by - April 12, 2016 2:32 pm
Demand for new homes and disciplined building has resulted in perhaps the healthiest real estate market Northwest Arkansas has seen in more than eight years, according to the latest Arvest…
by - April 12, 2016 1:12 pm
Wal-Mart Stores is Tyson’s Foods largest customer and the food giant has promoted Jason Nichol to senior vice president over the Walmart business. Tyson Foods said 16.8% of its 2015…
by - April 12, 2016 1:12 pm
Wal-Mart Stores is Tyson’s Foods largest customer and the food giant has promoted Jason Nichol to senior vice president over the Walmart business. Tyson Foods said 16.8% of its 2015…
by - April 12, 2016 11:45 am
Editor’s note: Each Tuesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Campus Talk,” a recap and roundup of education news. —————— SUSAN HARRIMAN TO LEAD FORWARD ARKANSAS GROUP Advocacy group ForwARd Arkansas named Susan…
by - April 12, 2016 9:12 am
A Walmart U.S. already struggling to boost revenue, margins and same-store sales has the added challenge of doing all that and more amid weak U.S. GDP growth and cuts to…
by - April 12, 2016 8:44 am
Future School of Fort Smith, the startup high school to open in downtown Fort Smith in August 2016, has advanced to the semifinals of XQ: The Super School Project. The…
by - April 11, 2016 6:44 pm
They were partners in crime as kids. Brittany Hodak and Jennifer Barker grew up about a mile apart in a small town just outside Fort Smith. The two were close enough…
by - April 11, 2016 6:35 pm
It was not Christmas, but county officials on Monday (April 11) were making a list of county properties and checking it twice for review. Finance Committee Chairman Josh Longmire has…
by - April 11, 2016 4:51 pm
Bank of the Ozarks kicked off the first quarter earnings period for Arkansas’ publicly traded concerns on a positive note as the Little Rock banking group posted record profits and…
by - April 11, 2016 4:30 pm
Major U.S. container ports saw import volumes rise 3.7% in February from the previous month, and the growth forecast for the first half of this year has been raised to…
by - April 11, 2016 4:30 pm
Major U.S. container ports saw import volumes rise 3.7% in February from the previous month, and the growth forecast for the first half of this year has been raised to…
by - April 11, 2016 4:29 pm
Shelley Simpson, chief marketing officer for logistics giant J.B. Hunt Transport, was recently honored as the 2016 recipient of the “Distinguished Women in Logistics Award” at the Transportation Intermediaries Association…
by - April 11, 2016 4:29 pm
Shelley Simpson, chief marketing officer for logistics giant J.B. Hunt Transport, was recently honored as the 2016 recipient of the “Distinguished Women in Logistics Award” at the Transportation Intermediaries Association…
by - April 11, 2016 4:27 pm
ABF Logistics, a division of Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp., has been recognized by Transport Topics on the Top Freight Brokerage Firms of 2016 list. ABF Logistics is ranked No. 21…
by - April 11, 2016 4:27 pm
ABF Logistics, a division of Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp., has been recognized by Transport Topics on the Top Freight Brokerage Firms of 2016 list. ABF Logistics is ranked No. 21…
by - April 11, 2016 4:21 pm
The state would increase spending in the foster care system less than anticipated, spend $54.2 million more for the Department of Human Services, and spend $7.3 million less than last…
by - April 11, 2016 4:09 pm
Arkansas State University Chancellor Dr. Tim Hudson said Monday (April 11) that plans for the first phase of its campus in Mexico is moving ahead as planned, with the campus…
by - April 11, 2016 1:17 pm
The push to end the U.S. travel and trade embargo with Cuba received a strong boost in Arkansas on Monday (April 11) as a coalition of state, federal and agricultural…
by - April 11, 2016 11:09 am
Fort Smith Regional Airport Director John Parker said there has been “very little movement” on negotiations with the Air National Guard Bureau over the terms of a lease that could…
by - April 11, 2016 10:47 am
U.S. Postal Service customers and businesses mailing letters and packages Monday (April 11) will see the first rollback in prices for mailing products and services in nearly a century. Price…
