by - April 19, 2018 11:30 am
BHP Billiton has begun the “exit process” for its U.S. onshore operations and expects to receive one or several bids later this summer for the Australian mining conglomerate’s money-losing shale…
by - April 19, 2018 11:11 am
Tupelo, Miss.-based BancorpSouth Bank announced after the close of market on Wednesday (April 18) it is expanding deeper into Texas with the purchase of Houston-based Icon Bank in a stock-and-cash…
by - April 17, 2018 4:35 pm
A new U.S. Labor Department report posted Tuesday (April 17) indicates that Millennial workers born in the early 1980s held an average of 7.8 jobs before they turned 30, highlighting…
by - April 17, 2018 3:58 pm
A top Acxiom Corp. executive who headed the Conway data marketer’s fast-growing LiveRamp business has departed the company to lead a crosstown Silicon Valley startup that specializes in healthcare data…
by - April 16, 2018 4:06 pm
The Springfield, Mo.-area nonprofit at the center of a multimillion dollar bribery conspiracy announced Monday (April 16) the hiring of former Arkansas Chief Justice Betty Dickey to help the agency…
by - April 11, 2018 9:56 pm
The Little Rock Technology Authority’s board of directors had a robust debate Wednesday (April 11) on the future of the downtown startup village as the taxpayer-financed nonprofit moves forward with…
by - April 9, 2018 7:02 pm
Facebook Inc. on Monday (April 9) reached a $35 million pact with the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (ATRS) and other class-action plaintiffs concerning allegations that the social media giant propped…
by - April 9, 2018 10:45 am
Acxiom Corp. said last week it is seeking “strategic alternatives” for its Marketing Solutions division, including a potential sale of the core business that propelled the company’s growth as an…
by - April 6, 2018 4:42 pm
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai told reporters in Little Rock Friday (April 6) he supports an “open and free Internet” despite criticism from opponents that the Trump administration’s rollback of net…
by - April 6, 2018 4:29 pm
The state Supreme Court on Friday (April 6) declined Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge’s request to remove Scott Ellington, prosecuting attorney for the 2nd Judicial District of Arkansas, from a…
by - April 6, 2018 9:37 am
The U.S. labor market only added 103,000 positions in March as the nation’s jobless rate held steady at 4.1% for the last three months of 2017 and the first quarter…
by - April 5, 2018 2:01 pm
A Little Rock technology startup with ties to the former Systematics Inc. and Alltel Corp. announced plans Thursday (April 5) to create 19 high-paying fintech jobs as the company scales…
by - April 4, 2018 5:46 pm
St. Louis Fed President James Bullard on Wednesday (April 4) offered a cautious assessment of the nation’s economy, saying the U.S. is in a “slow growth era” with downside risk…
by - April 3, 2018 4:52 pm
Fayetteville-based Arvest Bank’s $391 million acquisition of Bear State Financial Inc. of Little Rock has cleared the last major regulatory hurdle after the Federal Reserve approved the Aug. 22 deal…
by - April 3, 2018 4:03 pm
State Chamber of Commerce CEO Randy Zook and other state and industry experts warned job recruiters Tuesday (April 3) the state’s most critical workforce issue is finding enough skilled talent…
by - April 2, 2018 12:41 pm
A new report from the St. Louis Federal Reserve shows paychecks for workers in Benton County have the highest purchasing power in the nation’s expansive Eighth District, while real per…
by - March 29, 2018 7:53 pm
Acxiom Corp.’s recent efforts to expand its social media and people-based marketing business took a major hit Thursday (March 29) after Facebook announced plans to toss the Conway-based data marketer…
by - March 28, 2018 12:28 pm
The nation’s economic picture ended 2017 with slower-than-expected growth as strong consumer purchasing habits, robust housing sales and brisk year-end government spending were mostly offset by a downturn in capital…
by - March 27, 2018 4:31 pm
Windstream Holdings Inc. on Tuesday (March 27) acquired an East Coast telecom network management firm for nearly $37.5 million in an all-cash deal that will add nearly 40 new employees…
by - March 26, 2018 4:17 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission on Monday (March 26) unveiled a new initiative designed to aid local communities to recruit and successfully compete for new job…
