by - June 4, 2012 5:38 pm
Does the company you work for give you a reason to care, or is it just a place where you earn a paycheck? Jon Harrison says it should be the first, and if it’s not, then the company can change that.
by - June 4, 2012 5:32 pm
A May 11 ruling from U.S. District Court Judge J. Leon Holmes is expected to unplug a bottleneck of foreclosure filings that began in the fall of 2011 when a bankruptcy court ruling essentially halted the sale of foreclosed homes.
by - June 4, 2012 4:26 pm
Will Whiting is the new assistant director of development for University Initiatives at the University of Arkansas. Whiting returns to the university — where he previously held the role of…
by - June 4, 2012 3:20 pm
The Walton Family Foundation announced it invested nearly $21.5 million in initiatives within the foundation’s home region of Arkansas in 2011.
by - June 4, 2012 10:19 am
A sixth straight month of improving sales tax collections and higher individual and corporate income taxes carried the May revenue report to a rosier picture.
by - June 4, 2012 9:21 am
Bloggers Jason Tolbert and Michael Cook squared off to discuss the results of the May 22 primaries, the match-ups in the June 12 run-offs, and the political climate heading into November.
by - June 4, 2012 8:44 am
Stephens Media columnist Steve Brawner takes a look at the stalled effort of a national group hoping to create a center-government political party based on moderate Republican and Democratic leadership.
by - June 4, 2012 8:42 am
Scott Shackelford provides opinion columns for our content partner, The City Wire. In his latest contribution, Shackelford attempts to dissect the protest vote against President Obama by little-known Tennessee attorney John Wolfe.
by - June 4, 2012 8:41 am
Arkansas Film Commissioner Christopher Crane said the state has momentum in its effort to advance movie making projects and to develop the infrastructure needed to support them.
by - June 2, 2012 7:59 am
In this week’s politics digest, Queen Elizabeth II hits a milestone, Presidential candidates will be mum on these issues, and a states’ look at health insurance exchanges.
by - June 2, 2012 7:42 am
This week’s business digest looks at the wave of the future and throw-backs to eras gone by.
by - June 2, 2012 7:21 am
Some 14,000 shareholders managed to give Wal-Mart one heck of a 50th birthday celebration Friday (June 1) despite the threat of protests. The historical event was a balance of old and new with a common theme of “integrity” woven in each presentation.
by - May 31, 2012 7:52 pm
Wal-Mart executives painted a rosy picture for the company’s future Thursday afternoon (May 31) at a media conference in Rogers. The positive vibes are grounded, according to the execs, in solid financial results over the past few quarters and the company stock trading at a 12-year high.
by - May 31, 2012 2:53 pm
Arkansas’ Congressional delegation announced that 5 airports in state will receive a combined $1.6 million in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants for new construction and improvement at their facilities.
by - May 31, 2012 2:42 pm
Jennifer Boulden, former Communications and Event Services Coordinator for the Fort Smith Advertising and Promotion (A&P) Commission, has been honored by her industry colleagues as the Public Relations Professional of…
by - May 31, 2012 12:47 pm
There are plenty of sports fans in Arkansas clamoring for an annual match-up between the University of Arkansas and Arkansas State University. It actually happened in basketball 25 years ago, as many may recall.
by - May 31, 2012 8:12 am
Windstream Corp. said Thursday (May 31) it would pare its management ranks by 375-400 workers, roughly 3% of its total workforce.
by - May 30, 2012 11:14 pm
On simply a price-per-share basis, it may be difficult for lawyers and pension fund directors to argue that Wal-Mart’s alleged involvement in bribing Mexican officials has harmed the company.
by - May 30, 2012 10:17 pm
Kim Souza with our content partner, The City Wire, has been exploring the early years of Wal-Mart's origins as the company approaches its 50th anniversary. In her latest contribution, Souza…
by - May 30, 2012 2:36 pm
All of the eight metro areas in or connected to Arkansas had jobless rate decreases in April compared to March 2012 and April 2011. During April, the lowest metro jobless rate was in Northwest Arkansas and the highest rate was in Pine Bluff.
