by - March 9, 2009 12:00 am
Wal-Mart hammered expectations for February same-store sales, announcing a 5.1 percent increase at its U.S. stores on March 5 versus its own quarterly guidance of zero to 2 percent growth and analyst predictions of 2.4 percent.
by - March 9, 2009 12:00 am
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newsroom is instituting a mandatory furlough policy for its employees.
by - March 9, 2009 12:00 am
If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.
by - March 9, 2009 12:00 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. recently informed employees it was immediately ending company 401(k) matches, vacation carry over and annual raises.
by - March 9, 2009 12:00 am
Katherine Shoulders, co-owner of the Fayetteville Athletic Club, was part of a seemingly innocuous campaign for Little Rock-based Metropolitan National Bank.
by - March 9, 2009 12:00 am
The latest National Payor Survey from DAVIES, one of the largest public affairs agencies in the country, wasn’t kind to UnitedHealthCare.
by - March 9, 2009 12:00 am
The Chili’s Grill & Bar on Sunset Avenue in Springdale has been stripped of its signs and is listed for sale by Equity Commercial Realty.
by - March 9, 2009 12:00 am
Two new restaurants open in Fayetteville.
by - March 9, 2009 12:00 am
Blue law still intact.
by - March 9, 2009 12:00 am
No one is able to say for sure just how much Arkansas money is tied up – or lost entirely – in the Stanford Group, the Houston investment firm that has (had?) a medium-sized office in downtown Little Rock.
by - March 9, 2009 12:00 am
While most recent media news relates to layoffs and cutbacks at newsrooms around the nation, one local publication is growing.
by - February 23, 2009 12:00 am
Why sticking to your guns with an intelligent marketing plan can increase your company?s market share, even in a down economy.
by - February 23, 2009 12:00 am
The recent kerfuffle over a resolution congratulating Barack Obama on his election as president was another of those ridiculous distractions that are entirely too common at the Arkansas General Assembly.
by - February 23, 2009 12:00 am
The news Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was laying off up to 800 employees at its Bentonville home office sent a shudder through Northwest Arkansas, but it shouldn’t have come as a surprise.
by - February 23, 2009 12:00 am
Geoseismic mapping has been an important tool in extracting natural gas from the Fayetteville Shale Play.
by - February 23, 2009 12:00 am
Streetsmart discusses professional office sector of the commercial market in Benton and Washington counties.
by - February 23, 2009 12:00 am
Finding effective funding sources can be difficult for businesses, especially during a slow economy such as this. Whether a company is expanding or simply needs additional cash, there are some fundamental principles that should be considered as you work w
by - February 23, 2009 12:00 am
I am going to share with you my list of the top three creative, inspiring and successful actions and ideas from client organizations and executives with which I worked in 2008.
by - February 23, 2009 12:00 am
Since text messaging really began to hit the mobile scene in 2002 ? as wireless carriers began to solve the problem of data transmission between networks ? a vast generational chasm developed between users.
by - February 23, 2009 12:00 am
Daniel and Sherry Pender purchased a building housing a McDonald’s restaurant in Tontitown for $882,000.
