Little Rock A&P Commission Members Shift Roles (Movers & Shakers)
Jim Keet, Nick Roye and Antwan Phillips will serve on the Little Rock Advertising & Promotion Commission.
View ArticleWendy's Combo Totals $9.7M
A quartet of Wendy’s in Pulaski County generated a series of million-dollar transactions that kick off the latest installment of seven-digit deals.
View ArticleArkansas Business Seeks Nominations for '20 In Their 20s'
Arkansas Business is accepting nominations for its annual "20 In Their 20s" class of young professionals who are making a difference in their companies, organizations and communities.
View ArticleFed Survey: Economy Rebounding, Helped by Stimulus, Vaccines
A Federal Reserve survey finds that the economy rebounding in late February through early April, helped by billions of dollars in a new round of stimulus payments and the stepped-up rollout of...
View Article$1,400 Stimulus Checks Helped March Retail Sales Soar 9.8%
Newly vaccinated and armed with $1,400 stimulus checks, Americans went on a spending spree last month, buying new clothes and going out to eat again.
View ArticleCanopy Apartments Visited by $16M Sale (Real Deals)
A 240-unit apartment project in west Little Rock tipped the scales at $16.67 million.
View ArticleCyclery Seeks Beer Permit Near Doe's
A request for a native beer permit may give a little insight into a potential new business at 1101 W. Markham St. in downtown Little Rock: Shift Modern Cyclery.
View ArticleBusinesses Scramble for Help As Job Openings Go Unfilled
It looks like something to celebrate: small businesses posting “Help Wanted” signs as the economy edges toward normalcy. Instead, businesses are having trouble filling the jobs, which in turn hurts...
View ArticleOaklawn Marks Grand Opening of $100M Expansion
A global pandemic delayed but couldn’t stop the $100 million expansion of Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort in Hot Springs.
View ArticlePure Springdale in Works After $2.9M Deal (NWA Real Deals)
Real estate developer Mia Rose Holdings bought the land to build a 234-unit residential project
View ArticleAdjoining Industrial Tallies $10.5M (Real Deals)
The Col. Glenn Corporate Center I & II, a pair of 61,500-SF flex buildings, in west Little Rock weighed in at $10.5 million.
View ArticleReentry Plan (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
Life is starting to show signs of going back to normal. But what does that even mean?
View ArticleKat Robinson Offers 'A Bite of Arkansas'
Kat Robinson has two more cookbooks, “A Bite of Arkansas: A Cookbook of Natural State Delights” and “43 Tables: An Internet Community Cooks During Quarantine.”
View ArticleShift Cyclery to Put Bikes & Beer on Tap
Frank Webber envisions Shift Modern Cyclery as “less of a bike shop and more of a gathering place for cyclists,” serving local beer, wine and snacks.
View ArticleYarnell's Ice Cream Facility Sold for $14M
Turkey Hill Dairy its Yarnell's ice cream production plant in Searcy in what appears to be a sale-leaseback transaction.
View ArticleGhost Herd Gives Tyson $233M Nightmare
In a case of $233 million stolen by a Washington rancher who peddled nonexistent livestock, Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale has learned you can’t see phantom cattle if you don’t look.
View ArticleAfter 2 Odd Years, A Better Outlook for U.S. Farmers
As farmers begin planting corn and soybeans, they’re seeing the strongest prices in years and a chance to put much of the recent stomach-churning uncertainty behind them.
View ArticleJobless Claims Drop to 553K As Economy Heals
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped by 13,000 last week to 553,000, the lowest level since the pandemic hit last March and another sign the economy is recovering from the...
View ArticleNJCAA to Play Championship Games in Little Rock
The National Junior College Athletic Association is bringing its football championship games to Little Rock for the next three years.
View Article78 Companies Receive $100,000-Plus From BIG Program
The Business Interruption Grant program awarded all but 11 cents of its appropriation to 2,136 businesses out of 3,118 applications received during the application period in November.
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