by - April 10, 2014 4:06 pm
Mack McLarty: Time Is Right To Reset A Bipartisan Energy Policy
Former Arkla CEO and White House chief of staff Mack McLarty says the time is ripe to reshape America’s energy policy.
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by - April 10, 2014 3:31 pm
PSC Chair Discusses Electric Grid Security In U.S. Senate Hearing
Colette Honorable, chair of the Arkansas Public Service Commission, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Thursday (April 10). Honorable discussed threats to the reliability…
by - April 10, 2014 2:24 pm
Retailers hope Easter sales will shake off winter doldrums
The Easter Bunny is a welcome sight for retailers hoping to shake off winter blues. One of the largest holiday spends of the year, Easter shopping is expected to top…
by - April 10, 2014 12:11 pm
USA Truck removes poison pill provision ahead of annual meeting (Updated)
Officials with Van Buren-based USA Truck Inc. have pulled the plug on their poison pill provision now that a hostile takeover attempt is far in the rear-view mirror and the…
by - April 10, 2014 11:00 am
UA entrepreneurial teams sweep top spots in business plan competition
Entrepreneurial teams from the University of Arkansas won five of six categories at the recently completed 2014 Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition. LumaDrop, a team from…
by - April 10, 2014 8:16 am
USA Truck Removing ‘Poison Pill’ Provision
A year and a half after making moves to protect the company against corporate raiders, USA Truck has announced it will terminate a “poison pill” provision by week’s end. In…
by - April 10, 2014 6:41 am
Doll Maker, Eye Drop Company Earn Top Awards At Business Plan Competition
A company that would make dolls and a patent-approved eye drop medical company won the top spots in the annual Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup collegiate business plan competition on…
by - April 9, 2014 5:39 pm
The Supply Side: Balm Innovations looks for a big year
It may be early, but 2014 is shaping up to be a great year for Little Rock-based Balm Innovations thanks to the test underway with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The University…
by - April 9, 2014 4:04 pm
Mercy breaks ground for new clinic in downtown Rogers
It’s been a big week for downtown Rogers with two major investment announcements, a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market and a new Mercy health clinic. Mercy and Wal-Mart are each laying down…
by - April 9, 2014 12:21 pm
Connor gifts $1.5 Million to retain top faculty in Fulbright College
Robert and Sandra Connor of Little Rock and Dallas have made a $1.5 million pledge to extend the Robert C. and Sandra Connor Endowed Faculty Fellowship at the University of…
by - April 8, 2014 9:06 pm
Planning Commission OKs water park plan, reacts to Fianna issue
The Fort Smith Planning Commission approved a conditional use Tuesday (April 8), removing the final road block in what has been a long and winding road in the city and…
by - April 8, 2014 8:42 pm
Skyine Report: NWA commercial real estate market improves
Commercial vacancy rates are improving across Northwest Arkansas with positive absorption of existing space but there is still too much unoccupied space not generating income for owners, according to the…
by - April 8, 2014 6:45 pm
Local food opportunities abound, farmers markets expanding
The burgeoning local food movement that has swept the nation in recent years has planted roots in Northwest Arkansas. A group known as the Northwest Arkansas Regional Food Council, which…
by - April 8, 2014 6:12 pm
Minimum Wage Proposal Popular, Medical Marijuana Attitudes Evenly Split
Two potential issues that may be on the November ballot offer contrasting attitudes from Arkansas voters.
by - April 8, 2014 5:36 pm
NWACC Enactus team earns honor in national event
A team of NorthWest Arkansas Community College students was named a finalist in the opening round of team competition in the Enactus U.S. National Exposition in Cincinnati on April 1….
by - April 8, 2014 5:13 pm
Ozark Regional Transit plans expansion
Ozark Regional Transit (ORT) announces plans to expand services by June 1. The public transportation company said recent budget increases by many of the municipalities it serves in Northwest Arkansas…
by - April 8, 2014 3:51 pm
Arvest Bank Names Craig Rivaldo To Replace Dennis Smiley At Benton County Bank
Arvest Bank announced that Craig Rivaldo, president and CEO of Arvest Bank of Fort Smith, has been named the president and CEO of Arvest Bank of Benton County effective May…
by - April 8, 2014 3:43 pm
Arvest Bank names Craig Rivaldo the CEO of Benton County operations
Arvest Bank has chosen Fort Smith banker Craig Rivaldo to head up its Benton County market operations. Jason Kincy, spokesman for the bank made the announcement in an email release…
by - April 8, 2014 3:17 pm
Deed restrictions placed on Whirlpool site, TCE clean up continues
The Whirlpool site in Fort Smith that has been the center of a pollution cleanup has now had deed restrictions put in place, limiting certain future activities at the site…
by - April 8, 2014 3:05 pm
Wal-Mart to expand wholesale and e-commerce business in India
Moving beyond the dissolution of the Walmart Bharti venture in India, Wal-Mart said Tuesday (April 8) it plans to expand its footprint in that densely populated country with 50 Cash…