by - November 28, 2016 9:32 am
Three manufacturers accounted for 76% or 55 gigawatts of installed wind generating capacity in the United States, as of the end of 2015, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration….
by - November 28, 2016 8:53 am
The future Fort Smith Regional Airport Director will breathe a sigh of relief when settling into the office of Director John Parker, who announced his retirement — effective March 31,…
by - November 28, 2016 8:43 am
Consumers logged online and spent a record $24.52 billion between Nov. 1 through Black Friday (Nov. 25), up 12% from the same period in 2015, according to comScore. “After a…
by - November 28, 2016 12:32 am
Editor’s note: Each Monday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Money Talk,” a wrap-up of banking and financial news. –––––––––––––––– SEC CHAIR MARY JO WHITE ANNOUNCES PLANS TO RESIGN AFTER OBAMA…
by - November 27, 2016 9:49 am
Three business icons are optimistic that a President Donald Trump will govern more pragmatically than candidate Trump campaigned. Thomas F. “Mack” McLarty, Franklin McLarty and Robert L. “Bob” Johnson were…
by - November 27, 2016 12:20 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. –––––––––––––– MICHIGAN GOVERNOR SIGNS MOU TO CREATE AUTO MANUFACTURING HUB…
by - November 26, 2016 8:29 am
TV PREVIEW On this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics, which airs Sundays at 9:30 a.m. on KATV Channel 7 in Central Arkansas and in Northeast Arkansas on…
by - November 23, 2016 1:40 pm
Johnelle Hunt of Rogers is among the 2017 Governor’s Arts Awards recipients for her contributions to the arts in Arkansas. The initiative is led by Little Rock-based nonprofit Arkansas Arts…
by - November 23, 2016 12:43 pm
A Northwest Arkansas cancer treatment provider has started using a high-precision machine to treat patients. On Oct. 31, Highlands Oncology Group started treating patients with a TrueBeam linear accelerator, manufactured…
by - November 23, 2016 10:44 am
Arkansas bank executives agreed with former U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., about this: the bank regulation bill that bears his name should have been more lenient on smaller banks. In a…
by - November 23, 2016 10:20 am
Turkey farming is anything but easy. But that didn’t stop Jeff and Gloria Lindsey of Elkins from giving it a try. The couple signed on as turkey growers for Cargill…
by - November 23, 2016 9:47 am
Business groups across the U.S. cheered a decision by a U.S. District Court in Texas postponing the Obama administration’s new overtime rules that determine how much employees working more than…
by - November 22, 2016 8:39 pm
After eight years as director and almost 20 years with the airport, Fort Smith Regional Airport Director John Parker is stepping down. Parker announced his retirement effective March 31, 2017,…
by - November 22, 2016 7:03 pm
Truck tonnage declined 0.9% in October compared to the same month last year, but a trucking economist sees signs of a gradual increase in truck freight, according to a news…
by - November 22, 2016 4:46 pm
Biomedical engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have found a cause of fluid swelling in the brain, or cellular edema, happening during a concussion, and a treatment for it,…
by - November 22, 2016 4:12 pm
The new superintendent of Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) is not yet known — that will be for a marathon day of interviews on Nov. 28 to assist in determining…
by - November 22, 2016 2:41 pm
The Women and Infants Center at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville opened Nov. 14. The $60 million project added a five-story, 132,800-square-foot patient tower to the existing hospital campus,…
by - November 22, 2016 2:38 pm
The number of distressed home sales in Northwest Arkansas — including bank-owned (REO) sales, sales of homes actively in foreclosure and short sales — continues to drop. According to a…
by - November 22, 2016 2:36 pm
Tyson Foods is preparing for a management shift and it’s only the second time in the company’s long history where the incoming CEO is not a veteran employee of the…
by - November 22, 2016 2:31 pm
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith and Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas in Rogers are two of the five hospital in Arkansas to receive the top “A” rating from the national nonprofit Leapfrog…
