by - May 14, 2012 11:03 am
Today’s customer might well browse specialty stores offering advice and product tutorials and then scan the bar code and purchase that very product from an online retailer delivered right to her home. Is your retail outlet prepared for the newly-empowered consumer class?
by - May 14, 2012 10:37 am
Got a broken cell phone that you think is beyond repair? You may have a new option for fixing your prized communications device.
by - May 14, 2012 10:29 am
Late last week, BancorpSouth, Inc. announced that Chairman and CEO Aubrey Patterson will retire from his CEO post in 2013.
by - May 14, 2012 8:51 am
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette political columnist John Brummett said the latest Talk Business-Hendrix College poll numbers from the Fourth Congressional District highlight the turmoil taking place in the Arkansas electorate.
by - May 13, 2012 6:07 am
After a previous poll three weeks ago showed a dead-heat, Fourth District GOP Congressional candidate Tom Cotton appears to have opened a lead over rival Beth Anne Rankin.
by - May 13, 2012 5:53 am
A new Talk Business-Hendrix College Poll shows that Fourth District Democratic voters are still largely undecided on their nominee for for the open seat to replace retiring Democratic Cong. Mike Ross.
by - May 12, 2012 5:13 am
Regnat Populus, a grassroots group pushing a ballot measure to reform Arkansas’ ethics laws, just got a shot in the arm from a bipartisan group of politicos.
by - May 12, 2012 4:45 am
The Perryman Group, a Waco-based research firm, released its economic study of raising Arkansas’ severance tax rates on natural gas — a proposal being pushed by former gas exec Sheffield Nelson and the Arkansas Municipal League.
by - May 12, 2012 4:43 am
ConAgra Foods Inc. gave notice that it intends to consolidate operations from a Batesville factory to one in Missouri in July — a move that will result in layoffs of 233 workers.
by - May 10, 2012 11:00 pm
President Barack Obama’s reversal of opinion on same-sex marriage is unlikely to alter his standing with Arkansas voters, at least in the Fourth Congressional District.
by - May 10, 2012 4:22 pm
Dillard’s, Inc. reported first quarter net income of $95 million, a 24% increase from a year ago when the upscale retailer reported profit of $76.7 million.
by - May 10, 2012 1:43 pm
Two Stephens Inc. equity research analysts were named among the nation’s best in The Wall Street Journal’s 2011 Best on the Street survey. Farha Aslam ranked first in the food…
by - May 10, 2012 8:17 am
And now for something completely different: Good economic news about a Fort Smith manufacturing company.
by - May 10, 2012 7:11 am
Consumer broadband, business services and net one-time charges pushed Windstream Corp.’s first quarter performance higher.
by - May 9, 2012 8:17 pm
Earlier Wednesday, President Barack Obama made headlines with his announcement in an ABC interview that he supported gay marriage.
by - May 9, 2012 3:55 pm
Windstream CEO Jeff Gardner is one of 18 high-profile CEO’s leading a campaign to convince the Obama administration to reverse its effort to increase the tax rate on dividends and capital gains.
by - May 9, 2012 3:09 pm
After two months of record or near-record gambling numbers, the two casinos in Arkansas saw lower wager totals at its electronic gambling games. Still, the numbers are far above year-ago levels.
by - May 9, 2012 3:02 pm
Less than two weeks after an improving month of state revenues, Gov. Mike Beebe announced an increase in the general revenue forecast for the last two months of the current fiscal year, which ends June 30.
by - May 9, 2012 2:33 pm
The U.S. Postal Service announced a new strategy aimed at keeping rural post offices open, while tackling the objective of cutting costs.
by - May 9, 2012 2:21 pm
Two Hot Springs hospitals considering a merger have set up a web site aimed at providing more information to stakeholders and the public on the possible move.
