by - August 15, 2016 3:00 pm
Despite a hit and miss retail environment, Wall Street analysts expect Wal-Mart Stores will have a decent quarter fueled in part by strong grocery sales. The consensus estimate is for…
by - August 15, 2016 2:00 pm
There’s a unique phenomena that occurs when the economy spins downward. Small, two-year colleges that often offer vocational training have a surge in enrollment. When the workforce shrinks, those without…
by - August 15, 2016 1:44 pm
Arkansas Bank Commissioner Candace Franks told a roomful of executives that lack of de novo banking growth, IT threats and overregulation are a concern to the industry’s future. She also…
by - August 15, 2016 10:54 am
Community Health Systems could add up to 250 jobs to its Shared Services Center in Fort Smith thanks to an $18.8 million refinancing deal that allows Beaty Capital Group to…
by - August 15, 2016 5:37 am
ENERGY DEPARTMENT FORMS PARTNERSHIP TO ACCELERATE GROWTH OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with…
by - August 15, 2016 5:33 am
Editor’s note: Dr. Kelly Hunt Lyon is the director of Webster University’s Little Rock Area Campuses. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted in this space are wholly the view of…
by - August 15, 2016 12:40 am
Editor’s note: Each Monday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Money Talk,” a wrap-up of banking and financial news. –––––––––––––––– BLOOMBERG: RECORD $33 BILLION PULLED FROM ACTIVE U.S. STOCK FUNDS IN JULY…
by - August 14, 2016 8:38 am
With the wild success of fundraising in Northwest Arkansas for an Arkansas Children’s Hospital campus, CEO Marcy Doderer says there are a number of additional initiatives underway to expand children’s…
by - August 13, 2016 3:42 pm
The group opposing a ballot initiative to limit attorneys’ fees and to allow the Legislature to cap noneconomic damages reported raising $420,430 in July from 18 lawyers and law firms….
by - August 13, 2016 6:55 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 KAIT-NBC,…
by - August 12, 2016 4:49 pm
Voters in Randolph County will not be allowed to decide if alcohol can be sold in their county during the General Election this November. Randolph County Clerk Rhonda Blevins determined…
by - August 12, 2016 1:34 pm
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded $1.4 million in grants to three Northwest Arkansas entities for the purposes of flood prevention, promotion of…
by - August 12, 2016 1:34 pm
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded $1.4 million in grants to three Northwest Arkansas entities for the purposes of flood prevention, promotion of…
by - August 12, 2016 11:13 am
The U.S. Travel Association’s Travel Trends Index (TTI) enjoyed an uptick for the month of June, but that bit of good news is expected to be muted by stagnant international…
by - August 12, 2016 11:07 am
LaShannon Spencer has been named CEO of Community Health Centers of Arkansas (CHCA), the state’s primary care association serving the federally qualified health centers across the state. Spencer, who is…
by - August 12, 2016 11:07 am
LaShannon Spencer has been named CEO of Community Health Centers of Arkansas (CHCA), the state’s primary care association serving the federally qualified health centers across the state. Spencer, who is…
by - August 12, 2016 10:55 am
Editor’s note: This is the second of two stories about the planned $900 million Diamond Pipeline that will transport crude oil across Arkansas. Link here for the first story. ––––––––––––––––––…
by - August 11, 2016 7:22 pm
“They say 2000, zero, zero, party over, Oops, out of time So tonight, I’m gonna party like it’s 1999″ Prince – “1999” Something happened on Wall Street Thursday (Aug. 11)…
by - August 11, 2016 6:28 pm
A new brief from the White House Council of Economic Advisors that claims that Dodd-Frank reforms have helped community banks met with resistance from the banking community and at least…
by - August 11, 2016 6:22 pm
Stephens Inc. investment banker Phyllis Riggins shares her thoughts on a variety of media-related dynamics altering the industry landscape. Riggins is managing director in the telecom and media division of…
