Business

Darrin Williams: Rural America Matters

Editor’s note: Darrin Williams is CEO of Southern Bancorp Inc. and serves as a State Representative for House District 36 in Little Rock. In January, I had the opportunity to…

Banking: Growing New Deals

Five years removed from the Great Recession, the Arkansas banking landscape is rapidly and fundamentally evolving.

Community Bankers Facing Tough Terrain

In addition to the challenge of increased regulation, an interest rate environment that compresses margins, and ever-changing technology, Northwest Arkansas bankers Mary Beth Brooks and Rob Husong also are in…

Whirlpool begins new round of TCE remediation in Fort Smith

Whirlpool Corp. submitted information Tuesday (May 20) to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality outlining further chemical treatments as part of its remediation plan for the trichloroethylene (TCE) plume in…

The Supply Side: How Chobani challenged and beat the big players

Chobani yogurt founder Hamdi Ulukaya said began in mid-2005 on an 18-month project in a small kitchen with five employees to craft what he hoped would be a pure and…

Tyson Foods To Sell Its Stake In Dynamic Fuels

Tyson Foods is getting out of the $150 million Dynamic Fuels venture the company spearheaded beginning in 2007 and has not lived up to its potential. The fuel plant, which…

TGI Fridays chain to be acquired by private equity firm

Sentinel Capital Partners and TriArtisan Capital Partners agreed to acquire TGI Fridays Restaurants from Minneapolis-based Carlson, a hospitality and travel company. The financial terms of the pending deal were not…

Quarterly, monthly Arkansas severance tax collections hit new highs

Quarterly and monthly severance tax collections in 2014 set new record highs as Arkansas continues to reap the benefits from higher natural gas prices and steady production levels primarily in…

Quarterly, Monthly Arkansas Severance Tax Collections Hit New Highs

Severance tax collections in 2014 set new record highs as Arkansas reaps the benefits from higher natural gas prices and steady production levels primarily in the Fayetteville Shale.

Alliance Rubber Co. Expands In Hot Springs

Alliance Rubber Co., the largest rubber band manufacturer in the United States, announced an expansion of its Hot Springs headquarters, a $600,000 investment that will add 15 new jobs. As…

Allison Architects And Ruby Architects Merge

Two Arkansas architecture firms — Allison Architects and Ruby Architects — have merged, according to the two companies. The new firm will be called Allison Architects, Inc. A press release…

Tyson Foods to sell its stake in Dynamic Fuels

Tyson Foods is getting out of the $150 million Dynamic Fuels venture the company spearheaded beginning in 2007 and has not lived up to its potential. The plant sitting, which…

Tyson Family Gives $2 Million To Jones Center Endowment

John Tyson, chairman of Tyson Foods Inc., pledged $2 million to the Jones Center Endowment on Tuesday (May 20), bringing the non-profit’s management within $3.5 million of its $30 million…

Gary Jones: Value Drivers In The Sale Of A Business

Editor’s note: Gary Jones, Certified Business Intermediary and Merger & Acquisition Master Intermediary, is a principal at Cornerstone Business Advisors, a Little Rock based business transaction advisory firm which assists…

Steve Copley: Let’s Raise The State Minimum Wage

Editor’s note: Rev. Steve Copley is the executive director for the Arkansas Coalition for Peace and Justice and is the chair of the Give Arkansas a Raise Now Coalition, which…

Target reports recent breach expenses of $18 million

Target said it incurred $18 million of net expense in first quarter 2014 directly related to the breach in data that occurred during the holiday period. This reflects $26 million…

Demand feeds Wal-Mart organic food sales, possible lower prices

American consumers will have more access to less expensive organic food products with the recent partnership between Wild Oats and Wal-Mart Stores, and analysts predict that when Wal-Mart puts its…

T-Mobile and Wal-Mart unveil free data for life

T-Mobile plans to offer two new cellular enabled tablets together with up to 200MB of free 4G data every month for the life of the tablet, at participating Walmart stores…

Tyson Foods to invest $15.5 million in Tennessee plant

Tyson Foods is expanding its fresh meat processing and cold storage facility in Goodlettesville, Tenn. The meat giant is investing $15.5 million and plans to add 157 new jobs to…

Tyson family gives $2 million to Jones Center Endowment