by - July 21, 2014 8:37 pm
Don Keesee has been named Western Arkansas Division President at Bank of the Ozarks. Keesee joined Bank of the Ozarks from Summit Bank in Fort Smith, as part of Bank of…
by - July 21, 2014 4:56 pm
Wal-Mart Stores is offering teachers across the country 10% savings on classroom supplies. The retail giant kicked off the campaign in its hometown of Bentonville on Monday (July 21) by…
by - July 21, 2014 3:34 pm
“I’m quite the seasoned entrepreneur,” Chauncey Holloman, 25, says with a smile. That may sound peculiar coming from a twenty-something, but it’s true. Holloman launched her first successful enterprise at…
by - July 21, 2014 3:28 pm
Editor’s note: Steve Brawner is a freelance journalist and Talk Business & Politics contributor. His syndicated columns appear in Arkansas newspapers and TalkBusiness.net. He can be reached by e-mail at @[email protected]. Follow him on…
by - July 21, 2014 1:44 pm
Retail giant Wal-Mart might claim to be a constant low cost leader and match other retailers’ sale prices, but it does not match its online prices and makes no apologies…
by - July 20, 2014 8:02 pm
The Fort Smith Children’s Emergency Shelter is receiving a portion of all Smith Chevrolet‐Cadillac vehicle sales through July 31, 2014. Smith Chevrolet‐Cadillac announced July 17 that through the month of…
by - July 19, 2014 9:26 am
For our weekend business and political readers: ARCHIE’S DEAD You know the comic-book Archie. We’re not talking figuratively here, but literally, if you can take the murder of a fictional…
by - July 18, 2014 6:01 pm
Democratic Senator Mark Pryor held a panel discussion with representatives from Arkansas manufacturing companies on Friday to tout his recent efforts to focus on economic issues by keeping blue collar…
by - July 18, 2014 9:49 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate fell to 6.2% in June, with the number of employed virtually flat compared to June 2013 and the labor force size shrinking by almost 20,000 in the…
by - July 18, 2014 9:24 am
The 6.2% June unemployment rate in Arkansas is the lowest it has been since November 2008, when it stood at 6.1%.
by - July 18, 2014 9:00 am
Cox Communications has announced it will double the speeds for its most popular Cox High Speed Internet packages in Arkansas. Customers who subscribe to the company’s Preferred package will see…
by - July 17, 2014 8:34 pm
On the strength of a record March and April, collections of Arkansas’ two percent tourism tax are up more than six percent for the year.
by - July 17, 2014 7:53 pm
The second quarter was kind to Pine Bluff-based Simmons First National Corp. and Conway-based Home BancShares Inc., with Simmons posting results that beat estimates and Home BancShares – the parent…
by - July 17, 2014 7:46 pm
The two men battling to replace U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Dardanelle, in Congress next year tackled the topic of infrastructure in separate interviews Thursday (July 17), just two days after…
by - July 17, 2014 6:31 pm
Arkansas may need to prepare to receive less highway funding from Washington and rely more on money it raises itself, Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department Director Scott Bennett said earlier…
by - July 17, 2014 6:29 pm
It’s shaping up to be a busy summer for two entrepreneurs – one a recent high school graduate – pushing baby food and video games. Fran Free, CEO and founder…
by - July 17, 2014 5:49 pm
Arkansas commercial airport trends that began early in 2014 have continued through June, with traffic increases in Northwest Arkansas (XNA) and Fort Smith and enplanement declines in Little Rock. Travelers…
by - July 17, 2014 2:39 pm
Cargill Meat Solutions said its Honeysuckle White and Shady Brook Farms are the first major turkey brands to remove growth-promoting antibiotics from all turkeys across the independent farms they work…
by - July 17, 2014 1:21 pm
The Poultry Federation has named Michael Kidd as its 2014 Industry Leader of Year. Kidd is the director of the Center of Excellence for Poultry Science and head of the…
by - July 17, 2014 11:18 am
A month after announcing a major customer service center in Sherwood, TeleTech Holdings said it would add a new operation in Jonesboro, taking space in a vacated call center building…
