by - June 23, 2019 9:58 am
Talk Business & Politics turns 20
June 27, 1999. A TV show called “Talk Business” debuted on a low power television station in west Little Rock. Created and hosted by Roby Brock, this fledgling, startup news…
Author: Talk Business & Politics staff
by - June 23, 2019 5:03 am
Advice 101: Former banker Lunsford Bridges
Lunsford Bridges, former CEO of Metropolitan National Bank, retired more than five years ago after a five-decade career in the banking and finance business. A native of Pine Bluff, Bridges…
by - June 21, 2019 4:21 pm
UA professor John Marcy named 2019 Industry Leader of the Year by The Poultry Federation
John Marcy, extension specialist and professor at the Center of Excellence for Poultry Science at the University of Arkansas, was named the 2019 Industry Leader of the Year by multi-state…
by - June 21, 2019 2:29 pm
Berryville receives $1.5 million federal grant for industrial park infrastructure
The city of Berryville will receive a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce to provide the infrastructure needed to establish a 160-acre industrial park, according to a…
by - June 20, 2019 3:37 pm
Talk Business & Politics announces Western Arkansas Business of the Year program
Talk Business & Politics is launching a Business of the Year award program this fall designed to not only highlight efforts of businesses, non-profits and startup operations, but to consider…
by - June 19, 2019 9:32 am
OPEC crude oil imports fall to lowest level since 1986
U.S. imports of crude oil from members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) declined to the lowest level since March 1986, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration…
by - June 18, 2019 7:50 pm
Simmons Bank names Michael Powell as mortgage division president
Simmons Bank named Michael Powell as mortgage division president. Powell will oversee all aspects of Simmons’ mortgage process. “Michael’s wide-ranging background as a mortgage division leader, chief operating officer and…
by - June 18, 2019 4:06 pm
Amazon expects its air fleet to be 70 planes by 2021
Amazon will lease 15 more 737-800 cargo aircraft made by Boeing through a partnership with General Electric Capital Aviation Services, according to comments made by the e-commerce giant at the…
by - June 18, 2019 3:22 pm
Arkansas Tourism Ticker: Arkansas’ tourism industry off to a good start in 2019
January-February hospitality tax collections among 17 cities surveyed for the Arkansas Tourism Ticker were up 2.1% compared with the same period in 2018, and the state’s 2% tourism tax revenue…
by - June 18, 2019 10:19 am
Wes Ward elected to leadership post by regional agri organization
Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward has been elected vice president of the Southern Association of State Departments of Agriculture (SASDA) for 2019-20. The elections were held at the organization’s…
by - June 17, 2019 8:14 pm
Jonesboro mayor elected president of the Arkansas Municipal League
Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin has been elected president of the Arkansas Municipal League. Perrin took the office from exiting president Joe Smith, mayor of North Little Rock. Perrin’s platform for…
by - June 17, 2019 5:14 pm
Livestock and Poultry Commission allows for airborne feral hog eradication
Feral hogs have been a problem for Arkansas landowners in recent years and another step has been taken to remove the unwanted and sometimes dangerous wildlife. The Arkansas Agriculture Department’s…
by - June 17, 2019 3:38 pm
Centennial Bank offers new money transfer app
Conway-based Centennial Bank announced Monday (June 17) its mobile app users and clients will now have access to a mobile banking app called Zelle. “Centennial Bank is focused on our…
by - June 17, 2019 3:31 pm
Walmart following fee model of Amazon for new grocery delivery option
Walmart is launching its own version of grocery delivery subscriptions, called “Delivery Unlimited.” The service allows shoppers to pay $12.95 per month or $98 a year to cover their grocery…
by - June 17, 2019 8:29 am
Lockheed Martin to expand Camden facility with $142 million investment, 326 new hires
Lockheed Martin announced a $142 million expansion investment in its Camden, Ark. facilities that will add another 326 new workers to the complex. Currently, Lockheed Martin employs around 700 workers…
by - June 16, 2019 10:34 pm
AG Rutledge settles with group over student debt defaults
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge reached a settlement with Student CU Connect LLC (CUSO) for former ITT Tech students resolving a multi-state investigation which alleged that ITT and CUSO used…
by - June 16, 2019 9:58 pm
Centennial Bank promotes Brock Ferguson to VP in Jonesboro
Brock Ferguson has been named vice president of commercial lending at Centennial Bank, according to Deana Osment, Northeast Arkansas Division President. “We are fortunate to have Brock on our lending…
by - June 15, 2019 7:22 am
Police make arrest in former Sen. Collins-Smith case (UPDATED)
The Arkansas State Police said an arrest has been made related to the death of former State Sen. Linda Collins-Smith, R-Pocahontas. On Friday night, ASP said the Randolph County Sheriff’s…
by - June 14, 2019 12:45 pm
Manufacturers’ shipments, trade sales fell 0.2% in April
The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments fell 0.2% to $1.46 trillion in April, from March, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The combined value rose 2.8%…
by - June 14, 2019 8:47 am
Connections: Vold Vision recruits surgeon from California
Vold Vision in Fayetteville has hired Dr. George Tanaka, who has more than 20 years of experience and is a nationally recognized glaucoma sub-specialist. “Our mission since we first opened…