by - June 12, 2013 10:47 am
War Eagle Mills Hosts A Father’s Day Fishing Derby!
Rogers, AR – Calling all Dads! Bring the family out to War Eagle Mill for a unique Fishing Derby this Father’s Day, June 16. Catch the heaviest, smallest or ugliest…
Author: Michael Tilley
by - June 7, 2013 12:34 pm
Wal-Mart Shareholders See And Hear Celebrities, Officers And Critics
Broadway and action movie star Hugh Jackman emceed a Wal-Mart shareholders meeting in which a party atmosphere highlighting the company’s financial successes and its employee contributions also included a few party crashers calling for more transparency on the board and in international dealings.
by - June 6, 2013 12:12 pm
Uncertainty and Frustration Abound With Health Insurance Changes
Michael Tilley with our content partner, The City Wire, takes an in-depth look at several different perspectives in the emerging health insurance reform debate. As Arkansas moves forward with its…
by - June 5, 2013 3:00 pm
Walmart U.S. employees hear of ‘real opportunities’
Nearly 5,000 Walmart employees from U.S. stores get a message of “real opportunities, everyday possibilities” at the annual meeting in Fayetteville on Wednesday (June 5). Gisel Ruiz, chief operating officer…
by - June 5, 2013 2:50 pm
Arkansas Severance Tax Revenue On Record Pace
Natural gas severance tax revenue in Arkansas for the first four reporting months of 2013 is ahead of its 2011 record pace. Drilling is down, so why are collections up?
by - June 2, 2013 10:38 pm
The politics of nonsense
Enough already with folks like our United States Senator Mark Pryor of Arkansas saying Obamacare is not so bad because the Republican-controlled legislature in Arkansas voted for a plan to…
by - May 21, 2013 1:38 pm
Teamster Reps Endorse ABF Contract
About 160 Teamster local union reps on Monday (May 20) unanimously endorsed a tentative labor contract between the union and ABF Freight System that includes an immediate 7% wage reduction…
by - May 12, 2013 8:19 pm
Here we are again
“You will never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.” – Irish proverb Here we are again in Fort Smith with another study. This time it’s an…
by - May 9, 2013 6:53 am
Report: YRC Made Bid To Acquire Arkansas Best Freight Division
The company that is a target of a $750 million lawsuit filed by Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. recently made an attempt to buy Arkansas Best’s largest subsidiary, ABF Freight…
by - May 6, 2013 6:10 pm
A Ratified Labor Deal Could Boost ABF Stock Price
A recently announced labor contract between ABF Freight System and the Teamsters could improve the trucking company’s bottom line as early as the third quarter if it is ratified by…
by - May 6, 2013 5:54 pm
Groups oppose hog farm near the Buffalo River
Several conservation and citizen action groups announced Monday they will file a lawsuit in an effort to halt construction of a hog farm in the Buffalo National River watershed. The…
by - April 29, 2013 11:09 am
Media smarts
Folks sometimes wonder about the intelligence of us media folks. I was laid off by one of them big newspaper companies, so my IQ must have been below the bar….
by - April 22, 2013 11:26 am
Economist: Arkansas Growth Only Firing On Two Cylinders
Greg Kaza, economist and executive director of the Arkansas Policy Foundation, says the state’s engine is still struggling to recover from the Great Recession four years ago. “This morning’s (Friday’s) payroll…
by - April 21, 2013 6:12 pm
Recycling and gift shops
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-face for the urge to rule it. – H.L. Mencken Recently toured several of the fine museums in Chicago. The city…
by - April 19, 2013 11:49 am
State Unemployment Steady At 7.2%, But Labor Force Shrinks Again
Arkansas’ jobless rate was 7.2% in March, unchanged from February and just slightly below the 7.3% in March 2012. One of the largest sector drops was in travel and tourism…
by - April 15, 2013 9:06 pm
Of game changers and barbecues
The optimist says the HMA deal bringing around 400 new and good-paying jobs to the Fort Smith area is a sign the region can recover from the more than 12,000…
by - April 4, 2013 4:31 pm
HMA Center To Bring 500 Jobs To Fort Smith
Health Management Associates (HMA) will operate a regional service center in Fort Smith that will employ more than 500 with average annual salaries potentially exceeding $40,000. It’s just what the…
by - April 3, 2013 3:28 am
Analyst: Extension Good For ABF, Teamsters Talks
An analyst watching contract negotiations between the Teamsters and ABF Freight System says it’s a good sign negotiations were recently extended, and adds that ABF needs wage concessions and work…
by - March 19, 2013 10:07 pm
Freight Reports Suggest Soft, Uncertain Economy
Reports from Arkansas-based trucking companies and numbers from two closely watched national freight reports paint the picture of a national economy that is soft and uncertain. The Cass Freight Index…
by - March 16, 2013 3:42 pm
Francis and football
We have a new Pope. Or maybe it is that the Catholics have a new Pope and the rest of us have a new celebrity. Which is good, because the…