by - November 29, 2015 8:33 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. MANUFACTURING ALLIANCE SAYS STRONG CONSUMER DEMAND WILL DRIVE JOB GAINS THROUGH 2017: Strong…
by - November 27, 2015 6:56 pm
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. Arkansas Economic Development Commission Executive…
by - November 25, 2015 12:21 pm
Despite Entergy Corp.’s recent announcement that its plans to take more than 2,000 megawatts (MW) of nuclear generating capacity off the grid by 2019, total U.S. nuclear capacity will increase…
by - November 25, 2015 11:40 am
Northwest Arkansas homebuilders and commercial construction crews were busy in September with building permits totaling $101.713 million in the region’s four largest cities, up 60.8% from the same month in…
by - November 24, 2015 8:53 pm
Members of the Health Reform Legislative Task Force are considering two options for changing how Arkansas administers its Medicaid system, said the task force’s chairman, Rep. Charlie Collins, R-Fayetteville, during…
by - November 24, 2015 8:38 pm
The Little Rock Technology Park Authority agreed on Tuesday to make a $1,037,000 counter offer to attorney Richard Mays to purchase his firm’s downtown office Tuesday, opening the door for…
by - November 24, 2015 2:40 pm
There was a time when chicken companies like Tyson Foods oversaw the growing of every bird slaughtered in its plants. But that came with an expensive fixed-asset cost, and Tyson…
by - November 24, 2015 2:00 pm
Cheap gasoline prices across Arkansas and the rest of the U.S. will likely result in more traffic on the trip to grandmother’s house as record numbers of travelers are expected…
by - November 24, 2015 1:25 pm
Despite more retailers opening their doors on Thanksgiving Day, consumer sentiment about shopping during the holiday season is mixed, with two closely watched surveys showing different results. The International Council…
by - November 24, 2015 1:05 pm
The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees approved the creation of the Tesseract Center for Immersive Environments and Game Design at its Nov. 20 meeting. Pending approval from the Arkansas…
by - November 24, 2015 1:05 pm
The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees approved the creation of the Tesseract Center for Immersive Environments and Game Design at its Nov. 20 meeting. Pending approval from the Arkansas…
by - November 24, 2015 1:03 pm
Frank and Judy Fletcher, University of Arkansas alumnus, have contributed $600,000 to their alma mater to establish an entrepreneurial assistance fund in the Sam M. Walton College of Business. The…
by - November 24, 2015 1:03 pm
Frank and Judy Fletcher, University of Arkansas alumnus, have contributed $600,000 to their alma mater to establish an entrepreneurial assistance fund in the Sam M. Walton College of Business. The…
by - November 24, 2015 12:58 pm
The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board on Monday announced the board members and officers for 2015-2016. Bono native Shannon Davis was reappointed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson to serve on the Arkansas…
by - November 24, 2015 12:58 pm
The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board on Monday announced the board members and officers for 2015-2016. Bono native Shannon Davis was reappointed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson to serve on the Arkansas…
by - November 24, 2015 12:49 pm
An Arkansas State University engineering professor has begun work on the largest research award in the 100-year plus history of the university. The nearly $1.2 million project will help a…
by - November 24, 2015 12:20 pm
Thanksgiving is an under appreciated holiday sometimes, it seems. There is so much hype around Halloween and Christmas, and even Black Friday, that Thanksgiving gets left behind. I can remember…
by - November 24, 2015 12:09 pm
The nation’s economy expanded in the third quarter at a rate better than previously reported, but still lost momentum from the second quarter when U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) rose…
by - November 24, 2015 11:32 am
Defense giant Aerojet Rocketdyne, whose chief executive met with Gov. Asa Hutchinson in September to dedicate the expansion of the company’s sprawling 1,200-acre industrial site in East Camden, announced on…
by - November 24, 2015 11:19 am
Arkansans are a conservative lot but still optimistic overall about personal finances for the next year, according to the Fall 2015 Arvest Consumer Sentiment Survey released Tuesday (Nov. 24). However,…
