by - August 19, 2014 10:53 am
Wal-Mart Stores, the self-proclaimed low cost retailer, is investing in a new private label brand aimed at wooing bottom-dollar customers from ALDI and Dollar General.
by - August 19, 2014 10:44 am
Southern Bancorp, Inc. says it has signed an agreement to acquire the Bank of Bolivar County, which operates two branches in the Mississippi communities of Shelby and Mound Bayou. Southern…
by - August 19, 2014 8:32 am
Wal-Mart Stores, a self-proclaimed low cost retailer, is investing in a new private label brand aimed at wooing bottom-dollar customers from ALDI and Dollar General. Price First is a new…
by - August 18, 2014 11:40 pm
Amazon recently removed the pre-ordering option for several DVD releases of Walt Disney Co. over a pricing dispute. But competitor Wal-Mart wasted no time in promoting pre-orders for the same…
by - August 18, 2014 9:02 pm
Arkansas State University is participating in a research program called “Bridging the Divide,” which aims to increase the number of Ph.D graduates in the so-called “STEM” fields, especially among minority students.
by - August 18, 2014 7:58 pm
Arkansas’ senior senator said Monday that three bills he is working on in the U.S. Senate will be good for American business and jobs. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Little Rock, toured…
by - August 18, 2014 5:16 pm
It was just four years ago that Trane laid off more than 200 at its Fort Smith facility, but production has returned and with it, so have many of the…
by - August 18, 2014 5:03 pm
Home sales in the Fort Smith area continue to show growth year to date, with Crawford County's sales volume up 40.25% and Sebastian County sales volume up 7.29%. For the…
by - August 18, 2014 4:57 pm
An unseasonably pleasant summer in Northwest Arkansas, expanding job base and growing population have helped keep home sales stable against last year’s stellar results. Agents sold 722 homes in July…
by - August 18, 2014 4:43 pm
Arkansas’ July jobless rate of 6.2% is well below the 7.7% of July 2013, but the decline of more than 26,000 in the state’s labor force and an employment decline…
by - August 18, 2014 3:46 pm
A hospital chain with 10 facilities in Arkansas said its computer system was hacked and limited patient information may have been stolen. Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems portfolio of Arkansas…
by - August 18, 2014 3:37 pm
Dollar General CEO Rick Dreiling and the company’s board of directors have entered a bidding war for rival Family Dollar with a $9.7 billion offer announced Monday (Aug. 18.). The…
by - August 18, 2014 3:12 pm
Northwest Health Systems and Willow Creek Women’ facility in Northwest Arkansas are among dozens of health providers within Community Health System’s operations to recently have their computers hacked. Records from…
by - August 18, 2014 2:45 pm
The formula for keeping and attracting good teachers is simple: Let them be leaders. That’s the message of Jonathan Crossley, Arkansas’ Teacher of the Year. Crossley, 26, teaches 11th and…
by - August 18, 2014 1:29 pm
Dollar General CEO Rick Dreiling and Board of Directors have entered a bidding war for rival Family Dollar with a $9.7 billion offer announced Monday (Aug. 18.). The bid to…
by - August 18, 2014 1:04 pm
Houston-based Kinder Morgan’s $70 billion tax-friendly deal to bring all of its energy assets under one corporate umbrella and stock symbol will not have an impact on the pipeline giant’s…
by - August 18, 2014 10:16 am
Houston-based Kinder Morgan’s $70 billion tax-friendly deal to bring all of its energy assets under one corporate umbrella and stock symbol will not have an impact on the pipeline giant’s…
by - August 18, 2014 9:34 am
Supporters of raising the minimum wage and a group wanting a statewide vote on expanding alcohol sales have both turned in additional numbers of signatures to potentially qualify their measures…
by - August 18, 2014 9:14 am
Arkansas” unemployment rate continued to move in a downward trajectory, but so did the state”s civilian labor force. The state”s jobless rate in July fell one-tenth of a point to…
by - August 17, 2014 6:09 pm
An area Wal-Mart is most hammered on by media and unions is the reduction in employees per store – especially when the retailer’s customer ratings are mixed and sales are…
