New Set at Channel 11, But Many Familiar Faces
by Kyle Massey – 3 weeks ago
“This is home,” reads one motto on the new set of KTHV-TV in Little Rock, and the home is newly remodeled.
Technology
Discovery Farms Program Helps Farmers Save Money While Saving Face
3 weeks ago
The Arkansas Discovery Farms Program is giving farmers data to help them farm sustainably, which, in turn, increases profitability, participating farmers and other state agriculture experts say.
UA Little Rock Gets $5.6M Grant for Bone Regeneration Tech
3 weeks ago
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded the University of Arkansas at Little Rock a $5.6 million grant for its NuCress scaffold, a bone regeneration technology.
Small Companies, Tech Still Grapple with Lack of Investors
Brett Palmer, president of the Small Business Investor Alliance, says there is a gap in access to capital and closing that gap is critical to economic growth. read more >
Windstream, Uniti at Impasse on Lease Deal
Windstream Holdings Inc. of Little Rock, which is working its way through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, announced Tuesday that mediation to modify its lease arrangement with spinoff Uniti Group Inc. of Little Rock has ended. read more >
The Immigration Conundrum (Editorial)
We need secure borders. We need talented workers. The leaders who can make both happen will leave a lasting legacy. read more >
SEC, Labor Seek Compromise on Fiduciary Duties 
Bill Sowell, a registered investment adviser in North Little Rock, embraces a legal obligation to put clients' financial interests first. And he's frustrated that the requirement doesn't apply to everyone across the investing industry. read more >
Radical Ideas for 2020 (Barry Goldberg On Leadership)
Normally, as we approach year-end, I look for emerging ideas, books or other resources for organizational leaders. Most of those ideas are practical, if a little bit of a stretch. read more >
Anna Tucker Ashton Talks China Trade, Risks and Opportunities
Anna Tucker Ashton, senior director of government affairs at the U.S.-China Business Council, spoke to Arkansas Business on Friday about the trade war and its effects here. read more >
Windstream Reports $129M 3Q Loss
Windstream Holdings Inc. of Little Rock reports a third-quarter loss of $129.3 million. read more >
Abernathy: Workforce Improvement the Key to Growing Business in Arkansas
Arkansas must improve its workforce because a skilled labor pool attracts economic development projects, Ted Abernathy said at the annual Arkansas State Chamber/Associated Industries of Arkansas. read more >
NanoMech Uncovers Top Secret Dealings
The Delaware bankruptcy of Springdale's NanoMech Inc. has taken a bizarre cloak-and-dagger turn: Former CEO Jim Phillips, under oath in September, cited “national security” when refusing to answer questions about 46 transactions that its top financial officer knew only as the “CIA arrangement.” read more >
UAMS Sees Improvement, Ends Embryo Storage
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has seen much improvement in its financial vital signs. It has also ended its practice of handling complex fertility treatments. read more >
Even With Rebranding, Casey Kinsey Keeping Lofty Goals
Lofty Labs is now known simply as Lofty, making its new brand debut at the Northwest Arkansas Tech Summit in late October in Rogers. read more >
Edafio Fills Marketing, Team Leader Slots (Movers & Shakers)
Melissa Swann has been hired as the director of marketing and Michael Trickett as the team leader for Edafio Technology Partners in North Little Rock. read more >
Our Techno Life (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
Every technological advance comes with some unintended consequences. read more >
XNA Survives Lights Out After October Tornado
When a tornado rumbled through Benton County in the early hours of Oct. 21 and knocked out electricity to the airport, things could have gone bad pretty quickly. read more >
Improving Outcomes for Arkansas Students (Jerry Jones Commentary)
If we want our students to be able to effectively compete in the global market for jobs, we must dramatically improve educational outcomes in our state and consistently make informed and smart decisions on education policy. read more >
Grain Management Completes Deal for Stake in Ritter
Grain Management of Washington, together with E. Ritter and Co., announced Friday that it has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Ritter Communications. read more >
FDA Marks $26.8M Renovation at Jefferson County Center
Gov. Asa Hutchinson this week, along with FDA leadership and other elected officials, cut the ribbon on the renovated Building 14 at the FDA's National Center for Toxicological Research in Jefferson County. read more >
Walmart, Green Dot Announce Partnership to Create Fintech Accelerator
Walmart and Green Dot Corp. announced Tuesday that they will jointly establish a “TailFin Labs LLC” fintech accelerator. read more >
Riceland CEO Danny Kennedy Willing to Take On All the Rice in China
Danny Kennedy, CEO of Riceland Foods of Stuttgart, remains bullish on China as a market for Arkansas-grown rice. read more >
Hutchinson Announces Appointments to Boards, Commissions
Gov. Asa Hutchinson makes appointments to boards and commissions. read more >
NWA Tech Summit Kicks Off With Focus On 'What's Next, After Next'
The four-day Northwest Arkansas Tech Summit kicked off its first full day on Monday amid blown-out windows in the John Q. Hammons Center in Rogers and downed trees in the parking lot, evidence of the strong overnight storms. read more >
Movista Acquires Natural Insight of Sterling, Virginia
Movista Inc. of Bentonville, a software-as-a-service company for the retail industry, acquires Natural Insight, a retail technology provider that it called "its largest competitor." read more >
Walmart Seeks Way Into Your Wallet
Walmart's recent patent application for a cryptocurrency system hints at the Bentonville retailer's next move into the financial services sector. read more >
Potlatch Parcel, Pinnacle Valley Plaza Lead Recent Purchases
Office land, a retail project, a steel project and an office-warehouse in Little Rock join forces with a North Little Rock store to form this week's grouping of million-dollar real estate transactions. read more >
Waymack Thanks His Crew, Gives Props to Craig O'Neill
Dan Waymack, a filmmaker since age 19, retraces the arc of his career and sets the record straight on what he says are misconceptions on how Waymack & Crew wound up at Third and Main. read more >
Northwest Arkansas Robotics Center Trains Future Workers
The Northwest Arkansas Regional Robotics Training Center in Fayetteville is working to create the largest certified robotics-skilled workforce in the state's history. read more >
Update: Tech After Five Lands in Little Rock
The Arkansas Center for Data Sciences is hosting monthly Tech After Five events in Little Rock. read more >
Williams, Yarnell Named to Top Slots for Union Bankshares (Movers & Shakers)
Kevin Williams has been appointed president of Union Bank of Mena, and Jarrod Yarnell has been named chief executive officer of Union Bankshares, the holding company for Union Bank and First National Bank of Paris. read more >
UA Little Rock Center Gets $2.5M STEM Grant
The Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a $2.5 million grant. read more >
Fed's 'Beige Book' Survey Finds US Economy Hurt by Trade Battles
The U.S. economy was expanding at a modest pace in September and into October despite the fact manufacturing was being hurt by rising trade tensions and weaker global growth while adverse weather was affecting farmers. read more >
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