Fayetteville Firm Nears Solar Cell Breakthrough
Silicon Solar Solutions of Fayetteville has developed a method of improving the efficiency of solar cells by 15 percent, and the patent for its technology has been moved from provisional to pending by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Silicon... Read More →
A day in Fayetteville, a minute in Haiti
At the University of Arkansas, students from Dr. Carol Reeves’ New Venture Development class are preparing to conquer the world, or save it, or both. In Haiti, impoverished people are echoing American complaints about modern life using words that hit... Read More →
UA Team Picasolar Wins Canadian Business Plan Competition
A team from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville took the grand prize at a Canadian business competition for a process to improve solar cell efficiency, the UA announced Thursday. The team, Picasolar, won $20,000 for its first place prize... Read More →
$1 Billion Steel Mill Announced for Mississippi County
The buzz was right. The super project is a new steel mill in Mississippi County. The state will pay $125 million of the construction cost ($50 million in a loan and the rest in a direct grant that means a... Read More →
ACCG Names John Harrell Business Development Officer for Northwest Arkansas and Announces New Office Location
The Arkansas Capital Corporation Group (ACCG) is pleased to name John Harrell as business development officer for Northwest Arkansas. Harrell joins the company at a time that coincides with the opening of the organization’s new office location at 1005 Beau Terre... Read More →
2013 Youth Business Plan Competition Winners Announced
8th year of Youth Entrepreneur Showcase Business Plan Statewide Competition for fifth through eighth grade students. Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation (AEAF), an affiliate of The Arkansas Capital Corporation, today announced the winners of the Youth Entrepreneur Showcase (Y.E.S.) statewide youth... Read More →
Group Seeks to Boost Job Growth, Economy
Eleven area bankers assembled around a table in the conference room of Curt Green and Co. on Monday to listen to information on Small Business Administration loans. Read the full article from the Texarkana Gazette here.
National Science Foundation Awards Grant to CycleWood Solutions
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $150,000 grant to cycleWood Solutions Inc., a Genesis Technology Incubator client at the University of Arkansas that is working to produce a sustainable alternative to the high-density polyethylene bags currently used in stores.... Read More →
NMTC Program Extended for Two Years by American Taxpayer Relief Act
On January 2, 2013, President Barack Obama signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (H.R. 8) into law which, in addition to addressing other “fiscal cliff” issues, extends the New Markets Tax Credit (“NMTC”) Program for two years. The... Read More →
Historically Low Interest Rates for SBA 504 Loans
The Arkansas Capital Corporation Group today announced Small Business Administration (SBA) 504 loan rates are at 4.01% – the lowest 20-year, fixed-rate available since the program began in 1987. Through the SBA 504 loan product, borrowers get low, fixed-interest rate loans with no balloon... Read More →