Arlington Hotel Names Alan Sims General Manager
The Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa of Hot Springs names Alan Sims general manager, succeeding longtime GM Bob Martorana.
View ArticlePresqu’ile Winery a Nod to Way of Life for Murphys
Madison Murphy, chairman of Murphy USA Inc. of El Dorado, and his family named their 200-acre California winery Presqu’ile as a “tip of the hat” to a family compound destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
View ArticleMaking NLR's Argenta a 24/7 Business Beacon
Architect Bill Gray hopes to transform downtown North Little Rock into a business and residential beacon centered on the $4.4 million Argenta Plaza project and the mixed-use buildings set to rise...
View ArticleTax Reform Poses Threat to Historic Preservation Program
Tax reform proposals wending their way through Congress threaten federal historic tax credits, financial incentives that Arkansas developers, government officials and historic preservationists say have...
View ArticleLakewood Hills, WLR Courtyard by Marriott Lead Off Big Property Buys
A hotel, breastaurant, apartments and two homes in Little Rock plus apartments and retail space in North Little Rock combined with a carwash and retail property in Bryant with residential lots in...
View ArticleMorrilton Packing to Invest $2.1M, Add 34 Jobs
Morrilton Packing Co., the parent company of Petit Jean Meats, says it will invest $2.1 million in its Morrilton facility to add capacity "for current and future products," a move it said will create...
View ArticleTop Online Stories of 2017: Fake Will Story Commanded the Clicks
Top web pieces at ArkansasBusiness.com ran the gamut from corruption to Tyson, property deals to zombies.
View ArticleTop 10 Arkansas Business Stories from 2017
These are the top 10 news stories that defined 2017 in Arkansas’ business world.
View ArticleArkansas Business Year in Review: Best & Worst of 2017
High times and low moments were both enjoyed by Arkansas readers in 2017.
View Article'The Owner Has a Lot of Card Games' - Best Quotes of 2017
They said it, we only quoted them. Here are some of the best things said in 2017.
View ArticleGood People of Business (Editorial)
May this time of the rolling year be a comfort to you, and may we all remember the business poor Marley forgot: charity, mercy, forbearance and benevolence
View ArticleA Detail-Oriented Holiday (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
Merry Christmas to you all, with my very best wishes for a happy and prosperous 2018.
View ArticleStartup Solve for Food Stakes Claim On Sterilization
Bentonville startup Solve For Food is planning to build what it calls a Food Innovation Center in Springdale next year and is hoping to raise $13 million in capital for the project.
View ArticleArkansas Business Year in Review: Notable Deaths of 2017
Frank Broyles, Oaklawn’s Charles Cella, Arkansas journalist Roy Reed, Aromatique founder Patti Upton and Townsend Wolfe, who headed the Arkansas Arts Center from 1968-2002 were among the notable...
View ArticleMore Farmland Sold to Mt. Magazine Farms for $30.4M
Lots of Lonoke County farmland, a warehouse and office building in Little Rock and fast-food outlets in Jacksonville and North Little Rock provide this week’s grouping of multimillion-dollar transactions.
View ArticleHow Tax Bill Agreement Would Affect Businesses
The GOP tax agreement gives many small company owners breaks on their business income taxes and allows them to deduct a larger portion of their equipment purchases. But many owners are also losing the...
View ArticleGovernor Announces Appointments to Boards, Commissions
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday announced the appointments to boards and commissions.
View ArticleIn the Workplace 2018: Overtime Exemption Rules Invalidated: Now What?
Although the U.S. Department of Labor's 2016 overtime exemption rules were invalidated this year, the DOL's next overtime exemption rules are in the works and could be issued sometime in 2018.
View ArticleIn the Workplace 2018: What to Know About Expanded Concealed Carry
Changes to Arkansas' concealed carry laws have left many employers with questions about what rights their employees have and whether non-employees are allowed to bring a concealed weapon onto a...
View ArticleUS Industries Can Start Counting Their Benefits From Tax Law
Craft breweries are raising a glass to the Republicans' new tax overhaul: It cuts the excise tax on beer. Retailers, long saddled with heavy tax bills, will get relief. So will some high-profile names...
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