Stephens Plans Parking Lot in Downtown Little Rock
by Arkansas Business Staff – 1 week ago
A planned parking redevelopment would remove three office buildings from Louisiana Street in Little Rock.
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Uber Suit Offers Peek Into Gig Economy
1 week ago
Attorney Chris Burks knows the gig economy can be a boon for independent contractors. But the flip side is that employers can have too much of an upper hand.
Serial Entrepreneur Jamie Davidson Tries New Line of Work
1 week ago
Jamie Davidson, the Little Rock businessman who sold his Strong Suit Clothing company two years ago, has found his next startup: Tic Toc Auto.
Arkansas Reporters on Covering Disasters, Staying Human
Plunging into disaster zones and telling the story is a job as old as journalism, but it's perilous in body and spirit, so reporters should tread carefully. read more >
Fare Awareness Pushed in Effort to Promote XNA
The Northwest Arkansas Council's new FareFlightNWA program makes the argument to travelers that flying out of Northwest Arkansas Airport might not be as terrible financially as it would seem. read more >
Arkansas Mulls Spending $3.6B on Road Improvement Projects
The Arkansas Department of Transportation is proposing spending $3.6 billion on 31 capital and congestion relief projects, including nearly $500 million over 20 years to widen sections of Interstate 40. read more >
Lawyer: Ignoring NLRB Action Risks Lawsuits, Investigation
Private-sector employers in Arkansas need to be aware of what the National Labor Relations Board is doing, because not knowing exposes them to litigation from employees or former employees and to costly disruptions that can come from NLRB investigations. read more >
John Allison, Marcy Doderer Headline Arkansas Business Executive Leadership Academy
Emerging leaders from business, nonprofit and policy sectors can again learn from some of the most successful and recognizable names in Arkansas as part of the Arkansas Business Executive Leadership Academy. read more >
Bryan Malinowski Named Interim Leader for Clinton National Airport
Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission names Bryan K. Malinowski as interim executive director of the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport. read more >
Pair of SWLR Apartment Properties Sell for $11.5M
Apartments in southwest Little Rock lead off this week's installment of million-dollar real estate transactions. read more >
Millennial Incomes: Median Hits $69,000 in 2017
Median incomes of U.S. households are rising again, and “those headed by a Millennial (someone age 22 to 37) now earn more than young adult households did at nearly any time in the past 50 years,” according to the Pew Research Center. read more >
Have Tools, Will Travel: Arkansan Featured in Ad
Rocky Hyatt can easily tell you why he talks up Channellock pliers; he's not as sure why the Pennsylvania toolmaker chose him for an ad campaign. read more >
And Now: Good News (Editorial)
We have suggested to Michael Pakko, the state economic forecaster, that the volume of Movers & Shakers landing in our queue be considered an economic indicator. By that indication, Arkansas' economy is humming. read more >
AEDC Helping Companies Combat Cybercrime
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission is coordinating cybersecurity assessments and providing cybersecurity training to help employers square off against cybercrime, because falling prey to it can cause them to fold or lose big bucks. read more >
Presenting the 40 Under 40 Class of 2019: An Annual List of Rising Stars
Meet 40 impressive young business and community leaders of Arkansas who will give you confidence that our state will be in good hands for decades to some. read more >
Doug Voss Reappointed to ATA Board
Doug Voss, Ph.D., professor of logistics and supply chain management at the University of Central Arkansas' College of Business, has been reappointed to the Arkansas Trucking Association Board of Directors. read more >
Arkansas River Nears Crest in West Arkansas; More Rainfall Looms
The Arkansas River neared a historic crest Wednesday in Arkansas' second-largest city, but officials said the levee system was "performing admirably" from the rush of water coming downstream from rain-soaked Oklahoma and Kansas. read more >
Acquisitions Alter List of 75 Largest Private Companies in Arkansas
The departures of five companies that were acquired in the past year made room at the bottom of the list for companies that had not made the cutoff last year — or ever. The price of entry to the list? $100 million read more >
Harps Delivers Another Positive Year
Kim Eskew, CEO of Harps Food Stores Inc. of Springdale, wants his company to be in a position to handle whatever happens in the grocery sector. read more >
Walter Hussman Risks Business 'In Order to Save It'
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Publisher Walter Hussman Jr. talks about replacing newspapers with iPads, why he's not selling his flagship and who his real competitors are. read more >
Arkansas GDP Rises in 2018
Real gross domestic product rose 0.9% in 2018 in Arkansas compared with 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. read more >
Christopher Coffman Named Sales VP at Edafio (Movers & Shakers)
Christopher Coffman recently joined Edafio Technology Partners of Conway as vice president of sales and account management. read more >
Robert A. Peiser, Former Board Chairman at USA Truck, Dies at 70
USA Truck Inc. of Van Bureau says that former board Chairman Robert A. Peiser has died. He was 70 years old. read more >
Safe Foods Gets National Award for Export Work
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross presents Safe Foods Corp. of North Little Rock with the President's "E" Award for Exports at a ceremony in Washington. read more >
SupplyPike to Move to Fayetteville, Create 180 Jobs
SupplyPike, a startup that offers a digital supply chain management platform for consumer packaged goods, is coming to Fayetteville and creating nearly 180 jobs within the next five years. read more >
USA Truck Chairman Robert Peiser Steps Down
Chairman Robert A. Peiser of USA Truck Inc. of Van Buren resigned from the company's board of directors, the company announced in a filing with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. read more >
Walmart Exec Moves Include New CEO at Massmart in South Africa
Walmart Inc. of Bentonville saw some executive changes this week, including a new CEO at its South African retail chain, Massmart. read more >
Zips Car Wash Acquires Two Locations in Tennessee
Zips Car Wash of Jonesboro has acquired the two remaining Time to Shine car wash locations in Tennessee. read more >
USA Truck Names Justin Kreimer Trucking VP
USA Truck Inc. of Van Buren hired Justin Kreimer to be the company's vice president in charge of trucking operations. read more >
At What Price? (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
Uber has become a verb like Google and is gaining more competitors in a market that will soon be saturated. Will having more ride-sharing options make any of us more likely to need a ride, or will ride-sharing become a commodity in which price is the primary differentiator? read more >
Northwest Arkansas Plugs Into Innovation
Nelson Peacock is hopeful that the arrival of a global innovation company will help spur northwest Arkansas' business ecosystem and solve some nagging logistical problems. read more >
Marion County Airport Gets $963K for Runway Improvements
U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton and U.S. Rep. Steve Womack announced Friday that the Marion County Regional Airport will receive $963,315 in federal funding. read more >
Arkansas Unemployment Drops to 3.6% in April
Arkansas' unemployment rate in April was 3.6%, down one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous month. read more >
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