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Bentonville stepped into the international limelight this weekend to host the “Final Table” event of the World Food Championships, and the winner has close ties to Arkansas. For the first…
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Walmart has set June 13 as its “Open Call” day. Hundreds of hopeful suppliers will descend on Walmart’s corporate offices prepped for a 20-minute buyer meeting that can make or…
by - April 20, 2018 6:08 pm
Walmart Inc. exceeded the $500 billion revenue threshold for the first time in the company’s 53-year history. So it’s no surprise the company’s top five executives, who benefit from performance-based…
by - April 20, 2018 3:41 pm
Business leaders from North Carolina and Indianapolis explained why their regions have supported transit with sales and income taxes, and how one region overcame perceptions that public transit is only…
by - April 20, 2018 3:14 pm
The more things change, the more they stay the same. For The First National Bank of Fort Smith, those are reliable words to live by. The Fort Smith market leader’s…
by - April 20, 2018 3:03 pm
Freezing temperatures in April were not kind to budding pear, peach and nectarine trees. But local farmers say their strawberry crops look healthy, and Lad Hiatt of Hiatt Blueberry Farm…
by - April 20, 2018 2:13 pm
Arkansas’ tight job market held serve in March in line with the national trend where unemployment rates in nearly all 50 states reported little or no change at the end…
by - April 20, 2018 10:30 am
Major Jay Thompson of the Arkansas Highway Police (AHP) has been promoted to chief of the state agency, a division of the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT). On Friday (April…
by - April 20, 2018 9:26 am
A two-building commercial development and an undeveloped lot all near the front gate of Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers have sold for a combined $27 million. Tampa-based investment firm Hachem…
by - April 20, 2018 8:26 am
Michael Paladino, co-founder and chief technology officer of Bentonville software company RevUnit, was named entrepreneur of the year at the annual awards banquet held Thursday (April 19) by the Sam…
by - April 20, 2018 7:56 am
Mercy Hospital in Rogers is now using the Watchman device, which is implanted in patients to prevent the formation of blood clots. It is considered an alternative to blood thinning…
by - April 19, 2018 7:25 pm
The U.S. economy is rapidly evolving, and automation will dramatically change what jobs workers perform in the future, according to Jonesboro Unlimited Vice President for Economic Development Mike Downing. This…
by - April 19, 2018 7:18 pm
Andrea Allen has been named interim executive director of the Delta Center for Economic Development, Arkansas State University Chancellor Kelly Damphousse announced Thursday (April 19). A 1997 ASU graduate, Allen…
by - April 19, 2018 4:41 pm
Walmart announced Thursday (April 19) it’s testing a new mobile checkout service – “Check Out With Me” – in more than 350 U.S. stores. The service is available at Arkansas…
by - April 19, 2018 3:30 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has seen demand unlike ever before in this upcycle and expects double-digit revenue growth in 2018, and operating income to rise at a faster rate than…
by - April 19, 2018 3:11 pm
Highlands Oncology Group is bursting at the seams in its Fayetteville cancer treatment center as the region’s population continues to grow beyond 500,000. Need for additional space has prompted the…
by - April 19, 2018 1:03 pm
University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture officials led the groundbreaking Thursday (April 19) for a poultry health laboratory in Fayetteville. The 4,200-square foot facility will conduct research focused on…
by - April 19, 2018 11:57 am
Flintco Inc. in Springdale is using a building permit valued at $15.81 million for a 25-acre project at 3131 W. Garrett Road in Rogers. Rogers Public Schools is the land…
by - April 19, 2018 11:40 am
Home Bancshares Inc. closed out the first three months of 2018 with record first quarter earnings, largely boosted by strong loan growth from the bank’s commercial real estate lending arm…
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…
