by - July 24, 2017 2:33 pm
Freight demand in the trucking and logistics industries was mixed, but mostly positive for the week of July 9-15, according to Stifel analysts. The Truckstop.com Market Demand Index rose 129.3%…
by - July 24, 2017 2:04 pm
Four Arkansas airports will receive $4.43 million from the Federal Aviation Administration through its Airport Improvement Program. South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field in El Dorado, Fort Smith Regional…
by - July 24, 2017 11:37 am
Wholesale prices of used vehicles up to 8 years old declined 7.6% in June, from the same month in 2016, according to J.D. Power Valuation Services, formerly NADA Used Car…
by - July 24, 2017 10:47 am
Pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon Brian Reemtsen of Mattel Children’s Hospital and the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, has been named director of the Heart Institute at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. He…
by - July 24, 2017 10:08 am
Little Rock-based financial services firm Stephens Inc. has hired Frank Chiou as managing director for New York Institutional Equity Sales and Mark Connelly as managing director and senior equity research…
by - July 23, 2017 12:49 pm
The large crowd gathered Saturday night in downtown Fort Smith to ceremonially open the third year of The Unexpected Project learned that one art work will not be public and…
by - July 23, 2017 9:52 am
Arkansas voters oppose a Republican effort to repeal Obamacare immediately and wait two years to find a replacement plan. The latest Talk Business & Politics-Hendrix College survey of more than…
by - July 23, 2017 9:38 am
In the now-reliably red state of Arkansas, President Donald Trump’s job approval rating is taking a hit. According to the latest Talk Business & Politics-Hendrix College survey, the nation’s chief…
by - July 21, 2017 11:33 am
Weekly U.S. ethanol production has risen 5% to 1.02 million barrels per day through the first six months of 2017, from the same period in 2016, according to the U.S….
by - July 20, 2017 3:21 pm
VIC Technology Venture Development in Fayetteville has named James “Jamie” Rogers to its board of directors. Rogers has more than 20 years of business experience, including 16 at TXI, formerly…
by - July 20, 2017 3:11 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services will pay a 23-cents per share cash dividend on Aug. 18 to stockholders of record as of Aug. 7. The Lowell-based carrier announced the dividend payment…
by - July 20, 2017 10:08 am
The National Center for Natural Gas Control in Mexico recently reallocated the country’s natural gas pipeline capacity to foreign and domestic companies after two rounds of auctions, according to the…
by - July 19, 2017 3:00 pm
Mexico-based Industrias Bachoco, the parent company of OK Foods in Fort Smith, has acquired Albertville Quality Foods (AQF), a value-added meat company with foodservice, retail and national accounts. Details of…
by - July 19, 2017 2:48 pm
McCormick & Co. has agreed to purchase the food division of Reckitt Benckiser for $4.2 billion, according to a company announcement Wednesday (July 19). The deal includes the brands Frank’s…
by - July 19, 2017 12:29 pm
A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) professor has been awarded a $710,000 grant for the continuation of an interdisciplinary training program for health professionals with the aim of…
by - July 19, 2017 10:28 am
More than two-thirds of U.S. households with programmable thermostats don’t use the controls to program them, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Only 12% of the 118 million households…
by - July 19, 2017 10:24 am
Federal banking agencies on Tuesday (July 18) issued a notice of a proposed rule to raise the threshold for commercial real estate transactions requiring an appraisal from $250,000 to $400,000….
by - July 19, 2017 10:10 am
The 109-room Staybridge Suites Fayetteville in University Village Center has completed a $3 million renovation. The four-story hotel at 1577 W. 15th St., near Baum Stadium, was built in 2008…
by - July 18, 2017 4:31 pm
The Arkansas State Alumni Association has hired a new executive director. Lindsay Burnett, a 2005 marketing graduate from ASU, will replace Beth Smith who retired earlier this spring. “Lindsay has…
by - July 18, 2017 3:58 pm
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) has expanded the circumstances in which banks can appeal a material supervisory determination and improved consistency with the appeals process of other federal banking…
