way to a nearly half-billion-dollar permanent operation pulling battery-grade lithium from the brine stream Lanxess AG is already mining for bromine. read more >
Showing “The Fight of the Century” in 2015 was costly for a Caddo Valley sports bar owner. read more >
Gordon McGuire has been promoted to research analyst at Stephens Inc. of Little Rock. read more >
First Electric Cooperative in Jacksonville has nearly finished upgrading a member's home with automation technology to increase energy efficiency. read more >
Instrumentation is a powerful resource for business leaders to use in making decisions about their company. If your financial reports do not show actionable trends in profitability, sales, and cash flow, you could be wasting your time. read more >
Carvana, an e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, plans to open an inspection and distribution center in West Memphis and create more than 400 jobs in the coming years. read more >
Broadband provider Ritter Communications of Jonesboro is broadening its footprint again, introducing business services in Harrison that recently made their debut in Hot Springs. read more >
The Venture Center and the Little Rock Regional Chamber on Wednesday held a kickoff for the previously announced inaugural Spark! pre-accelerator program and named the six companies selected to participate in it. read more >
The Stephens Group LLC of Little Rock acquires "a significant minority interest" in Revolution Plastics of Little Rock, which makes sustainable plastic products for agricultural, consumer and industrial markets. read more >
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor has received a $10,000 Google grant that will help provide free, cloud-based cybersecurity labs for junior high and high school students in Arkansas. read more >
Plans are still taking shape to move 977 state employees into the six-story building at 1 Verizon Drive in the Riverdale area. read more >
Flexible workspaces are attracting businesses of all sizes because they offer affordable short-term leases, collaboration, networking and a professional aesthetic along with a turnkey setup, according to providers in Arkansas. read more >
The GTL project, touted as the biggest economic endeavor ever in Arkansas, has naturally had its skeptics. read more >
When Verizon was ready to move 150 or so office workers to a new Little Rock headquarters, Silver Development Co. saw a golden opportunity. read more >
John Krebs has been named the Willis H. Holmes Distinguished Professor of Music at Hendrix College in Conway. Matthew Moran has been named the Elbert L. Fausett Distinguished Professor of Biology. read more >
Dan Carroll's attempt to recoup his $1 million investment in NanoMech Inc. of Springdale will continue in Washington County Circuit Court. read more >
Ritter Communications of Jonesboro has hooked a big fish as its first client to an advanced business and broadband service in Hot Springs: Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort. read more >
Millennials are better educated than previous generations, with the share of young adults in the millennial generation (born 1981 through 1996) who have a bachelor's degree or higher standing at 39% compared with 15% for the silent generation (1928-1945). read more >
Eric Howerton, growth officer of SKU Ninja + WhyteSpyder of Springdale, discusses disruption, and how to remain the disruptor. read more >
We're proud to introduce the 2019 class of New Influentials and the possibilities these 20 in their 20s offer our state in the decades to come. read more >
