Covering the business news of Arkansas

Defense Cuts Could Cost Fort Smith, Other Areas Of State Hundreds of Millions

The Pentagon’s budget proposed Monday (Feb. 13) continues to push for deep cuts in A-10 units nationwide — a push that could result in about...

Benton County Group Forming For Wet/Dry Alcohol Vote

Gov. Beebe Planning Trade Trip To China In April

Business Hall of Fame Candidates Inducted

P.A.M. Posts Profitable Quarter, But Ends Year In The Red

Oaklawn Has Best EGS Gambling Month, Southland Second Best

Arkansas Joins Other States, Feds In Landmark Foreclosure Settlement

After 16 months of investigation and several months of negotiations, federal and state regulators announced a landmark settlement with 5 of the nation's largest banks...

300 Union Pacific Jobs Possible At Fort Chaffee

Between 200 and 300 jobs could come back to Fort Smith if attorney and land buyer David Harp, Union Pacific, and the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment...

Walmart Investing $750 Million To Expand Canadian Footprint

Walmart confirmed today (Feb. 7) plans to spend $750 million in Canada to complete at least 73 projects this year, which will add 4.6 million...

Fort Smith Firm To Print London 2012 Olympic Tickets

Fort Smith-based Weldon, Williams & Lick (WWL) has won the contract to print about 8.8 million tickets for the London 2012 Olympics, according to several...

Northwest Arkansas Council, Little Rock Chamber Holding Two-day Meeting

For more than a decade, the superpower business communities of central and Northwest Arkansas have competed for influence, sway and credit as the driving economic...

Acxiom Hiring Tech Workers

Acxiom says it is looking to bring on hundreds of new tech workers as the Little Rock-based data and digital marketer adds a greater emphasis...

USA Truck Fourth Quarter ‘Marred’ By Poor Execution

Social Media Shifts Super Bowl Ad Execution Strategies

Walmart Foundation Announces $9.5 Million In Grants For Nutrition Efforts

Big-box Banking Enjoys Little Regulation

Walmart and other big-box retailers offer a range of financial products to customers. Critics say the growing financial services need more oversight like its banking...

Air Force: 188th To Lose A-10 Mission

The Air Force “re-missioning” plan released Friday calls for the 188th Fighter Wing in Fort Smith to lose its 20 A-10 aircraft, with the unit...

Beebe Pitches For New Caterpillar Factory On CNBC

Southwest Power Pool Board Approves $1.7 Billion In New Projects

Southwest Power Pool, the Little Rock-based regional transmission operator, says its board has approved more than $1.7 billion in new projects over the next 10...

Tyson Foods Net Income Falls 47% In Quarter