Topic: Arkansas

No One Can See Your Corporate Recruitment Branding

I have been spending a lot of time recently viewing corporate recruiting video for our worklife.tv platform and I have been noticing a lot of companies don’t really do anything to get their brand out there. I’m not talking ...READ»

Mike Duke Becomes CEO of Wal-Mart

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Surprise! The Top 10 Most Oil Dependent States Are Also Among the Poorest

The Natural Resources Defense Council released a list today of the most oil dependent states, and there are few surprises. None of the states at the top of the list are known for their alternative energy efforts, and almost all of ...READ»

June Events for Creative Business People

What's happening in June, from Wal-Mart's annual meeting to the World Barista Championships.READ»

• Applaud: Congratulations, Graduates!
• Numerology: A Hill of Beans

Are You on the Right Track? Part 2

Can You Slay the Demons of Overwork? Mike Baker always wanted to run his own business. Growing up in northwest Arkansas, in the shadow of Wal-Mart and of Tyson Foods, he adopted a pretty bleak view of living his life as somebody ...READ»

BACKGROUND CHECKS BALTIMORE

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Are You There God? It's Me Your Pharmacist

Saturday morning my mother and I spent an hour on the phone relishing in post-election blues. As we swapped frustrations across 2,000 miles (I'm in the blue state of New York; She's blue in the red state of Florida), she informed me ...READ»

Building Teams, Building Dreams

Team National’s Platinum Retreat located in North Little Rock, AR, is an investment in the company’s top earners. The 20,000-square-foot facility opened in late December and is custom-designed to hold leadership retreats with ...READ»

Rise of the Aerotropolis

As competition shrinks the globe, the world is building giant airport-cities. They look monstrous to American eyes--and that could be a problem. READ»

Education: The Diversity Quest in Little Rock and (Corporate) America

This week marked the 50th anniversary of the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas by nine black students. News reports documented the Little Rock Nine's warmly-welcomed return to the school -- a stark contrast ...READ»

Public Interest

A modest proposal to save the newspaper trade.READ»

Fast Talk: My Hardest Decision

Like a career, a company is the result of moves made and of opportunities lost. Five high-profile leaders reflect on their most difficult calls.READ»

Doug Schrandt Internet Marketing

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2008 State New Economy Index Released by ITIF and the Kauffman Foundation

Five states—Massachusetts, Washington, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey—are leading the United States’ transformation into a global, entrepreneurial and knowledge- and innovation-based New Economy, according to The 2008 State ...READ»

Feedback

Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

The ABCs of Interviewing

Questions you should be asking.READ»

Team National Donates over $30,000 in Home Furnishings

Little Rock, AR – Team National, a direct-seller of products and services, with thousands of independent marketing directors (IMDs), hundreds in Arkansas alone, made a large furniture donation through their furniture division, ...READ»

CEO See-Ya!

William Dillard II, CEO of Dillard's Inc.READ»

Now February 2009

Coming in February: Super Bowl XLIII, Toy Fair '09, and the transition from analog to digital TVREAD»

• Mobile World Congress Preview
• Infographic: See: He's Just Not That Into You
• Numerology: The Business of Roses

Innovation Wednesday: Wal-Mart Surpasses Goal to Sell 100 Million Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Three Months Early; CEO H. Lee

Wal-Mart, take your victory lap. Wal-Mart announced yesterday that the company has blown past an ambitious goal of selling 100 million compact fluorescent light bulbs by the end of 2007 -- three months early. This is no small deal ...READ»

Attorney, Writer, Speaker

Steven L Hayes Steven L Hayes was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, where, inspired partly by the fact that his father was the County Sheriff, he seemed destined to find his life’s work in helping and protecting others. ...READ»

The Next Big (Legal) Thing?

Brad Seligman is spearheading a lawsuit against America's largest private employer, charging it with discrimination against its female workers. Wal-Mart never bargained for this.READ»

Chairman Mao Stares at a Wal-Mart

If you tuned into CNBC last night for the first time since, oh, March of 2000, you were in for some pretty compelling television. Although "The Age of Wal-Mart: Inside America's Most Powerful Company" rehashed much of the continuing ...READ»

What Do Presidential Libraries Say About Their Namesakes' Legacies?

Laura Bush revealed Robert A.M. Stern's design for the George Bush presidential library this week. Our approval rating (low), plus the architectural legacies of six of his presidential predecessors.READ»

Gavin Newsom Wants to Be Governor of California. Would You Hire Him?

The controversial mayor of San Francisco wants to upgrade to the governor's mansion. Would you hire this pretty face to run the world's eighth-largest economy?READ»