by - July 27, 2015 4:56 pm
The Gene Haas Foundation has awarded $65,000 in grants to various Arkansas colleges to conduct Young Manufacturing Academies early next month. The academies will be held from Aug. 3 to…
by - July 27, 2015 3:03 pm
This week 40 Walmart Supercenters will begin testing the closing of their stores at midnight and reopening at 6 a.m., as the retailer looks for ways to optimize store labor…
by - July 27, 2015 12:49 pm
With the first two quarters of 2015 already in the history books, local and national economists predict a stronger economy in Northwest Arkansas, Fort Smith and the nation as a…
by - July 27, 2015 11:02 am
Lockheed Martin Corp., which is awaiting word on the Pentagon’s high-stakes $30 billion Joint Light Vehicle Project, received a much smaller multi-billion dollar contract last week that will keep its…
by - July 27, 2015 10:59 am
Mary and Ross Whipple have donated $1.5 million to Arkansas Children’s Hospital to establish the Ross and Mary Whipple Family Distinguished Research Scientist Endowed Chair in honor of Dr. Richard…
by - July 27, 2015 10:12 am
America's Car-Mart Inc. has opened its 142nd dealership. The dealership is located in Albany, Ga., and it’s the seventh dealership in the peach state for the Bentonville-based used-car dealer. The…
by - July 27, 2015 8:56 am
Southern lifestyle magazine Garden & Gun recently included three Arkansas Bar-B-Q joints on its Bucket List of 50 places to enjoy while you can. Craig’s Bar-B-Q Devalls Bluff Established: 1947…
by - July 27, 2015 8:53 am
Our state has finally begun a process called “redetermination,” which means re-verifying income levels for enrollees in benefit programs like ARKids and the Private Option. Thousands will be deemed ineligible…
by - July 27, 2015 6:35 am
Editor’s note: Each Monday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Money Talk,” a wrap-up of banking and financial news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here….
by - July 27, 2015 6:25 am
Editor’s note: Kate Quinlan-Laird, the author of this guest commentary, is the Executive Director of ACANSA Arts Festival. She can be reached by email at [email protected]. Civic leaders increasingly recognize…
by - July 27, 2015 6:24 am
While Arkansas is transitioning to a state-operated health insurance marketplace, Hawaii has become the latest state to hand control of its state-run effort to the federal government, and some others…
by - July 27, 2015 6:18 am
The obesity epidemic has reached a turning point – or at least a plateau, the New York Times reports. The Times reported that calorie consumption, after peaking in 2003, has…
by - July 26, 2015 10:38 pm
In this roundup, we decided to look at a couple of startup scenes you might not think of and possible apps designed to help you travel to those locations. LOOKING…
by - July 26, 2015 9:44 pm
Each month, the Arkansas Venture Center hosts a mixer jointly with the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce. Every second Tuesday of the month, the mixer “draws together disparate segments of…
by - July 26, 2015 6:31 pm
When Jeston George sold his direct marketing company two years ago, he was looking to start a new business that did more than just make money. After discovering that his…
by - July 26, 2015 8:20 am
When Jeston George sold his direct marketing company two years ago, he was searching to start a new business that did more than just make money. He found it.
by - July 26, 2015 8:19 am
Political Animals Club President and Talk Business & Politics contributor Rex Nelson joined the show this week to talk about his cover story in the latest magazine edition of TB&P….
by - July 26, 2015 8:05 am
At 25, Anna Morrison is an articulate entrepreneur running a successful and growing tutoring business blocks away from the University of Arkansas. She is the CEO and director of operations…
by - July 26, 2015 7:03 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a wrap-up of manufacturing news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here. FORBES:…
by - July 26, 2015 12:14 am
Mid-sized businesses in the U.S. ($5-100 million in revenue) are increasingly able to access capital and are generally more optimistic than any other time in the last three years, according…
