by - October 12, 2016 2:57 pm
Little Rock grid operator Southwest Power Pool’s (SPP) recently said wholesale electricity markets have reduced the cost of electricity by more than $1 billion since 2014 across the regional transmission…
by - October 12, 2016 12:41 pm
Editor’s note: The Supply Side section of Talk Business & Politics focuses on the companies, organizations, issues and individuals engaged in providing products and services to retailers. The Supply Side…
by - October 12, 2016 8:07 am
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up health-related topics. ––––––––––––––– WALMART TO OFFER FREE HEALTH CHECK-UPS ON SATURDAY For a four-hour period on Saturday,…
by - October 11, 2016 10:18 pm
Bank of the Ozarks Inc. posted record third quarter profits before Tuesday’s (Oct. 11) opening bell as the Little Rock-based regional banking group looks to digest two of the largest…
by - October 11, 2016 10:04 pm
William Moates Jr., 49, whose businesses included the restaurant Blaze’n Burrito and a credit card processing company, has pled guilty to numerous counts of wire fraud and other felonies committed…
by - October 11, 2016 9:18 pm
The Future Fort Smith comprehensive plan is “a constant sales job,” according to Comprehensive Plan Implementation Committee member John Cooley. The sales job is already in motion, Cooley noted Tuesday…
by - October 11, 2016 8:48 pm
Passage of an amendment legalizing three casinos would have a total statewide annual impact of $1.2 billion, create 3,200 direct jobs and create 3,432 direct construction jobs, according to a…
by - October 11, 2016 5:32 pm
The first American-style campus in Mexico will open on schedule. Arkansas State University’s former Chancellor Tim Hudson played a vital role when the university decided to partner with foreign businessmen…
by - October 11, 2016 5:22 pm
The Early Childhood Initiatives Center and Northwest Health formed a partnership to provide first aid/CPR training and certification to the 5,000 early childhood professionals in Northwest Arkansas. Thue training will…
by - October 11, 2016 5:03 pm
Employer sponsored health care plans will cost about 6.5% more next year, with health care expenditures reaching a point of equilibrium after several years of nearly double-digit growth, according to…
by - October 11, 2016 4:51 pm
Industrial giant GE announced Tuesday (Oct. 11) its plans to purchase Danish wind turbine maker LM Wind Power for $1.65 billion, allowing the U.S. industrial giant to continue expanding its…
by - October 11, 2016 4:26 pm
Officials with the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association (AAEA) offered several policy recommendations on Tuesday (Oct. 11) concerning two recent dockets that some local energy experts say could determine the future…
by - October 11, 2016 1:58 pm
In today’s Talk Business & Politics Daily, State Sen. Joyce Elliott, D-Little Rock, and TB&P analyst John Burris discuss the recent Trump controversies and how they are affecting the GOP…
by - October 11, 2016 10:22 am
Lower employment, job gains and positive growth among most of Arkansas’ metro areas this year has pushed consumer confidence to its highest level in two years, according to the recent…
by - October 10, 2016 7:49 pm
As natural gas has overtaken coal as the nation’s major source of energy for power generation, U.S. residential electricity prices are forecasted in 2016 to decline for the first time…
by - October 10, 2016 5:50 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors mulled dwindling options for the 2017 healthcare plan for city employees at a special study session on Monday (Oct. 10), with Jerry Guy of…
by - October 10, 2016 5:00 pm
Tyson Foods has taken a 5% ownership stake in plant-based protein company Beyond Meat based in El Segundo, Calif., joining The Human Society of United States and Bill Gates who…
by - October 10, 2016 4:15 pm
The board of directors of Deltic Timber Corp. announced the retirement of Ray C. Dillon as the company’s President and CEO. D. Mark Leland, a current member of the company’s…
by - October 10, 2016 12:17 pm
The Arkansas Hospital Association and the Arkansas Medical Society have endorsed Issue 4, the proposed constitutional amendment directing the Legislature to set caps of at least $250,000 on non-economic damages…
by - October 10, 2016 12:08 pm
The Fort Smith distillery for France-based Pernod Ricard has assumed bottling of the company’s popular Malibu Rum label, Gov. Asa Hutchinson and executives from Pernod Ricard USA and Wal-Mart Stores…
