by - May 17, 2017 10:48 am
Operational costs of traffic congestion for the trucking industry rose 27% to $63.4 billion in 2015, from $49.6 billion in 2014, according to the American Transportation Research Institute. On Tuesday…
by - May 16, 2017 9:32 am
Oil-fired power plants produced less than 1% of the total amount of electricity generated in the United States in 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. These plants accounted…
by - May 15, 2017 4:47 pm
Talisa Borders and Otisha Woolbright, two former employees of Wal-Mart Stores, filed a lawsuit again the retail giant in the Southern District of Illinois on Friday (May 12). The suit…
by - May 15, 2017 2:50 pm
Natural gas production in the lower-48 states has declined for the second consecutive month and was down 3% in April from the same month in 2016, according to IHS Markit….
by - May 15, 2017 1:37 pm
Land for a new restaurant on Pleasant Grove Road in Rogers has been acquired. Joplin, Mo., businessman A.J. Nursariwala, principal of The Nursariwala Group, paid Home Bancshares Inc. $925,000 for…
by - May 15, 2017 1:01 pm
Theo Bunting, group president of utility operations for Entergy Corp., is retiring after 34 years with the company. On Monday (May 15), Entergy announced Rod West, executive vice president and…
by - May 15, 2017 12:12 pm
It was American poet and educator Henry Wadsworth Longfellow who said, “Youth comes but once in a lifetime,” a simple yet powerful anecdote. The deeper meaning, though, is this: It’s…
by - May 15, 2017 9:01 am
Central Arkansas market leader KATV and Talk Business & Politics, the No. 1 rated local political talk show, have re-upped their multi-year agreement after a successful first three years. Hosted…
by - May 15, 2017 8:46 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson will be the keynote speaker on Friday (May 19) when Simmons Bank sponsors a conference on the future of the Arkansas Delta. The conference will run from…
by - May 15, 2017 8:19 am
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Board of Governors has put forth a series of proposals related to its ongoing effort to strengthen controls on brokers with a history of…
by - May 14, 2017 6:43 am
Robert Coon is taking over managing partner duties for Terry Benham at Impact Management Group, a Little Rock-based corporate and political communications firm. Benham remains as a partner in the…
by - May 12, 2017 4:31 pm
Apple CEO Tim Cook announced the company is investing in the U.S. manufacturing market — advanced manufacturing, to be specific — to the tune of $1 billion. The reveal came…
by - May 12, 2017 3:39 pm
A venue designed to foster collaboration between Northwest Arkansas-based startups and enterprises opened this week in Bentonville. Exchange is a localized effort to help boost entrepreneurship in Northwest Arkansas. Its…
by - May 12, 2017 2:18 pm
Sam T. Sicard, president & CEO of First National Bank of Fort Smith, who was thrust unexpectedly into a business and community leadership role in 2011 when his father died,…
by - May 12, 2017 9:42 am
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary (JOLTS) report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is out, presenting a dichotomy between eager employers and a continuing skills gap that…
by - May 12, 2017 9:35 am
Nuclear plants produce about 20% of electricity generated in the United States, but nearly 25% of existing nuclear capacity without announced plans for retirement is expected to be removed from…
by - May 11, 2017 1:21 pm
Retail giant Wal-Mart is in the news daily given its size and global reach. This week Wal-Mart’s subsidiary Jet opened a pop-up store in Manhattan, the retailer was lauded for…
by - May 11, 2017 10:58 am
Weak sales of cosmetics, home furnishings and accessories for women weighed down Little Rock department store operator Dillard’s first quarter earnings as the brick-and-mortar retailer continues to struggle against mounting…
by - May 11, 2017 10:40 am
The VC FinTech Accelerator for financial technology startups on Wednesday (May 10) announced 10 companies chosen to participate in the 2017 program. The Venture Center President and CEO Lee Watson…
by - May 11, 2017 9:25 am
Shelley Simpson, chief marketing officer and president of truckload for J.B. Hunt Transport Services, has been promoted to chief commercial officer and president of highway services. In the expanded position,…
