by - March 18, 2015 1:38 am
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up of health-related topics in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free…
by - March 18, 2015 12:36 am
Editor’s note: Emily Reeves, director of digital innovation and insight planning for advertising powerhouse Stone Ward, will be providing contributions to Talk Business & Politics from the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive festival…
by - March 17, 2015 8:57 pm
The 2015 Compass Conference will focus on downtown Fort Smith development, with the soon-to-be-renovated Masonic Temple to provide a unique venue and format for sixth annual event. “Banking on Downtown…
by - March 17, 2015 7:27 pm
A stalemate between supporters and opponents of an education bill led to the bill’s sponsor yanking the bill from consideration this session. However, the bill’s sponsor said he plans to…
by - March 17, 2015 4:00 pm
The Affordable Care Act has reduced the number of uninsured Americans, but many of the most important changes in health care have come as a result of market forces that…
by - March 17, 2015 2:41 pm
On Tuesday, more than 600 women in Arkansas heard hours of advice from some of the top female business leaders in the state.
by - March 17, 2015 2:27 pm
TB&P Business Editor Wes Brown and Editor-in-Chief Roby Brock discuss the big business stories of the week, which included the Maker Faire coming to downtown North Little Rock and the…
by - March 17, 2015 2:22 pm
Grocery is a business of thin margins but it is about 56% of Wal-Mart’s total annual U.S. sales. Getting it right is of the upmost importance to Walmart U.S. CEO…
by - March 17, 2015 2:05 pm
Labor market numbers moved in the right direction for Arkansas during January, with the number of employed up more than 3%, the workforce size up more than 2% and unemployment…
by - March 17, 2015 1:29 pm
Keeping with his campaign rhetoric, Gov. Asa Hutchinson met with reporters on Tuesday to tout three measures designed to realign workforce education efforts in Arkansas. Surrounded by cabinet members and…
by - March 17, 2015 8:18 am
Arkansas’ unemployment rate fell one point in January to 5.6% as the state’s growing labor pool added another 9,200 workers, according to state Department of Workforce Services (DWS) officials. As…
by - March 17, 2015 7:52 am
Editor’s note: Emily Reeves, director of digital innovation and insight planning for advertising powerhouse Stone Ward, will be providing contributions to Talk Business & Politics from the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive festival…
by - March 17, 2015 7:36 am
Plastic Ingenuity, a plastics packaging manufacturer, is expanding its Maumelle facility. The $2.5 million expansion will add 10 jobs to the company’s plastic food packaging lines and bring total employment…
by - March 17, 2015 5:54 am
Deltic Timber, Murphy Oil and Murphy USA have had a huge impact on El Dorado, its success and its quality of life.
by - March 17, 2015 12:23 am
While the recent focus has been on the brewing steel factory war in Northeast Arkansas, Nucor Steel has been part of the fabric of the region for nearly three decades….
by - March 16, 2015 6:34 pm
A House legislator facing questions in an adoption scandal resigned his committee leadership post Monday afternoon, while several education bills including two on workforce training sailed through the state Senate….
by - March 16, 2015 5:53 pm
The possibility of rising interest rates, easier loan requirements and rising rental costs are helping to nudge more first-time homebuyers into the market, a dynamic that is playing out in…
by - March 16, 2015 5:50 pm
Rising prices and a more than 9% gain in home sales is the emerging early trend in Benton and Washington counties. Agents sold 928 homes in the first two months…
by - March 16, 2015 3:28 pm
Former Gov. Mike Beebe’s chief of staff has a new job. Morril Harriman has joined the law firm of Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C. in the firm’s Little…
by - March 16, 2015 2:40 pm
Central Arkansas will play host next month to a two-day, first-of-its-kind Arkansas Manufacturing Innovation Summit where companies across the state will be able to spotlight cutting edge manufacturing innovations and…
