Presenting The 40 Under 40 Class of 2023
The 30th class of Arkansas Business 40 Under 40 honorees — men and women from around the state and a variety of industries who are shaping business, government and nonprofit work in Arkansas.
View ArticleThe Pause on Student Loan Payments is Ending. Can Borrowers Find Room in...
Without cancellation, the Education Department predicts borrowers will fall behind on their loans at historic rates. Among the most vulnerable are those who finished college during the pandemic.
View ArticleUS Applications for Jobless Benefits Highest Since October 2021
The Labor Department reported Thursday that U.S. applications for jobless claims were 261,000 for the week ending June 3, an increase of 28,000 from the previous week's 233,000. Weekly jobless claims...
View ArticleWheat Prices Jump Following Collapse of Major Dam in Southern Ukraine
Ukraine and Russia are both major agricultural suppliers and the war's disruption to their exports worsened a global food crisis tied to droughts and other factors.
View ArticlePettaway Developer to Start 2 New Projects
The Pettaway neighborhood encompasses the area south of Interstate 630 to East Roosevelt Road and west of I-30 to Main Street.
View ArticleLR Cold Storage-Distribution Warehouse Sells for $13M
The warehouse was sold by QFI-Little Rock AR LLC, an affiliate of Performance Food Group of Richmond, Virginia.
View ArticleShaping Our VR Future (Lance Turner Editor's Note)
In education and at work, virtual and augmented reality are here, ready or not.
View Article15 Arkansas Counties in Persistent Poverty
An area is considered in persistent poverty if it had a poverty rate of 20% or higher during the three decades from 1989 to 2019.
View ArticleThe Great Grift: How Billions in COVID-19 Relief Aid Was Stolen or Wasted
An Associated Press analysis found that fraudsters potentially stole more than $280 billion in COVID-19 relief funding; another $123 billion was wasted or misspent.
View ArticleConsumer Price Growth Slowed Last Month as Inflation Shows Signs of Steady...
Measured year over year, inflation slowed to just 4% in May — the lowest 12-month figure in over two years and well below April's 4.9% annual rise.
View ArticleWalmart Plans $257M Beef Packing Plant in Kansas
Once the facility is completed, Walmart expects 667 new permanent jobs for the faciity.
View ArticleInflationary Pressures Continue to Ease, Producer Prices Drop 0.3% From April...
On a month-to-month basis, overall producer prices have now dropped three of the last four months.
View ArticleA Note for Our Restaurants & Food Enews Subscibers
Starting next week, Arkansas Business is merging its Restaurants & Food e-newsletter with its Tourism e-newsletter.
View ArticleState Unemployment Rate Falls to New Low of 2.7%
It was the eighth consecutive month of employment gains in the state.
View ArticleArkansas Business Announces 2023 'Best Places to Work' Honorees
Fifty companies will be recognized at an event Sept. 12 at the Statehouse Convention Center and in a supplement of Arkansas Business.
View ArticlePrivate Companies See Solid Revenue Growth for 2022
Mountaire Corp. of Little Rock remained the largest private company headquartered in Arkansas as measured by revenue in fiscal 2022.
View ArticleFayetteville Draft Cocktail Startup Raises $4.88M
Craft Standard Enterprises Inc. has raised $12.1 million since 2021, the year the company was founded.
View ArticleRod's Pizza Sold for $650,000
That sum covered a settlement that called for Rod’s Pizza to pay the IRS $600,558 for back taxes for 2014-17.
View ArticleBuilding Resilience as an Entrepreneur (Sabrina Starling Commentary)
It’s time for entrepreneurs to take care of ourselves so that we can take care of others.
View ArticleCharitable Giving in 2022 Drops for Only The Third Time in 40 Years
The decrease came after two record-setting years for charitable giving, driven by the unprecedented needs of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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