Business Travel Stirs, But Many Road Warriors Stay Grounded
Of the 2 million people clogging airport security lines and gate areas again each day, one crowd is still largely missing: business travelers. read more >
Of the 2 million people clogging airport security lines and gate areas again each day, one crowd is still largely missing: business travelers. read more >
Investors from Idaho paid $10.2 million for three student townhome projects in Fayetteville. read more >
The first new house built in the neighborhood immediately east of downtown Little Rock since 1995 is occupied, and scores of apartments will be ready within weeks. read more >
More than a year after Murphy Oil Corp. severed most of its old and deep roots in El Dorado, the region still leans hard on one of its branches. read more >
A craft brewery is just one example of a string of developments Bill Luther names in assessing Union County’s recent economic rebound. read more >
The North Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau announced Wednesday a new branding and marketing effort called “Setting the Table.” read more >
The United States Marshals Museum gets an anonymous $5 million matching gift, bringing it another step closer to reaching its capital campaign goal of $12.5 million. read more >
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week from the lowest point of the pandemic, even as the job market appears to be rebounding on the strength of a reopened economy. read more >
The U.S. economy reached a peak in February 2020, the National Bureau of Economic Research says. The recession began the following month and ended in April. read more >
Megan Crozier, chief merchant for Sam's Club, and University of Arkansas Vice Chancellor for Athletics Hunter Yurachek are among the featured speakers for the fall Arkansas Business Executive Leadership Academy in Bentonville. read more >
Josh Billue is refinishing a 16,000-SF former warehouse into a tribute to the neighborhood that attracted artists like Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fizgerald and Duke Ellington in the Dreamland’s heyday. read more >
Seven collegians or recent graduates worked for ad agency CJRW this summer, gaining expertise in all specialties at the firm and working on real client projects. read more >
Americans spent more last month on clothing, electronics and dining out as the economy opened up and pandemic-related restrictions were lifted. read more >
Arkansas' unemployment rate remained unchanged for the third month in a row, at 4.4% from May to June. read more >
Conway Convention & Visitors Bureau wants to sign 30 student athletes from the University of Central Arkansas to "name, image and likeness" agreements to promote the city. read more >
The Walton Arts Center has received a $9.8 million Shuttered Venue Operators Grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration. read more >
Rising COVID-19 infections in other states have prompted Chicago to restart a travel order after several weeks without travel restrictions. read more >
Live music is returning to the end of West Ninth Street in Little Rock with the opening of The Hall, a music and events space that will pay tribute to a neighborhood landmark where Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington once trod the stage. read more >
This year has seen the biggest jump in licenses issued by the state to breweries in Arkansas in the last 10 years, and the year is only half over. read more >
This week’s installment of million-dollar real estate transactions features a mixed bag of commercial and residential property. read more >
