Author: Roby Brock

Roby Brock

New Job Web Site Hopes To Match Food Workers And Employers

What’s cooking in Arkansas’ hospitality and culinary industry? A new web site that hopes to match those looking for food-related jobs to employers wanting to hire talent.

Exxon Mobil Exec Says Additional Factor At Work In Pipeline Rupture

Karen Tyrone, a vice-president for ExxonMobil’s pipeline operations, says additional unprecedented factors may have compromised the Pegasus pipeline and her company is proposing a year-long plan to test its future integrity.

Simmons Bank CEO Discusses Delta Trust Buyout, M&A Activity

Simmons First National Corp. CEO George Makris says recent moves have put his bank in a stronger position to serve customers and he sees significant growth for the Pine Bluff-based…

ExxonMobil Exec Says Future Pegasus Pipeline Testing Could Take A Year

A year after the Mayflower oil spill, ExxonMobil executives are submitting a pipeline remediation plan to federal regulators that will include extraordinary integrity testing measures that may take more than…

Acxiom CEO Says He’s In Favor Of ‘Much Stronger Privacy Regulation’

Despite a tough inquisition from Congress and the national media, Acxiom CEO Scott Howe says his company supports stronger privacy laws to protect consumer data.

Curtis Coleman Rolls Out Eight-Year Tax Cut Plan (UPDATED)

GOP gubernatorial candidate Curtis Coleman rolled out a tax cut and regulatory reduction plan that he said would benefit “mom and pop” businesses, encourage more military retirees to the state,…

Simmons First To Acquire Delta Trust For $66 Million

Pine Bluff-based Simmons First National Corp. will acquire Little Rock-based Delta Trust & Banking Corp. for roughly $66 million.

Ross Pounds Hutchinson On Private Option; Defends Tax Plans, LG Candidate

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Ross said he’ll fight to keep the private option and took exception to his potential Republican rival’s characterization that the Medicaid expansion plan was a “pilot program.”

Rep. Gillam, Sen. Dismang Outline Governing Style, Issues For 2015 Leadership

The future leaders of the Arkansas House and State Senate – Rep. Jeremy Gillam (R-Judsonia) and Sen. Jonathan Dismang (R-Searcy) – say they will be pragmatic in their approach to…

Arkansas Jobless Rate Above 7% For 60th Consecutive Month

Arkansas’ jobless rate fell to 7.3% in January, a tenth of a percent lower than December and two-tenths of a percent lower than one year ago. The U.S. unemployment rate…

Verizon Wireless’ Kristi Crum Returns To Arkansas

Editor’s note: This article appears in the latest magazine edition of Talk Business Arkansas, which you can read here. Verizon Wireless South Central Regional President Kristi Crum returns to Arkansas…

Asa Hutchinson Says Private Option ‘Law Of The Land,’ Promises Reforms

Talk Business & Politics hits the campaign trail with GOP gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchinson. Catch a video of the campaign and a lengthy one-on-one interview.

Hot Springs Leaders Plan Community Hearings To Restore Historic Downtown

Hot Springs leaders are initiating public hearings and a community-wide effort to plan “what’s next” for historic downtown Hot Springs in the wake of a major fire that destroyed the…

Party Squabbles, Party Strengths, Party Strategies

Fielding more candidates and having more contested primaries has the Arkansas GOP in new territory in modern history and experts argue if the trend could be short-lived or permanent as well as what the new dynamic may mean for the top of each political party’s ticket.