by - October 20, 2015 5:06 am
L’Oreal USA, which operates a manufacturing and distribution facility in North Little Rock, announced Monday (Oct. 19) that it joined the American Business Act on Climate Pledge, partnering up with…
by - October 18, 2015 12:01 am
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by - October 15, 2015 1:10 pm
Micro Plastics is expanding its Arkansas operations with a $2.4 million investment in the north central Arkansas town of Melbourne that is estimated to add 79 jobs in five years….
by - October 15, 2015 11:54 am
Economic growth experienced by Arkansas and the rest of the nation in the second quarter has slowed as the post-recession recovery is now being characterized as a “modest expansion.”
by - October 15, 2015 10:13 am
There will be 225 additional job openings at Baxter International’s Mountain Home manufacturing facility. On Thursday (Oct. 15), Baxter International announced it would expand its north central Arkansas operations to…
by - October 14, 2015 8:31 pm
The Little Rock Tech Park Authority temporarily tabled two controversial items dealing with the first phase of the $30 million downtown development.
by - October 14, 2015 4:07 pm
Economic development can go hand in hand with agriculture serving as a key part of the region’s future, several farm capital business owners said Wednesday (Oct. 14). U.S. Rep. Rick…
by - October 13, 2015 4:30 pm
While most U.S. businesses have been shut out of Cuba for 55 years, Arkansas’ poultry industry has exported broiler meat to the tiny island nation for more than a decade….
by - October 13, 2015 12:52 pm
A long-simmering financial dispute over how two of the nation’s largest grid operators use available capacity on each other’s energy transmission systems has finally come to an end after several…
by - October 13, 2015 6:35 am
Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Defense announced plans on Monday to roll out the latest version of the nation’s next-generation, all-duty Humvee and Jeep successor at a three-day gathering of military decision-makers and…
by - October 12, 2015 3:06 pm
Total manufacturing technology orders for the South Central region of the U.S. declined nearly 73% in August compared to a year ago as production in the blue collar-friendly sector has fallen off significantly. Still, there are pockets of positivity.
by - October 12, 2015 10:05 am
There is potentially a $7 billion reason execs with Wal-Mart are leaning on their 10,000 suppliers with tighter price negotiations and payment terms tied to sale rates. Wal-Mart began in…
by - October 11, 2015 7:09 am
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by - October 9, 2015 11:29 am
Meat giant Tyson Foods got its start in the early 1930s on Emma Street in downtown Springdale. The third Tyson family generation led by John Tyson, grandson of the founder,…
by - October 8, 2015 6:16 pm
After a five year drought, fans of Yarnell’s Woo Pig Chewy flavor ice cream can finally get their hands on the brownie flavored ice cream with chunks of chewy brownies…
by - October 8, 2015 5:32 pm
Two Stuttgart-based rice mills again made the top 100 list of the nation’s agricultural cooperatives in 2014, but lost ground in the annual ranking as most of the nation’s farmer,…
by - October 6, 2015 11:09 am
In recognition of “Manufacturing Day” events across the U.S. on Oct. 2, the Commerce Department released a new report drawing on evidence from 10 federal data sets showing that a…
by - October 5, 2015 7:36 pm
Mallory Jordan with our content partner, KAIT Region 8 News, reports: Educators and businesses collided at Arkansas State University Monday at the Think Tank for STEM Partnership Conference. Kindergarten through…
by - October 4, 2015 9:58 pm
As the U.S. Department of Energy prepares to kick off October’s National Energy Action Month, the department announced last week that manufacturers in its “Better Buildings, Better Plants Program” (Better…
by - October 4, 2015 8:02 am
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