Arkansas Business Announces CFO Finalists, Tickets Info
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 >
Tagged: Technology
NABE Survey: 34% of Economists Expect Recession in 2021
A number of U.S. business economists appear sufficiently concerned about the risks of some of President Donald Trump's economic policies that they expect a recession in the U.S. by the end of 2021. read more >
Lithium Plant Components Coming to South Arkansas
A starter kit for a new south Arkansas industry started rolling from Canada toward El Dorado last week. read more >
Arkansas Fax Avengers Target Wells Fargo for $22M
Financial giant Wells Fargo is the latest company snared in a multimillion-dollar legal strategy honed in Arkansas: filing class-action suits over unwanted faxes. read more >
Western Financial Was Allowed to Leave Case Early
Before WestFax Inc. was hit last year with a $21.1 million class-action judgment in Arkansas involving unwanted faxes, the client company that made the fax solicitation was allowed to exit the case by saying it couldn’t afford even a modest judgment. read more >
What, Me Worry? (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
In every case, risk itself is compounded by incompetent, uninterested management. read more >
Not a Good Look (Editorial)
It takes some doing to make Wells Fargo look like a sympathetic victim, but the legal community in Pope County has managed it. read more >
Streeter Joins NPC's Makerspace Program in Hot Springs (Movers & Shakers)
Christina Streeter has been hired by the Innovative Technologies Center at National Park College in Hot Springs as the Makerspace program coordinator. read more >
Arkansas Unemployment Drops to 3.4%, A Record Low
Arkansas' unemployment rate dropped by one-tenth of a percentage point in July, to 3.4% from 3.5% in June. read more >
UAMS Researcher Gets $1.2M Grant For DNA Research
Robert Eoff, Ph.D., has received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to continue his work at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences on DNA damage, cell replication and its implications for diseases like dementia, ALS and cancer. read more >
China's Xi Gets Tougher on Trump After New Tariff Threat
Facing another U.S. tariff hike, Chinese President Xi Jinping is getting tougher with Washington instead of backing down. read more >
UAMS Awarded $763K for Mass Spectrometer
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has been awarded a $763,971 National Institutes of Health grant that will fund the purchase of biomedical research equipment with new capabilities unavailable elsewhere in the state. read more >
Grain Management to Acquire Majority Stake in Ritter Communications
Ritter Communications of Jonesboro says that Grain Management, a private equity company, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in the business as Ritter looks to expand. read more >
UAMS Cancer Researcher Awarded $542K Grant
Brian Walker, Ph.D., with the Myeloma Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a $542,486, three-year grant from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to look at changes in the DNA sequence that affects the development and advancement of multiple myeloma. read more >
ATU Touts New Cybersecurity Lab
Arkansas Tech University has a new cybersecurity lab on the first floor of Corley Hall on its campus in Russellville. read more >
HealthTech Arkansas Raises $815K for Startups
HealthTech Arkansas of Little Rock announced last week the six startup companies selected for its accelerator program. read more >
Pair of WLR Apartments Sold for Combined $56.5M
The sale of west Little Rock apartment developments starts this week’s procession of million-dollar real estate transactions, followed by a Searcy hotel and three Sherwood properties. read more >
Update: Venture Center Sparking New Entrepreneurship Program
The Venture Center says it's launching a new offering in partnership with the Little Rock Regional Chamber. read more >
Connection Equals Power (Editorial)
High-speed broadband has become almost as essential to civilized living as electricity or safe drinking water, products provided for the most part by public utilities, products that, with occasional exceptions, are provided relatively cheaply and reliably. read more >
Top Stockholders in Arkansas Buoyed by Runup in Markets
It’s been almost two years since Arkansas Business listed the state’s top stockholders based on the value of publicly disclosed stock. Since then, the Walton family’s fortune — the part disclosed publicly — has increased by more than $20 billion. read more >
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