by - July 26, 2015 7:03 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a wrap-up of manufacturing news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here. FORBES:…
by - July 25, 2015 10:48 am
A plan to close the I-55 bridge at Memphis for nine months in 2017 will receive another look as officials study the economic impact of such a move. Officials with…
by - July 24, 2015 2:53 pm
The Mississippi River is a wonderful resource while a plot of land where a $1.3 billion steel mill is being built is definitely “Steel Mill Heaven,” the CEO of Big…
by - July 23, 2015 6:53 pm
A new national survey shows that an increasing number of business executives are concerned about the Department of Labor new proposed overtime regulations.
by - July 22, 2015 3:08 pm
Deltic Timber Corp. reported lower second quarter financial results as weakened demand for wood and lumber products in the company’s primary markets eroded sales and operating income, the Arkansas timberland and…
by - July 22, 2015 1:18 pm
Sarah Whites-Koditschek with our content partner KUAR FM 89.1 News reports: The state’s task force on computer science education met in downtown Little Rock Wednesday to work on recommendations for…
by - July 22, 2015 12:16 pm
The Millennial generation, often characterized as “entitled kids,” are helping to drive more demand in custom jewelry, according to big box wholesaler Sam’s Club and local family-owned jewelers H.Perry in…
by - July 22, 2015 7:03 am
Top Lockheed Martin executives said they expect to hear a decision in August or September on the $30 billion Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) project that could land in Camden’s Highland Industrial Park.
by - July 21, 2015 9:01 am
Arkansas’ unemployment rate fell one-tenth of a percentage point in June as the state’s civilian labor pool grew by 200 workers, according to U.S. labor force data released Tuesday (July…
by - July 20, 2015 9:51 pm
Gains in employment, sales tax collections and building permits resulted in the best combination of grades for Arkansas’ top three metro economies since the first quarter of 2012.
by - July 20, 2015 9:14 pm
The Tennessee Automotive Manufacturers Association will host the 2015 Southern Automotive Conference, the region’s premiere automotive trade show, on Oct. 18-20 in Nashville.
by - July 20, 2015 6:51 pm
The Arkansas Department of Workforce Services will host a two-day training and strategy session beginning Tuesday to highlight key changes in the first major reform of federal job training programs…
by - July 20, 2015 5:59 pm
Jim Fram, President and CEO of the Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce and the Hot Springs Metro Partnership, will participate in the fourth annual Economic Development Forum at the…
by - July 20, 2015 5:13 pm
A Cargill pork feed mill in London that opened the same year Ronald Reagan became president will hold a ceremony on Friday to celebrate 35 years without a lost time…
by - July 20, 2015 10:11 am
Lockheed Martin reported robust second quarter earnings and easily beat Wall Street expectations as the defense contracting giant officially announced the $9 billion acquisition of Sikorsky Aircraft from United Technologies,…
by - July 19, 2015 7:31 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a wrap-up of manufacturing news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here. SUCCESS…
by - July 16, 2015 7:03 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said Thursday that her office has submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Arkansas’ proposed Regional Haze plan following rejection of the state’s…
by - July 14, 2015 2:48 pm
Lockheed Martin will debut its first-ever live stream launch of the future USS Little Rock on Friday at the Marinette Marine shipyard in Wisconsin.
by - July 13, 2015 6:45 pm
River operators say the hard-hitting rains of the last three months have dealt the barge business the ‘worst economic blow’ since the Great Recession.
by - July 12, 2015 7:40 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a wrap-up of manufacturing news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here. LOCKHEED…
