by - February 8, 2015 12:01 am
Wal-Mart has created a new executive position in its China market. The retail giant has appointed Maggie Sans to senior vice president and chief corporate affairs officer in China. The…
by - February 7, 2015 3:06 pm
A two-year contract extension has Razorback Football Coach Bret Bielema with the program through December 2020, with average annual pay during the period being $4.25 million, University of Arkansas Athletic…
by - February 6, 2015 7:58 pm
Van Buren-based USA Truck recently secured a $170 million credit line backed by several banks that will help the trucking company refinance debt at a lower interest rate and meet…
by - February 4, 2015 1:22 pm
Editor’s note: This story is by Rose Ann Pearce, special to The City Wire. A major expansion to women’s health services at Washington Regional Medical Center is being planned with…
by - February 3, 2015 7:10 pm
Chris Barton has joined Centennial Bank as market president in Rogers/Bentonville according to Scott Hancock, Northwest Arkansas Division President. “Chris’s brings a strong network and financial background that will take…
by - February 2, 2015 4:53 pm
The question for Arkansas’ home sales market going into 2014 was if the healthy pace of growth in 2013 could be maintained. It could, and it was.
by - January 30, 2015 7:10 am
It is indeed a happy new year at Tyson Foods. The Springdale-based global meat processing, marketing and distribution company reported record revenue of $10.817 billion for the first fiscal quarter,…
by - January 29, 2015 6:25 am
It’s time to start the new year at Wal-Mart Stores and that typically signals the end of the road for some corporate employees. The retail giant said it eliminated 50…
by - January 27, 2015 5:19 pm
Tyson Foods announced a $110 million expansion to its Vienna, Ga., chicken plant that will add more than 500 jobs by mid-year. This move is the third Tyson investment in…
by - January 22, 2015 6:43 am
John Brown University, a private college based in Siloam Springs, kicked off the public phase of its $125 million capital campaign in an announcement on Wednesday (Jan. 21) that included…
by - January 22, 2015 6:37 am
The drop in energy prices and the subsequent drop in demand for energy-industry products has resulted in Saint-Gobain closing its Fort Smith proppants plant and cutting around 120 jobs. The…
by - January 21, 2015 11:47 am
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and his wife, Gene, have made a gift of $10.65 million to Razorback Athletics to support the soon-to-be-completed student-athlete success center, a monument to the…
by - January 20, 2015 12:23 pm
Tax refund time is important for retailers and Wal-Mart which will again use its services platforms to help shoppers complete their 2014 income taxes. The retail giant announced this year…
by - January 15, 2015 6:11 am
Big reductions in the amount of coal, wheat and farm products shipped on the Arkansas River were primary reasons for a 3% drop in tonnage shipped in 2014 compared to…
by - January 7, 2015 1:49 pm
When disaster strikes anywhere in North America, from a train derailment in Quebec to an oil spill in Mayflower, it is more often than not an Arkansas company that is…
by - January 5, 2015 10:20 pm
Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC announced Monday (Jan. 5) that it is consolidating its five northwest Arkansas daily newspapers into a single regional newspaper, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. As a result…
by - January 5, 2015 8:18 pm
The trucking industry will have to continue randomly testing at least 50% of its drivers for drug and alcohol in 2015, according to a decision by the Federal Motor Carrier…
by - December 30, 2014 12:07 pm
In November only one of Arkansas’ metro regions saw a decline in month-over-month unemployment rates, while three were unchanged and the remaining four all saw small increases. On a year-over-year…
by - December 29, 2014 9:58 pm
Muskogee, Okla-based Armstrong Bank has entered the Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas banking markets with the planned acquisition of Benefit Bank. Terms were not disclosed in the statement issued Monday…
by - December 29, 2014 9:56 pm
Tyson Foods recently opened a new processing line at its prepared foods plant in Emporia, Kan., in an effort to increase capacity in its growing prepared food segment following the…
