7 February 2012, 4:07 pm
Track and Save program monitors home energy useToday's THVLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- The Arkansas Energy Office (AEO), a division of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, launched "Track and Save." In today's economy everyone is looking to save money where they can. What if there was a ... Read More »
7 February 2012, 2:24 pm
The City WireTourism focus of 2012 Compass ConferenceThe City WireJeff Collins, the economist for The Compass Report, will review the 2011 economic highs and lows and preview 2012 economic conditions. Davies served 17 years as State Parks Director before his appointment as the department director on... Read More »
7 February 2012, 10:00 am
Northwest Arkansas, Little Rock leaders to meetThe City Wire16, the Little Rock group will tour the new Crystal Bridges Museum with Northwest Arkansas influentials who want to highlight the $1.4 billion museum's potential to boost the state's image and impact the region's tourism economy... Read More »
7 February 2012, 8:44 am
Plant Board Chief: Boll Weevils Gone, Program NeededFort Smith Times RecordLITTLE ROCK — Despite being boll weevil free for years, Arkansas still needs an eradication program to make sure the pest never returns to wreak havoc on the state's $450 million cotton industry, the state Plant Board d... Read More »
7 February 2012, 8:29 am
PSU president Steve Scott gives 'State of the University' address to PAYPPittsburg Morning Sun“We're here to help fuel economic strength and growth in Kansas,” Scott said. The university, Scott continued, has expanded its footprint slowly but surely into new student markets such as K... Read More »
7 February 2012, 5:19 am
Telegraph.co.ukLondon 2012 Olympics: tickets will be flown over from Arkansas as printing ...Telegraph.co.ukTickets to the London 2012 Olympics will be printed in Arkansas, United States and airfreighted 4500 miles to Britain after an American firm was awarded the printing contract. By Telegraph sta... Read More »
7 February 2012, 2:37 am
Roundup of Arkansas editorialsThe RepublicNothing that has happened in the world's economy since then has made that argument less relevant. Indeed, there seems to be plenty for legislators to do this year. ? A $4 million budget shortfall at the Arkansas Forestry Commission combined with misuse .... Read More »
7 February 2012, 12:08 am
Study: Water diversions threaten economies of mountain townsAspen TimesASPEN — Pitkin County is losing the second-highest amount of water to the Front Range among Colorado's six headwater mountain counties, and the state's thirst soon could suck more from the Aspen area's rivers and st... Read More »
6 February 2012, 9:30 am
Bullard Says Policy Assuming Economic Slack Risks DisasterSan Francisco Chronicle"This could be a looming disaster for the United States." Better-than-forecast data on the economy such as the unemployment rate indicate that more Fed purchases of bonds, known as quantitative easing, aren't necess... Read More »
1 February 2012, 10:00 am
Kansas City StarMidwest economy: State-by-state glance for JanuaryCBS NewsCreighton University economics professor Ernie Goss oversees the report. The overall index ranges between 0 and 100. Growth neutral is 50, and a figure greater than 50 indicates an expanding economy over the next three to six ... Read More »