by - May 17, 2015 7:23 am
Made In America: Volvo Picks South Carolina For Auto Plant
Volvo Cars announced last week that it has chosen South Carolina as the location of its first American factory – a $500 million state-of-the-art plant.
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by - May 16, 2015 3:35 pm
Former Deltic Timber Exec and Chenal Valley Developer Jack McCray Dies
Jack R. McCray, former president, chief operating officer and board member at Deltic Timber Corp. and one of the original driving forces behind the development of upscale Chenal Valley in…
by - May 16, 2015 9:06 am
Walmart.com provides link for subscription-delivery service signup
Walmart.com has unveiled a signup link for consumers wanting to try to the subscription-based delivery service the retailer plans to test this summer. Follow the link, enter your email and…
by - May 16, 2015 9:01 am
Weekend Digest: The End Of The 40-Hour Work Week Edition
TV PREVIEW: HIGHWAYS, THE JOBS GOVERNOR AND BIG DATA On this week’s agenda: Gov. Asa Hutchinson has announced a May 26 special session primarily to pass a deal for the…
by - May 15, 2015 1:30 pm
Bear State Turns Profit, Now Operates Under Single Banking Charter
Bear State Financial Inc., which consolidated its three subsidiary banks into a single charter in the first quarter, turned around its fortune and made a tidy profit for the first…
by - May 15, 2015 9:50 am
Winston’s Pipe & Cigar Emporium opens in Fort Smith
Winston’s Pipe & Cigar Emporium, a family-owned cigar lounge and retail shop, has opened in Fort Smith at 5304 Rogers Ave. Selections offered by Winston’s include Rocky Patel, Padron, Oliva,…
by - May 15, 2015 5:55 am
Energy In-depth: GE Blowing Wind About Big Announcement
Read more of our weekly round-up of energy news from across the state and nation.
by - May 15, 2015 5:47 am
Little Rock School Superintendent Kurrus Assesses District
Sarah Whites-Koditschek with our content partner, KUAR FM 89.1 News, reports: Newly appointed Little Rock School District Superintendent Baker Kurrus gave a report to the State Board of Education Thursday…
by - May 15, 2015 5:45 am
Production Shift At Rheem Could Cost 100-150 Jobs In Fort Smith
It’s one of those classic “good news, bad news” situations at Rheem’s Fort Smith plant. Two productions lines will end at the plant by the summer, reducing employment by as…
by - May 15, 2015 5:42 am
Opportunities, Pitfalls Noted With Wal-Mart’s Test Of Subscription Delivery
News that Walmart.com would begin testing a $50 subscription that provides unlimited deliveries to online shoppers within three days, did not come as a surprise to some. Market watchers say…
by - May 15, 2015 5:40 am
Armstrong Bank Eager To Expand Into Fort Smith, Northwest Arkansas
Memorial Day weekend will be a working weekend for the signage company hired by Muskogee, Okla.-based Armstrong Bank. The weekend will see Armstrong signs replace Benefit Bank signs in the…
by - May 14, 2015 8:29 pm
Production shift at Rheem could cost 100-150 jobs in Fort Smith
It’s one of those classic “good news, bad news” situations at Rheem’s Fort Smith plant. Two productions lines will end at the plant by the end of summer, reducing employment…
by - May 14, 2015 7:50 pm
March manufacturing tech orders slowing, Arkansas region down nearly 52%
Total manufacturing technology orders for the South Central region of the U.S. fell 51.9% in March compared to a year ago, according to a monthly report by the Association for…
by - May 14, 2015 7:38 pm
Dillard’s quarterly income down 1.9%, revenue up
Shares in Little Rock department store owner, Dillard’s Inc., closed down in trading Thursday after the retail giant reported that quarterly earnings were down 10 cents from the same period…
by - May 14, 2015 7:12 pm
Gov. Hutchinson On The Job Hunt In Silicon Valley
You haven’t seen much out of Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s public schedule the last two days. That’s because the new Arkansas governor has been on the West Coast in high-level meetings with tech firms interested in his computer coding initiative.
by - May 14, 2015 5:41 pm
Armstrong Bank eager to expand into Fort Smith, Northwest Arkansas
Memorial Day weekend will be a working weekend for the signage company hired by Muskogee, Okla.-based Armstrong Bank. The weekend will see Armstrong signs replace Benefit Bank signs in the…
by - May 14, 2015 4:27 pm
Dillard’s Q1 Profits Down Slightly As Corporate Expenses Rise 2.5%
Shares in Little Rock department store owner, Dillard’s Inc., closed down in trading Thursday after the retail giant reported that quarterly earnings were down 10 cents from the same period…
by - May 14, 2015 4:21 pm
Cong. Crawford Says Short-term Solution May Help Highway Funding, NEA
With a looming May 31 deadline that could end federal funding of highway and transportation projects in Arkansas and nationally, Cong. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, said a short-term plan may be…
by - May 14, 2015 4:16 pm
Arkansas Highway Officials Warn Of Federal Funding Shutdown On May 31
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) officials said that they received word Monday from U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx that federal transportation funds for projects across the state…
by - May 14, 2015 4:07 pm
March Manufacturing Technology Orders Slowing in 2015, Arkansas Region Down Nearly 52%
Total manufacturing technology orders for the South Central region of the U.S. fell 51.9% in March compared to a year ago, according to a monthly report by the Association for Manufacturing Technology.