Video-producing firm moves, alters name
Jones Film Video has changed its name to M-3 Productions and moved Wednesday into its new home at the corner of Main and Third streets in Little Rock's creative corridor.
Located across the street from advertising and public relations firm CJRW, the video-production company changed its name to reflect its move. The company was founded in 1981 by Gary Jones and was located on West Sixth Street.
Debbie Grace, vice president and managing director of M-3 Productions, said in a news release that the new location offers state-of-the-art technology and studio facilities in the form of a 2,000-square-foot soundstage and a 61-foot cyclorama wall with green screen and multiple background options, as well as a 14-foot lighting grid.
M-3 is expanding its services to include audio production as well as video production, the release said.
-- Cyd King
Arkansas featured in airline's magazine
Arkansas will be featured in this month's United Airlines in-flight magazine, the Arkansas Economic Development Commission said Wednesday.
The 28-page feature in the magazine, Hemispheres, includes information about the state that will interest business leaders, the agency said in a news release.
"Arkansas has a great story to tell, and in order to be competitive on the world stage we must find innovative ways to share our story globally," Gov. Asa Hutchinson said in a statement.
Commission spokesman Scott Hardin said the commission paid $27,900 for a full-page ad in the section.
The feature on Arkansas will be on all of United Airlines' flights for August and on the magazine's website for a year.
-- Jessica Seaman
As 13 stocks recede, state index falls 2.11
The Arkansas Index, a price-weighted index that tracks the largest public companies based in the state, fell 2.11 to 344.68 on Wednesday.
Thirteen stocks declined and five advanced.
Bear State Financial lost 3 percent in light trading.
Bank of the Ozarks dropped 2.2 percent on low volume.
Murphy Oil climbed 2.8 percent on average volume.
Acxiom rose 1.2 percent in average trading.
Dillard's and Murphy USA each hit 52-week lows.
Total volume of the index was 23.1 million shares.
The index was developed by Bloomberg News and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette with a base value of 100 as of Dec. 30, 1997.
Business on 08/13/2015