Two startups leaving
LR tech park space
Startup companies Apptegy and Elyxor are moving this month from their spots in the Little Rock Technology Park's temporary space, known as the LR Tech Park @ 107/The Venture Center, in the Block 2 building to other commercial space downtown.
LR Tech Park @ 107 was developed as a work space for early-stage, tech-focused startups and provides a professional co-working environment with programming, events and mentorship. The tech park's yet-to-be-built permanent home is nearby.
Apptegy designs smartphone applications for schools. The company has grown to nine employees, creating the need to move to dedicated office space in Simmons Tower, the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce said in a release Wednesday. Elyxor develops business applications and software components for the technology, retail, e-commerce, education, financial services and manufacturing industries. It is leasing space in the Pyramid Place building on Second Street.
-- Cyd King
Fall Job Fair in LR's downtown Sept. 29
The Central Arkansas Human Resources Association and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette are sponsoring a Fall Job Fair on Sept. 29 at the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock.
The fair, free to the public, will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
About 50 businesses will be represented at the fair.
Mock interviews can be scheduled throughout the fair with human resource professionals, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Human resource specialists also will review resumes.
The fair also provides information on education and job advancement.
More information is available at: jobfair.arkansasonline.com.
-- David Smith
Reflecting sell-off, Arkansas Index falls
The Arkansas Index, a price-weighted index that tracks the largest public companies based in the state, fell 3.62 to 324.64 Wednesday.
"U.S. stocks sold off in afternoon trading, continuing the extreme volatility after it was revealed that job openings for July rose to a new record, sparking heightened expectations of a September rate hike" by the Federal Reserve, said John Blackwell, senior vice president and managing director of equity trading at Stephens Inc. in Little Rock. "The Arkansas Index moved lower as 13 stocks declined and five advanced."
Total volume of the index was 19.2 million shares.
The index was developed by Bloomberg News and the Democrat-Gazette with a base value of 100 as of Dec. 30, 1997.
Business on 09/10/2015