Covering the business news of Arkansas

A Manufacturer Modifies His Game Plan

Broadband, Business Services And One-time Boost Lead Windstream Earnings Higher

Windstream CEO Leading Charge To Halt Dividends Tax Hike

Windstream CEO Jeff Gardner is one of 18 high-profile CEO's leading a campaign to convince the Obama administration to reverse its effort to increase the...

Casino Wagers At Oaklawn, Southland Cool In April

After two months of record or near-record gambling numbers, the two casinos in Arkansas saw lower wager totals at its electronic gambling games. Still, the...

Hot Springs Hospitals Set Up Web Site For Potential Merger

Two Hot Springs hospitals considering a merger have set up a web site aimed at providing more information to stakeholders and the public on the...

Analysts Raise Expectations For Tyson Foods

Forbes: Jerry Jones And Learning Business The Hard Way

Arkansas native Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, tells Forbes magazine in his own words two valuable business lessons he learned the hard way...

Tyson Foods Pushes Profits Higher

Arkansas Best Reportedly In Deal To Buy Logistics Operation

Officials with Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. are not commenting on a Reuters report that they are in talks to buy a logistics company that...

Hawker Beechcraft Files Chapter 11, No Immediate Plans For Layoffs

Metro Jobless Rates Improve In All 8 Markets

Long-shot Efforts To Oust Wal-Mart Leaders Underway

Bids Let On $133 Million In Highway Projects

$15 Million UALR Nanotechnology Center Opens

Murphy Oil Profits Improve On High Crude Oil Prices

Arkansas April Revenues Up 5%

Boosted by strong gains in individual income taxes and sales taxes, Arkansas' April revenue report improved by 5.1% over last year and landed 5.9% above...

LM Wind Power Seeing Uptick In Demand On Tax Credit Uncertainty

Despite a worldwide slowdown in demand and a substandard 2011 in sales and profits, wind turbine maker LM Wind Power says all systems are go...

AY: Simmons First CEO Tommy May Banking On A Cure

Simmons First CEO Tommy May is a member of the state's business hall of fame, but one of his greatest contributions to Arkansas' corporate leadership...

Ethics Expert: Wal-Mart Must ‘Walk The Talk’

Walmart To Pay $4.8 Million In Wage Dispute

The U.S. Department of Labor says Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has agreed to pay more than $4.8 million in back wages and damages to more...