by - September 18, 2015 9:06 pm
Arkansas’ four United States Representatives voted with the majority Friday to defund Planned Parenthood for at least a year while congressional committees look into questions involving the use of fetal…
by - September 18, 2015 1:21 pm
Windstream Holdings Inc.’s board of directors on Friday announced that the Little Rock telecom has adopted a poison pill plan in order to protect a tax benefit the company received…
by - September 18, 2015 1:14 pm
Arkansas’ jobless rate fell to 5.4% in August thanks to a year-over-year gain of more than 43,000 jobs. Also, the number of unemployed declined by 4,825 in August compared to…
by - September 18, 2015 12:31 pm
It may be a question of literally where the rubber meets the road on funding issues for a highway bill as lawmakers continue to discuss the future of the federal…
by - September 18, 2015 11:30 am
In recent weeks two high ranking executives working at Wal-Mart in digital e-commerce and analytics have left the retailer for jobs at ABC-Disney and PepsiCo, both suppliers to Wal-Mart. Gibu…
by - September 18, 2015 10:49 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate in August dropped two-tenths of a percentage point in tandem with the national unemployment rate as the state’s labor pool rose by 1,400 to a robust 1,338,300…
by - September 18, 2015 7:14 am
Wal-Mart Stores will build its next two e-commerce fulfillment centers in south-central Florida as part of its continued focus and investment to drive more online sales while also expediting delivery at its lowest possible cost.
by - September 18, 2015 6:50 am
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by - September 18, 2015 6:47 am
Two University of Arkansas researchers working on a promising new material to create more efficient solar cells will lead a corps of Arkansas scientists chosen to develop the next generation…
by - September 18, 2015 6:44 am
Entergy Arkansas Inc. safely brought down the last two components of the Robert E. Ritchie power plant through a controlled implosion at the Helena site, the utility announced on Thursday….
by - September 18, 2015 5:45 am
The Fab Four from Liverpool – who made a trip through Northeast Arkansas more than 50 years ago – were big fans of the music from the region. The author of a new book on The Beatles will be in Arkansas to share his insider knowledge.
by - September 17, 2015 5:45 pm
Former Oklahoma governor and American Banking Association CEO Frank Keating told an audience of mostly legal and financial professionals on Thursday (Sept. 17) that overly burdensome Dodd-Frank regulations implemented since…
by - September 17, 2015 5:33 pm
Wal-Mart Stores will build its next two e-commerce fulfillment centers in south-central Florida as part of its continued focus and investment to drive more online sales while also expediting delivery…
by - September 17, 2015 4:39 pm
The stress of driving up and down aisles at the airport parking garage looking for a spot just got a little lower. The Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport showed…
by - September 17, 2015 3:26 pm
ABF Freight and Panther Premium Logistics have been named to Inbound Logistics’ Top 100 Truckers list for 2015. The two operations are subsidiaries of Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp. Each year,…
by - September 17, 2015 2:15 pm
Walmart will hire 60,000 workers to help the retailer through the holiday shopping cycle, with 1,245 of those short-term hires to be in Arkansas, the company announced Thursday (Sept. 17)…
by - September 17, 2015 2:06 pm
Former Oklahoma governor and American Banking Association CEO Frank Keating told an audience of mostly legal and financial professionals on Thursday that overly burdensome Dodd-Frank regulations implemented since the 2008…
by - September 17, 2015 12:46 pm
Alma-based InvoTek Inc., along with three clinical partners, received funding from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). The 5-year, $5 million project seeks to improve…
by - September 17, 2015 12:39 pm
The local foreclosure pace in August bucked the national trend as the number of filings doubled in Benton, Sebastian and Washington counties compared to the same month last year, according…
by - September 17, 2015 9:57 am
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art recently acquired Maya’s Quilt of Life, 1989, (acrylic on canvas and painted, dyed and pieced fabrics) by Faith Ringgold, from the art collection of…
