CNBC has released its annual ranking of states in terms of their business environment, and Arkansas comes in at No. 31.
The ranking considers cost of doing business, work force, quality of life, technology and innovation, access to capital, cost of living, transportation and infrastructure, and business friendliness.
Visitors to this web site must surely be shocked [...]

As Congress debates a Climate Change bill, and as companies like Wal-Mart encouraging sustainability, big business, entrepreneurs and other start-ups see a future — and big profits — in carbon accounting, which allows companies to track their carbon footprint.

Mutually beneficial partnerships between research universities and young startups can transcend even the most dreary economic climate.
Just look at California, where collaboration in the field of nanotechnology is attracting millions in research and development grants to the state.
Similar opportunities exist here in Arkansas. Each of the state’s primary research institutions works with entrepreneurs to deliver [...]

Could research in the field of nanotechnology give Little Rock an economic boost?
It seems to have done so in Albany, N.Y., a capitol city whose MSA is roughly the same size as Little Rock’s.
UALR’s Nanotechnology Center is on the cusp of some big developments, many believe, and the university is considering issuing bonds for the [...]