by - December 14, 2015 6:53 pm
Upper-level students majoring in business at Arkansas State University have a new form of financial assistance available to complete their degree, university officials said Monday (Dec. 14). Through a gift…
by - December 14, 2015 6:46 pm
Timing is often everything in the commercial real estate sector, a lesson investor and developer Brett Hash knows all too well. Hash is in the midst of finishing up Casalini…
by - December 14, 2015 6:29 pm
Arvest Bank announced Monday (Dec. 14) that Arvest Asset Management is changing its name to Arvest Wealth Management and is adopting a new brand identity effective Jan. 1, 2016. The…
by - December 14, 2015 6:29 pm
Arvest Bank announced Monday (Dec. 14) that Arvest Asset Management is changing its name to Arvest Wealth Management and is adopting a new brand identity effective Jan. 1, 2016. The…
by - December 14, 2015 6:16 pm
Editor’s note: The Supply Side section of Talk Business & Politics focuses on the companies, organizations, issues and individuals engaged in providing products and services to retailers. The Supply Side…
by - December 14, 2015 5:24 pm
The number of Arkansans eligible for the state’s private option increased by more than 11,000 from the end of October to November, growing from 238,224 to 249,539, according to numbers…
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…
