With COVID-19 vaccinations on the horizon, employers have the opportunity to think through whether vaccines should be mandatory or at the discretion of the employees. There are also legal implications to wiegh. read more >
The Elite Core family of companies is moving their national headquarters from Conway to Greenbrier this spring and opening a new event center there. read more >
Hytrol Conveyor Co. Inc. of Jonesboro says it will establish a new factory in an existing 300,000-SF facility on Jenny Lind Road in Fort Smith. read more >
The economy continues improving in nine Midwest and Plains states but business leaders are less optimistic after the latest surge in coronavirus cases in the region, according to a new monthly survey. read more >
Consumers' quest for certainty and control — combined with pro-solar policies and burgeoning technologies — sustained the solar industry in 2020 are positioning it for even greater success in 2021. read more >
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Week after week, we approach executives from businesses large and small, nonprofits and even government agencies, and we ask them to answer questions about their organizations, their industries and themselves. read more >
The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes declined last month, but was still a record high for November when a seasonal slowdown traditionally seeps into the real estate market. read more >
The rollout of the first COVID-19 vaccines poses some thorny questions for U.S. employers: Can they or should they require employees to get the shots? read more >
A top government financial oversight panel says that the turbulence in financial markets last spring has exposed problems in the operation of money market funds that will need to be corrected before the next crisis hits. read more >
Former presidential candidate and Forbes Media Chairman Steve Forbes will kick off a new webcast series presented by Arkansas Business next month featuring authors, entrepreneurs and key leaders in business and sports. read more >
Nestlé USA says it will invest more than $100 million to expand its production facility in Jonesboro and hire at least 100 new employees over the next two years. read more >
Princeton Place Apartments LLC, an affiliate of Pace Burt Inc. of Albany, Georgia, purchased the 11-story building at 300 E. Roosevelt Road for $2.7 million. read more >
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Arkansas Business asked industry leaders to share their expectations for 2021, both before and after the coronavirus vaccine is widely available. Here’s what they said. read more >
Legends in Arkansas died this year, ranging from the state’s best-known writer to the father of the modern bass boat to the founder of what became the state’s largest real estate company to a “titan of the steel industry.” read more >
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While the coronavirus pandemic colored just about every news story of 2020, Arkansas Business readers found plenty of other reports worth clicking on this year. read more >
If you have the luxury of Abundance, perhaps you’ll take time to remember — “at this festive season of the year”— the many who feel keen Want, even in this great and generous nation. read more >
An affiliate of ApexOne Investment Partners bought the 260-unit apartment project in west Little Rock from 6400 TDP LLC, led by Derek Alley. read more >