by - December 14, 2015 5:20 pm
Arkansas shed 1,354 industrial jobs from the beginning of 2014 to September 2015, continuing the post-recession slump that has shrunk the number of factory-related jobs across the state since 2007,…
by - December 14, 2015 2:17 pm
Rockline Industries’ plant in Booneville was recently awarded the Four Year Accumulative Safety Award after employees went without one lost day of work due to work-related injury or illness from…
by - December 14, 2015 2:11 pm
LSB Industries Inc. of Oklahoma City has completed the sale of $210 million of preferred stock and warrants in a private placement the company will use to complete the construction…
by - December 14, 2015 12:36 pm
Editor’s note: Keith Crawford is a senior IT consultant with Little Rock-based Mainstream Technologies. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted in this space are wholly the view of the author(s)….
by - December 14, 2015 11:57 am
Mercy Clinic-Fort Smith is building a $7.9 million clinic in Chaffee Crossing and within walking distance of the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ACOM). It’s one of the first major…
by - December 14, 2015 10:17 am
Editor’s note: Story changes and additions made throughout. Batesville-based Bad Boy Mowers is investing $7.8 million in a facility expansion that is expected to add 160 jobs, raising the total…
by - December 14, 2015 9:47 am
Private sector and grant donations to an effort to build more trails and greenways in Fort Smith has raised more than $1.1 million thanks to recent donations from BHC Insurance,…
by - December 14, 2015 9:47 am
Private sector and grant donations to an effort to build more trails and greenways in Fort Smith has raised more than $1.1 million thanks to recent donations from BHC Insurance,…
by - December 14, 2015 6:35 am
North Little Rock-based Bourbon & Boots, the online retailer featuring Southern artisan merchandise, has entered into an agreement to purchase Tales From The South, a radio show and media company…
by - December 14, 2015 6:30 am
Joplin, Mo.-based Empire District Electric Co., which has several hundred customers in rural northwest Arkansas, confirmed Sunday (Dec. 13) it has hired a financial advisor and is in the early…
by - December 14, 2015 12:28 am
Editor’s note: Each Monday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Money Talk,” a wrap-up of banking and financial news. NERVOUS STOCK INVESTORS FACE RATE HIKE JITTERS AS FEDS MEET ON WEDNESDAY: After U.S….
by - December 13, 2015 8:48 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. U.S. NOW PREFERRED LOCATION FOR NEW FACTORY CAPACITY AS RESHORING INTEREST GROWS: Of…
by - December 12, 2015 8:33 am
TV PREVIEW On this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics with Roby Brock, which airs Sunday at 9:30 a.m. on KATV Ch. 7. Explosive comments came this week…
by - December 11, 2015 7:49 pm
America’s Car-Mart Inc. has added Jim von Gremp to its board of directors. von Gremp, 66, is a real estate investor, communication consultant and former Wal-Mart executive. “America’s Car Mart…
by - December 11, 2015 7:49 pm
America’s Car-Mart Inc. has added Jim von Gremp to its board of directors. von Gremp, 66, is a real estate investor, communication consultant and former Wal-Mart executive. “America’s Car Mart…
by - December 11, 2015 7:47 pm
Janet Harris has been hired as director of programs at The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute. She will begin working at the Institute Jan. 11, 2016. Harris comes to the Institute from…
by - December 11, 2015 7:47 pm
Janet Harris has been hired as director of programs at The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute. She will begin working at the Institute Jan. 11, 2016. Harris comes to the Institute from…
by - December 11, 2015 7:33 pm
The week started with debate over terrorism while lawmakers spent the last part of the week attempting to get a budget bill passed. RESPONSE TO OBAMA SPEECH ON ISIS In…
by - December 11, 2015 7:05 pm
The Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has adopted a final rule requiring motor carriers to install electronic logging devices in all trucks. The devices are meant to…
by - December 11, 2015 6:22 pm
Fort Smith may soon be home to yet another new high school. The Fort Smith Trinity Catholic High Exploratory Board announced Friday (Dec. 11) it has been approved to move…
