by - November 28, 2011 9:56 am
One of the nation’s top trucking economists says continued growth in tonnage hauled by the industry is becoming a clear sign that the U.S. economy is not headed back into a recession.
by - November 28, 2011 1:00 am
House Revenue and Tax Committee Chairman Davy Carter (R-Cabot) wants to lower your personal income taxes, but he’ll have to close a number of existing loopholes to do it.
by - November 23, 2011 2:57 pm
On October 3, 1789, President George Washington issued a proclamation declaring Thanksgiving an American holiday.
by - November 23, 2011 2:47 pm
Heifer International, the Little Rock-based worldwide hunger relief organization is celebrating its new CEO’s first year on the job.
by - November 23, 2011 2:31 pm
Frank Kelly’s Little Rock home appears pretty normal on the outside. But the 3,000 sq. ft. house is radically different on the inside. It’s possibly the most energy efficient house in the state.
by - November 23, 2011 2:22 pm
The 188th Fighter Wing based in Fort Smith may be one of the many military cuts possibly to result from Congressional failure to reach a deficit-cutting agreement.
by - November 22, 2011 3:50 pm
Little Rock-based Windstream Corp. has received federal regulatory approval to move forward on its $2.3 billion buyout of New York-based PAETEC Holding Corp.
by - November 22, 2011 10:39 am
For the first time since March 2011, Arkansas’ unemployment rate declined. According to the latest report, Arkansas’ jobless rate fell one-tenth of a percent to 8.2% in October. You can…
by - November 22, 2011 10:26 am
For the first time since March of this year, Arkansas’ jobless rate went backwards.
by - November 22, 2011 10:00 am
A Sherwood aerospace manufacturing concern turned around its business after the dark skies of the 2008-9 recession.
by - November 21, 2011 6:59 pm
A bipartisan, bicameral “super committee” of Congressional leaders announced today that they had failed to reach an agreement to tackle the country’s deficit spending and $15 trillion debt crisis.
by - November 21, 2011 5:28 pm
Arkansas News Bureau columnist Steve Brawner has a sobering column on the magnitude of the national debt and our political system’s inability to solve the problem.
by - November 21, 2011 5:18 pm
On the heels of its announcement that it will begin an “aggressive, strategic” expansion, Fort Smith-based The City Wire has made several leadership role assignments and added new staff. The…
by - November 21, 2011 5:13 pm
Our content partner, Fort Smith-based The City Wire, has begun an “aggressive and strategic” expansion phase that includes the addition of investors, staff and the development of a new web platform.
by - November 21, 2011 9:25 am
An $82 million loss in the chicken segment pulled fourth-quarter earnings for Tyson Foods down to $95 million, well below the $208 million earned during the 2010 period.
by - November 20, 2011 7:25 pm
Sophomore Razorback football player Garrett Uekman was found unconscious and unresponsive in his room on campus at approximately 11:15 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 20.
by - November 18, 2011 6:26 pm
What makes the Fayetteville Shale play so lucrative? A top executive shares insight on what’s driving profitability.
by - November 18, 2011 3:55 pm
Bond attorney and bank director Jane Dickey assumed the chair of UALR’s Board of Visitors Thursday, Nov. 17, succeeding physician and city director Dean Kumpuris, who has held the post…
by - November 18, 2011 12:56 pm
The Wall Street Journal looks at Whirlpool’s factory closure and what it means to Fort Smith’s future.
by - November 17, 2011 11:52 pm
Sherwood-based ABC Financial (ABC) hired Craig Fine as Regional Sales Director. Established in 1981, ABC Financial is a national provider of software, payment processing and marketing services to the fitness…
