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…
by - July 17, 2014 11:13 am
Home BancShares Inc. on Thursday reported record second quarter earnings, easily beating a year ago profits and matching Wall Street expectations to the penny. For the period ended June 30,…
by - July 17, 2014 10:57 am
Simmons First National Corp. reported better-than-expected second quarter earnings before the opening bell on Thursday, propelled upward by the Pine Bluff banking concern’s continued shopping spree for strategic out-of-state assets…
by - July 17, 2014 9:41 am
Denver-based TeleTech Holdings announced Thursday (July 17) it will open a call center in Jonesboro that will initially employ 150 but could expand up to 600 jobs. The center will…
by - July 17, 2014 9:34 am
Consumers in Arkansas are not as optimistic as their neighbors in Missouri or Oklahoma and the there is division in sentiment within the Natural State as well, according to the…
by - July 17, 2014 9:01 am
Arkansans are feeling less optimistic and a bit cautious about their economic fortunes compared to their neighbors in Oklahoma and Missouri and other guarded consumers across the nation, according to…
by - July 16, 2014 11:05 pm
The local foreclosure markets in Northwest Arkansas and the Fort Smith metro areas continue to slow with fewer filings each month following a national trend. Throughout the first half of…
by - July 16, 2014 6:02 pm
Tucked away in eastern Rogers near downtown, the House of Webster has quietly provided gourmet specialty food items since 1934. While its brands of jams, baking mixes found local favor,…
by - July 16, 2014 5:50 pm
Baptist Health named its west Little Rock campus after its recently-retired CEO Russ Harrington, who spent 40 years with the health care organization. The Little Rock hospital campus will be…
by - July 16, 2014 5:34 pm
An agreement Wednesday (July 16) by the Springdale Water and Sewer Commission to buy two compressed natural gas (CNG) trucks is proof that efforts by Sen. Jim Hendren, R-Gravette, the…
by - July 16, 2014 2:06 pm
Hospitality tax collections in Fort Smith and Van Buren point to an uptick in area business and tourism travel, while a federal agency report indicates a national downturn in travel…
