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At Age 26, Arkansas PR Prodigy Juliana Martins Conquers New York

Martins, the founder of Eleven11 Media Relations, landed a big public relations coup with an NBA legend this year. She was also named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 list. read more >
Cameron Smith
President, Cameron Smith & Associates
Business Services

Cameron Smith, Recruiter and NWA Business Leader, Dies at 71

Forbes named his company, Cameron Smith & Associates, one of America’s Best Executive Search Firms in 2017. read more >
Julia Koch
Investments / Media & Marketing

Walton, Koch Ranked High on List of Richest WomenLock Icon

Alice Walton isn't the only woman with Arkansas ties on Forbes' list of the world's richest women. read more >
Banking & Finance / Business Services / Media & Marketing

Success Credit Union Recognized by Forbes

Success Federal Credit Union of Blytheville received a dose of media love courtesy of Forbes, which named it the best credit union in Arkansas on June 24. read more >
Business Services / Investments / Media & Marketing

Customer Value, Shareholder Value (Barry Goldberg On Leadership)

In essence, giving management a stake in outcomes encouraged shorter-term (think quarterly reporting) focus and left customers holding the bag. That strategy is efficient, but not sustainable. read more >
Investments / Media & Marketing / Real Estate

Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers Makes Powerful Push Into Arkansas

In Arkansas, where Freddy’s had four restaurants as of late 2017, the chain now has eight, with at least two more announced and even more likely after that. read more >
Banking & Finance / Media & Marketing

Forbes Recognizes 3 Arkansas Banks as Best-in-State (Movers & Shakers)

First Security Bank of Searcy, Arvest Bank of Fayetteville and First Arkansas Bank & Trust of Jacksonville have been named as Arkansas’ Best-in-State Banks by Forbes magazine. read more >

Waltons Check in at No. 1 on Forbes ‘Richest American Families’ List

What do the Koch, Mars, S.C. Johnson, Kennedy and Rockefeller families all have in common? Well, besides all being multi-billion dollar families, they all have less money than the Waltons of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville. read more >
Alice Walton in the Oct. 7 edition of Forbes.
Nonprofits / Retail

Alice Walton Is On the Cover of Forbes Magazine

Wal-Mart heiress, philanthropist and the founder of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Alice Walton, is on the cover of Forbes magazine. read more >
Agriculture & Poultry / Banking & Finance / Business Services

Forbes 400 List of Richest People Includes 10 with Arkansas Ties

The 2013 Forbes 400 list of the country's richest people includes 10 with close Arkansas ties. Wal-Mart heiress Christy Walton leads the list of Arkansans and those with close ties to the state. read more >
The August 2013 edition of Outside magazine.
Tourism

Outside Magazine: Little Rock ‘A Runner’s Paradise’

It's the summer of accolades for Arkansas, with mentions in Forbes, Kiplinger's and now Outside magazine, which calls Little Rock "a runner's paradise." read more >
Agriculture & Poultry / Business Services / Investments

Arkansas Ranked Twice in Forbes’ Business List

Forbes Magazine this week ranked two Arkansas regions on its list of "Best Places for Business and Careers." read more >
Acxiom's downtown Little Rock headquarters.
Government & Politics / Media & Marketing

Forbes: Acxiom to Open Consumer Data Vault by Summer’s End

Acxiom Corp. of Little Rock tells Forbes magazine that it will open its consumer data vaults around Labor Day, allowing people to see just what information the publicly traded data services firms has collected about them. read more >
John Andrews, CEO of Collective Bias: “Readers aren’t dumb. If I read three or four articles and everything is unicorns and kittens, that sets my radar off as a consumer. We don’t want canned brand messaging. We want it to be in people’s voices. But at the same time there are branding objectives.”
Media & Marketing / Public Companies / Retail

Collective Bias Uses Social Media to Turn Consumers into Marketers

Recently recognized by Forbes magazine “as one of America’s Most Promising Companies,” Collective Bias of Bentonville is becoming a popular tool for brands looking for influence with shoppers. read more >
Business Services / Investments / Media & Marketing

Collective Bias: One of Forbes’ ‘5 Most Important New Companies’

Collective Bias of Bentonville, which just secured more than $10 million in Series A investment funding and financing, is named among the "5 Most Important New Companies" by a Forbes online columnist. read more >
Taylor Wilson, 18, built a nuclear fusion reactor at age 14. Arkansas educators are looking to him for STEM advocacy. 
Media & Marketing

Arkansas ‘Brainiac’ Taylor Wilson Noticed by Forbes

Forbes recognizes 18-year-old nuclear physicist Taylor Wilson in its 30 Under 30 feature. read more >
Energy / Investments / Public Companies

What Analysts Say Will Be In Latest Quarterly Report From Murphy Oil

Murphy Oil Corp. of El Dorado is expected to release its third-quarter earnings report today. It will mark the first time since the company announced it would be spinning off its retail operations into a new publicly traded company. What's the feeling on Wall Street about the direction Murphy Oil is headed? Here's three takes. read more >