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The Jet.com acquisition continues to draw questions for Walmart nearly four years after the $3.3 billion deal was made. Wall Street analyst Deborah Weinswig of Coresight Research recently said, “Walmart-owned…
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While it’s been known for a month that the U.S. Supreme Court would hear a major case regarding pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), a date has now been set for oral…
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It took roughly six years of planning and undisclosed millions to breathe life into the former Kraft Cheese plant a few blocks from the downtown Bentonville square. The Momentary is…
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Little Rock-based Windstream posted declines in annual revenue and an adjusted net income variant related to an ongoing legal fight with Uniti. A new trial that will determine the future…
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Travis Napper has been named director of Arkansas Tourism, a department of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism (ADPHT). He replaces Jim Dailey, who retired at the end…
by - February 21, 2020 12:33 pm
John Brown University in Siloam Springs announced Friday (Feb. 21) the addition of an undergraduate cybersecurity degree beginning in the fall of 2020. Students can select to pursue either a…
by - February 21, 2020 10:25 am
CRN magazine, a brand of The Channel Co., has named Arkansas-based Edafio Technology Partners to its 2020 Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list in the Pioneer 250 category. The list…
by - February 20, 2020 11:32 pm
U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., along with U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, announced the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport will receive a $5.9 million grant…
by - February 20, 2020 11:29 pm
The Department of Transformation and Shared Services (TSS) Division of Information Systems (DIS) announced Thursday (Feb. 20) that Joshua McGee, PhD, will become the state’s chief data officer (CDO). In…
by - February 20, 2020 11:17 pm
The amount of food produced to sustain the world’s population will have to double this century to keep up with population growth, according to experts. New and improved ways to…
by - February 20, 2020 6:02 pm
Rural Arkansas hospitals have fared better than those in surrounding states because of the state’s expansion of the Medicaid population, but they face increasing financial pressures that could lead to…
by - February 20, 2020 5:32 pm
A partnership between Mercy Fort Smith and Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) will bring a new residency program to Mercy and an annual $23 million economic boost to the…
by - February 20, 2020 4:03 pm
The Bentonville Schools Board of Education has extended the contract of Superintendent Dr. Debbie Jones by one year through at least the 2022-23 school year. “Dr. Jones is a thoughtfully…
by - February 20, 2020 10:14 am
Bentonville arts venue the Momentary is set to open Feb. 22, and members can visit it the day before. The 63,000-square-foot satellite to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art was…
by - February 20, 2020 8:49 am
NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville has chosen Arias (Al) Massri as vice president of finance and administration, a position vacated by Debi Buckley who retired in November after nine…
by - February 19, 2020 6:46 pm
Tyson Foods CEO Noel White said despite the opening of China for U.S. protein, a six-fold increase in pork exports, and robust chicken exports to begin 2020, the new coronavirus…
by - February 19, 2020 6:43 pm
Conway-based Home BancShares Inc., (HOMB) the publicly traded parent company of Centennial Bank, has a deal in place to acquire LH-Finance, the marine lending division of Bridgeport, Conn.,-based People’s United…
by - February 19, 2020 6:30 pm
America’s Car-Mart earnings and revenue rose in the third quarter of fiscal 2020 as it beat analysts’ expectations for the period and ended the trading day with a record-high stock…
by - February 19, 2020 5:50 pm
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for the 2020 Arkansas Century Farm program. This program recognizes Arkansas families who have owned and farmed the same land for at…
by - February 19, 2020 5:43 pm
Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) Director Scott Bennett is retiring effective March 20, 2020. Bennett informed the Highway Commission of his decision in a letter dated Feb. 19. “I’ve had…
