by - February 25, 2014 1:30 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe, Rep. Warwick Sabin, D-Little Rock, and AEDC director Grant Tennille revealed a $575,000 grant to the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, which held a “wall breaking” ceremony at…
by - February 25, 2014 1:04 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe, Rep. Warwick Sabin (D-Little Rock) and AEDC director Grant Tennille revealed a $575,000 infrastructure grant to the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, which held a “wall breaking” ceremony…
by - February 25, 2014 8:14 am
Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. announced Monday (Feb. 24) that it had acquired Little Rock-based Rich Logistics. In addition, Roadrunner acquired Everett Transportation Inc. The total value of the transaction was…
by - February 24, 2014 7:29 pm
More consumers plan to sock away their tax refunds which is bad news for retailers like Wal-Mart who are sitting on higher inventory levels two months removed from what was a…
by - February 24, 2014 4:44 pm
Sales tax revenue dipped 3.5% across Northwest Arkansas’ four largest cities in February. Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale and Fayetteville cumulatively received more than $4.894 million in sales tax revenue, compared to…
by - February 24, 2014 3:33 pm
Sales slipped and profits fell as Dillard’s reported its fourth quarter and full year earnings on Monday. The Little Rock-based retailer reported fourth quarter net income of $119.1 million on…
by - February 24, 2014 3:32 pm
Lane Kidd is leaving the Arkansas Trucking Association after 22 years as president of the trade association. The Arkansas Trucking Association, which represents transportation firms in Arkansas, released this statement…
by - February 24, 2014 10:50 am
Sales slipped and profits fell as Dillard’s reported its fourth quarter and full year earnings on Monday. The Little Rock-based retailer reported fourth quarter net income of $119.1 million on…
by - February 24, 2014 10:22 am
The Arkansas Trucking Association, which represents transportation firms in Arkansas, released this statement today: The Arkansas Trucking Association (ATA) and Lane Kidd, the ATA president since 1992, jointly announced today…
by - February 24, 2014 1:37 am
“Talk Business & Politics” with Roby Brock is moving to KATV Ch. 7 beginning Sunday, March 2, 2014. Read more details on this new content partnership here.
by - February 23, 2014 11:46 pm
It’s been less than three months since the city of Bentonville unveiled an ambitious project involving the redevelopment of an 18-acre southeast extension to downtown. The plan called for two…
by - February 23, 2014 10:35 pm
Cabela’s Outdoors in Rogers will celebrate the beginning of the thaw by hosting “Spring Great Outdoor Days 2014” on March 1 and 2. The outdoor speciality retailer hopes to encourage…
by - February 22, 2014 12:37 pm
U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor (D) endorsed a proposal to raise the state minimum wage incrementally to $8.50 over the next three years, signing a petition to support the ballot effort….
by - February 21, 2014 10:36 pm
Can Waffle House predict your Presidential preferences? You betcha.
by - February 21, 2014 5:18 pm
It’s been less than three months since the city of Bentonville unveiled an ambitious project involving the redevelopment of an 18-acre southeast extension to downtown. The plan called for two…
by - February 21, 2014 3:36 pm
Windstream Corp. announced that it would cut 400 jobs companywide, including 67 positions in Arkansas and 36 at its Little Rock headquarters and facilities. The telecom provider said that the…
by - February 21, 2014 6:29 am
A note of thanks, positive home sales in January and the fourth push for a tax to build a new jail in Crawford County are part of the Feb. 21…
by - February 21, 2014 6:18 am
Notes about the importance of size, a real-world example of how Obamacare halted a business expansion and the push to sustain sustainability are part of the Northwest Arkansas Friday Wire…
by - February 20, 2014 7:57 pm
Arkansas State University has officially headed south of the border. On Thursday (Feb. 20), the Jonesboro-based higher education institution and Mexican leaders broke ground on a 2,000 acre development near…
by - February 20, 2014 7:57 pm
Erin Hodges, a seventh-grade English teacher at Douglas MacArthur Junior High School in Jonesboro, received the 2013 Milken Educator Award at a surprise ceremony at the school. The national award…
