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Van Buren company raising money for new video game

A Van Buren-based company is banking on the support of generous strangers as it attempts to raise $250,000 to fund development of a new video game using local students to…

Spartan Logistics To Acquire Whirlpool Distribution Building

Spartan Logistics plans to expand its operations in Fort Smith by acquiring the almost 620,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility that is part of the Whirlpool manufacturing site that ceased operations…

Windstream Net Income Falls

Windstream Holdings first quarter financials reflected a rough start to the new fiscal year as the Little Rock-based telecom and network service company coped with adjustments for layoffs and continuing…

Retail imports to improve amid port labor negotiations

Import volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 3.5% in May as negotiators prepare to begin talks on a new contract for West Coast dockworkers,…

Whole Foods confirms Fayetteville location is in the works

A project that was all but confirmed thanks to artist's renderings submitted to the city of Fayetteville as part of a planned retail development has now been officially confirmed. In…

Sen. Key Lands Job With UA System After All

Two days after it was announced he was not selected as the University of Arkansas’ vice chancellor for governmental relations, State Sen. Johnny Key, R-Mountain Home, was named Wednesday (May…

Wal-Mart Gets Green Light To Build Drive-in Grocery In Bentonville

Bentonville’s Planning Commission rubber stamped Wal-Mart’s request for three waivers needed to get approval for the planned drive-in grocery fulfillment center to be located near the intersection of S. Walton…

Wal-Mart Acquires Product Search Firm Adchemy

Walmart.com welcomed 60 new employees this week from the acquisition of Adchemy, a product search company that was founded in 2004. WalmartLabs blogger Jeremy King notes that the Adchemy team…

Convenient delivery is (again) the Holy Grail for grocers

History is on a course to repeat itself no matter how technology changes the retail landscape. In the 1960s, calling in grocery orders for home delivery was common in American…

Spartan Logistics to acquire Whirlpool distribution building

Wal-Mart gets green light to build its drive-in grocery center

Arvest to launch regional consumer sentiment measure in multi-state area

Consumer sentiment is a strong factor in economic performance given that household purchases comprise about 70% of the nation’s gross domestic product. National polls like the Thomson/Reuters Michigan Sentiment Survey…

Saline And Craighead Counties Collect Signatures To Go Wet

From Kezia Nanda with our content partner KUAR-FM 89 News: A committee called “Our Community, Our Dollars” is collecting signatures to make Saline County in Central Arkansas and Craighead County…

Washington Regional Medical Center names new chief nursing officer

Beverly Winney, RN, MSN, is the new chief nursing officer at Washington Regional Medical Center. Promoted to chief nursing officer, she is a member of the hospital’s executive team and…

Developments on tap for downtown Bentonville ‘Arts and Markets’ districts

Selling downtown Bentonville as a residential hot spot is a no-brainer given the cuisine and arts that draw thousands to the town square each week. The demand for living downtown…

Wal-Mart acquires Adchemy

Walmart.com welcomed 60 new employees this week from the acquisition of Adchemy, a product search company that was founded in 2004. WalmartLabs blogger Jeremy King notes that the Adchemy team…

Simmons First to acquire Tennessee bank in a $243.4 million deal

The acquisition activity for Pine Bluff, Ark,-based Simmons First National Corp. continues with the bank on Tuesday (May 6) announcing a $243.4 million deal to acquire Community First Bancshares based…

Tyson shares fall, despite analysts raising earnings guidance

A couple of analysts who follow Tyson Foods adjusted their earnings up after yesterday’s conference call (May 5) on the meat giant’s financial results for the second quarter ending March…

Simmons First To Acquire Tennessee Bank For $243 Million (UPDATED)

Pine Bluff-based Simmons First National Corp. will acquire Community First Bancshares of Tennessee in a $243.4 million deal announced Tuesday (May 6). The all-stock transaction will add two board members…

Area permits up more than 26% in April on Fort Smith activity

Building permit values for the cities of Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren increased 26.23% in April from the same period in 2013. Permits issued in the three cities were…