by - July 8, 2014 9:58 pm
One million taco plates. And potentially more local jobs. That was the order and the impact Wal-Mart handed to Hugh Jarratt of Fayetteville and his local manufacturer PolyTech Moldings in…
by - July 8, 2014 9:34 pm
Officials involved in the remediation efforts of the shuttered Whirlpool manufacturing facility gave an update to the Fort Smith Board of Directors on efforts to clean up a plume of…
by - July 8, 2014 8:49 pm
An item before the Fort Smith Planning Commission Tuesday evening (July 8) could convert the historic Maness schoolhouse into the first commercial business to locate at the Chaffee Crossing development…
by - July 8, 2014 4:52 pm
Economic conditions in two of Arkansas’ three largest metro areas continue to be stable or improving, with central Arkansas – the state’s largest metro – continuing to show signs of…
by - July 8, 2014 2:26 pm
Allens, an iconic name in Arkansas’ business history, is changing its moniker effective immediately to Sager Creek Vegetable Company as part of new ownership and management changes. Officials with Siloam…
by - July 8, 2014 2:14 pm
When Wal-Mart calls, people listen. And the listening could result in more new manufacturing jobs being announced in Northwest Arkansas as a result of the retailer’s efforts to buy more…
by - July 8, 2014 12:41 am
Armed with $250 billion to spend on U.S. made products through 2023, Wal-Mart Stores is holding its first “Open Call” for suppliers on Tuesday (July 8). The day full of…
by - July 8, 2014 12:03 am
Paul Latture is driving through the Little Rock Port Authority, clearly taking pleasure in describing what he sees. “You just left America,” he says as he pulls into the parking…
by - July 8, 2014 12:02 am
Bryan Day is taking leadership of the Little Rock Port Authority at a time of transition and opportunity. The incoming executive director is inheriting an operation that under the retiring…
by - July 7, 2014 10:29 pm
Signature Bank’s holding company White River Bancshares was among six remaining TARP participants to see their shares auctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department last month. The Treasury has been trying…
by - July 7, 2014 5:56 pm
An initiated act to raise the state’s minimum wage and a proposed constitutional amendment to allow liquor sales in all 75 counties in Arkansas both submitted more than the minimum…
by - July 7, 2014 4:19 pm
MedExpress Urgent Care announces the opening of three new convenient care centers in Northwest Arkansas, beginning with a new location in Springdale on July 9. The Fayetteville and Bentonville centers will…
by - July 7, 2014 3:39 pm
Building permits in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren were a combined $15.69 million in June, up 32.3% from the same month last year when permits only totaled $11.859 million…
by - July 7, 2014 3:34 pm
Signature Bank’s holding company White River Bancshares was among six remaining TARP participants to see their shares auctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department last month. The Treasury has been trying…
by - July 7, 2014 3:15 pm
A Rogers startup is looking to turn the restaurant supply industry on its head and a group of MBA students from Columbia University in New York have been on hand…
by - July 7, 2014 2:31 pm
Baptist Health broke ground Monday (July 7) on a new $130 million, 37-acre site in Conway. The 216,000 sq. ft., 96-bed hospital will be located on the west side of…
by - July 7, 2014 11:54 am
The outlook for the pork sector has been tempered by the continued threat of PEDv, — Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus — which has affected more than 7 million pigs in…
by - July 7, 2014 11:09 am
The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce will host a Young Manufacturers Academy July 28 – August 1 at six community college campuses and at the Little Rock School District’s Metro…
by - July 7, 2014 10:19 am
Wal-Mart’s British supermarket chain Asda will eliminate 1,360 jobs in store management as it reorganizes operations to better align with the growing online grocery business. The company stated that 4,100…
by - July 7, 2014 9:23 am
Pine Bluff-based Simmons First National Corp. says it will donate the Eudora branch of Delta Trust & Bank, which it acquired earlier this year, to Arkadelphia-based Southern Bancorp Bank. Southern…
