by - February 14, 2013 10:52 am
If they haven’t already, Carol Spieckerman says suppliers to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. better figure out how they fit into a new “transmedia” world she thinks will dominate the way large…
by - February 13, 2013 5:54 pm
Easing the rules to allow exports of U.S. produced liquified natural gas (LNG) is an energy policy is becoming a contentious energy policy discussion, with the outcome most likely to…
by - January 29, 2013 7:36 am
Sen. Jim Hendren, R-Gravette, is eager to push plans and ideas he says could result in greatly reduced energy costs for state and local governments and state residents. Speaking Saturday…
by - January 22, 2013 10:58 pm
A national trucking association report indicates the year ended on a positive note for the industry, but a broader index of the U.S. freight industry continues to indicate a weak…
by - January 18, 2013 2:13 pm
Small percentage declines in Arkansas’ workforce numbers and the number of employed pushed Arkansas’ December unemployment rate to 7.1%, up from 7% in November, but below the 7.8% in December…
by - January 16, 2013 11:37 am
Tax law changes resulting from federal legislation avoiding the fiscal cliff could significantly improve the cost savings of using alternative fuels in vehicles – good news for advocates of increased…
by - January 14, 2013 2:08 am
Editor's note: This opinion column appears courtesy of Michael Tilley at The City Wire. The shiny new U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, who with a Republican label represents Arkansas’ expansive and…
by - January 13, 2013 8:29 am
The shiny new U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, who with a Republican label represents Arkansas’ expansive and politically diverse 4th Congressional District, isn’t making friends within the national media and what…
by - January 8, 2013 2:40 pm
Unemployment rates in Arkansas’ eight metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) all declined in November 2012 compared to one year ago. The information was released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor…
by - January 8, 2013 1:41 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe on Tuesday (Jan. 8) said Attorney General Dustin McDaniel’s “inappropriate” relationship will be a problem in his gubernatorial bid, but Beebe refused to be drawn into a…
by - January 6, 2013 6:24 pm
The older of the young ladies in the Fort Smith branch of the Tilley family is in the process of morphing into a teenager. There is a new sense of…
by - January 1, 2013 10:45 am
It’s just another day, really. Another week. Another month. Another year, one hopes, above the daisies and dirt. But this calendar shift comes with an unavoidable remembrance that, honestly, best…
by - December 21, 2012 9:04 am
Trucking industry veteran Thomas Glaser, who was hired as a consultant by Van Buren-based USA Truck in November, has been named chief operations officer of the struggling trucking company. Glaser,…
by - December 16, 2012 8:10 pm
The reaction by politicians and pundits to this horrible-beyond-description tragedy in Connecticut exhausted my reserve tank of benefit-of-the-doubt. Severed fully was any last string of belief in the credibility and…
by - December 13, 2012 7:21 pm
Officials with Rheem have confirmed a layoff of 100 jobs at its Fort Smith operation by Jan. 11. Rheem employees were told Thursday morning of the layoff plans.
by - December 12, 2012 6:07 pm
Whirlpool Corp. recently bought a full-page newspaper ad in the Tulsa World touting the appliance maker’s commitment to creating U.S. jobs by saying it is: “Building the best in the world right here at home.” The advertisement presents an unavoidable irony for Fort Smith and Arkansas considering Whirlpool’s departure from Fort Smith and sending most of the production to plants in Mexico.
by - December 10, 2012 9:02 pm
Scholarships funded during the more than three years from the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery total more than $300 million, according to program figures released Monday (Dec. 10). Lottery sales began Sept….
by - December 9, 2012 8:12 pm
In this effort to reverse a decision to remove A-10 war planes now attached to the Fort Smith-based 188th Fighter Wing, much has been made of the unwillingness or inability…
by - December 7, 2012 7:41 am
News that Apple plans to shift $100 million in spending to build Mac computers in the U.S. added energy to a nascent belief that Arkansas and American manufacturing is set for a rebound.
by - November 28, 2012 10:45 am
The state and all eight of the metro areas in or connected to Arkansas saw per capital personal income gains during 2011, with Jonesboro seeing the largest percentage gain, and the Fort Smith region posting the lowest percentage gain.
