by - May 31, 2019 9:50 am
Industrial production declined 0.5% in April, according to the Federal Reserve. Output declined 1.9% in the first quarter, from the same period in 2018. Manufacturing production fell 0.5% in April…
by - May 31, 2019 8:03 am
Editor’s note: This article appears in the June edition of Northeast Arkansas Talk Business & Politics. Davy Carter is the Regional President for Centennial Bank in Jonesboro. He’a also an…
by - May 30, 2019 10:46 am
Little Rock investment bank Stephens Inc. announced Thursday (May 30) it has hired Jay Bliley as managing director for its Financial Institutions Group (FIG) in Investment Banking. He will be…
by - May 30, 2019 10:41 am
The number of University of Arkansas students who graduated from online degree programs reached an all-time high of 357 students in May, the school reported on Thursday (May 30). Officials…
by - May 29, 2019 10:16 pm
Dr. Cole Peck of Jonesboro will run for Arkansas State House District 53, which serves citizens in parts of Jonesboro and eastern Craighead County, including Black Oak, Brookland, Caraway, Lake…
by - May 29, 2019 9:57 pm
Westrock Coffee Company, a vertically-integrated coffee supply and service provider, is expanding its North Little Rock, Arkansas-based roasting and packaging plant. The manufacturing facility expansion in North Little Rock is…
by - May 29, 2019 2:19 pm
Clarksville looks to become the first city in the state to power all of its government operations with solar energy after it installs a second solar power plant on more…
by - May 28, 2019 4:15 pm
The Small Business Administration will host an advocacy meeting June 4 from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm at the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas, according to SBA. The purpose of…
by - May 28, 2019 4:08 pm
Newly-appointed Secretary of Commerce-designate Mike Preston named Cheryl Schluterman as the Director of the Division of Arkansas Development Finance Authority (ADFA) when the agency becomes part of the Department of…
by - May 28, 2019 3:14 pm
Visit Rogers, the marketing and tourism arm of the Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion (AMP) in Rogers announced Tuesday (May 28) a new marketing…
by - May 28, 2019 12:09 pm
Well, that didn’t last long. Thankfully. The Arkansas Department of Transportation announced Tuesday (May 28) before noon a decision to reopen the Interstate 540 bridge and the Highway 64 (Midland)…
by - May 27, 2019 12:27 pm
Healthcare startup Lineus Medical of Fayetteville looks to receive clearance to sell its IV device in South Korea, where IV usage is twice per capita of the United States. The…
by - May 25, 2019 9:03 am
Heavy rains and powerful storms have dumped unseasonably large amounts of water in upstream rivers. As a result state and federal officials are bracing for flooding along the lock-and-dam controlled…
by - May 24, 2019 12:52 pm
New orders for manufactured durable goods fell 2.1%, or by $5.4 billion, in April, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The federal agency on Friday (May 24) released an advance…
by - May 23, 2019 10:59 am
Transplace, a third-party transportation management and logistics technology firm based in Frisco, Texas, has hired former Walmart Inc. executive Tracy Rosser as executive vice president of operations. Rosser will be…
by - May 23, 2019 8:27 am
Walmart has hired David Searle as the new international ethics and compliance officer. His first day is Tuesday (May 28). Searle, a graduate from Stanford and Duke University Law School,…
by - May 22, 2019 8:52 pm
The Department of Military Science and Leadership at Arkansas State University commissioned eight ROTC cadets as second lieutenants during a recent ceremony attended by family, friends and university staff. The…
by - May 22, 2019 12:28 pm
Walmart announced this week it will be offering families a choice of flavored medicines (FLAVORx) with select liquid prescriptions. There will be no additional cost for the FLAVORx which comes…
by - May 22, 2019 8:54 am
Walmart unseated Starbucks as the most downloaded mobile pay app with 58 million users, according to a study from Cornerstone Advisors and StrategyCorps. The study said just over 44 million…
by - May 21, 2019 9:10 pm
Fort Smith School Board President Susan McFerran has kept her seat on the board, unofficial election results showed Tuesday (May 21) night. McFerran was challenged for the Zone 2, Position…
