by - November 1, 2015 7:51 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of manufacturing news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here. OIL GIANTS…
by - October 31, 2015 10:29 am
Customers of Arkansas’ three natural gas utilities will see winter bills that are more than 20% lower than last year as natural gas futures have fallen well below $2.40 per…
by - October 31, 2015 7:08 am
TV PREVIEW: DISMANG, GILLAM & BRUMMETT On this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics with Roby Brock, which now airs at our new time – Sunday at 9:30…
by - October 30, 2015 10:18 pm
Three themes were prominent in a discussion at Friday’s (Oct. 30) Northwest Arkansas Emerging Leaders meeting with Mike Malone, president and CEO of Northwest Arkansas Council: transit, entertainment, and making…
by - October 30, 2015 10:08 pm
Fayetteville-based Startup Junkie Consulting has narrowed the field of applicants to take part in its first ScaleUp Ozarks initiative expected to kickoff Nov. 11. There are 14 startups in this…
by - October 30, 2015 10:08 pm
Fayetteville-based Startup Junkie Consulting has narrowed the field of applicants to take part in its first ScaleUp Ozarks initiative expected to kickoff Nov. 11. There are 14 startups in this…
by - October 30, 2015 8:25 pm
Existing websites for Talk Business & Politics and The City Wire have been replaced by this new website designed to provide readers convenient access to the business and political news…
by - October 30, 2015 2:59 pm
A joint effort by Baptist Health and the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub has been formed to accelerate the development of up to 10 health care-related startup companies. The two entities…
by - October 30, 2015 1:35 pm
Arkansas State University System President Dr. Charles Welch announced Friday (Oct. 30) that three candidates have been invited to the ASU-Beebe campus to interview for the position of chancellor. The…
by - October 30, 2015 6:14 am
Reduced consumer spending and a dip in manufacturing pushed third quarter financials for ArcBest below market expectations. But for the first nine months of 2015 the transportation and logistics company…
by - October 30, 2015 12:18 am
Editor’s note: Each Friday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Energy In-depth,” a round-up of energy and regulatory news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here….
by - October 29, 2015 9:56 pm
The Parrot Island Waterpark brought good news for the Fort Smith Board of Directors and Sebastian County Quorum Court at Thursday’s (Oct. 29) special study session. Rick Coleman of American…
by - October 29, 2015 9:48 pm
While the number of employed slipped a little from August, the September jobs picture in Northwest Arkansas remained on a positive track with the number of employed up 3.42% year-over-year….
by - October 29, 2015 9:44 pm
Although the Fort Smith region still has fewer people employed than prior to the Great Recession, the jobs picture is improving, with the number of unemployed declining in September and…
by - October 29, 2015 5:02 pm
The international market for Arkansas rice producers is teeming with possibilities, an industry official told the Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board Thursday. Chuck Wilson, director of Arkansas Field Services…
by - October 29, 2015 1:45 pm
Four hospital providers, including Baptist Health and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield are creating a shared services organization to reduce duplication,…
by - October 29, 2015 1:08 pm
With more than 140 million customers shopping Walmart stores each week and 4,500 pickup locations disguised as supercenters and other stores, the retail giant is going against the retail grain…
by - October 29, 2015 12:18 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) has rethought two of his seven proposed changes to the Medicaid private option, proposed renaming it “Arkansas Works,” and supports a managed care system for high-cost…
by - October 29, 2015 10:03 am
The jobs picture improved in September for the central Arkansas and Jonesboro metro areas, with the Little Rock region seeing an almost 4% year-over-year gain in the number of employed…
by - October 29, 2015 9:00 am
Bloomberg News is reporting that telecom giant Verizon Communications has informed employees that its wireless operations will be reorganized and that there will be an unspecified number of job cuts.
