by - June 24, 2014 12:07 pm
Air travel is on the rebound in Northwest Arkansas and in the Fort Smith area, with both regional airports posting year-to-date gains above 6%. More passengers is not the case…
by - June 24, 2014 10:50 am
Fayetteville 2030: Food City Scenario project, led by the University of Arkansas Community Design Center, was recently honored with a merit award by the Congress for the New Urbanism in…
by - June 24, 2014 10:30 am
Wal-Mart is well known for promoting from within and regularly shaking up the management mix to give its rising stars opportunities. Under the direction of new CEO Doug McMillon the…
by - June 24, 2014 9:38 am
Whirlpool’s attempts to get vapor intrusion monitors installed in structures above the potentially cancer-causing plume of trichloroethylene (TCE) have not gone according to plan. The company recently disclosed to the…
by - June 24, 2014 8:18 am
The St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank’s Q2 Burgundy Book spotlighted a decline in manufacturing, a burst in transportation, and notable growth in Arkansas’ professional ranks. It also showed some improvement…
by - June 24, 2014 6:26 am
State lawmakers will begin a series of meetings to review and revamp Arkansas’ workforce education and training programs on Tuesday (June 24). Sen. Jane English (R-North Little Rock) will lead…
by - June 23, 2014 11:39 pm
KATV’s Jason Pederson reports: It is common for letters from lawyers to flood the mailboxes of those involved in motor vehicle accidents. But it’s a different kind of post-accident solicitation…
by - June 23, 2014 6:49 pm
Citing an improved labor market and sales tax collections, the city of Fort Smith was the top performing of 16 Arkansas cities measured by an economic index created by Arkansas…
by - June 23, 2014 5:32 pm
Keeping shelves better stocked to boost sales and top line revenue is a priority among Wal-Mart executives working to break the cycle of negative to flat comparable store sales that…
by - June 23, 2014 3:40 pm
Jim Laughton was named as the new Language Arts and Humanities Department Chair at NorthWest Arkansas Community College upon the retirement of Dr. Audley Hall, effective June 30. Laughton…
by - June 23, 2014 2:57 pm
A failed May 1 vote on whether to unionize workers at an OK Foods facility in Heavener, Okla., could be dismissed by the National Labor Relations Board after it claimed…
by - June 23, 2014 1:05 pm
The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education has selected Risley & Associates as the lead architectural firm for its proposed Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine to be built at Chaffee Crossing…
by - June 23, 2014 8:06 am
Gov. Mike Beebe says math, not health, may eventually determine the fate of the Private Option. Appearing on this week’s edition of Talk Business & Politics, Beebe said it would…
by - June 22, 2014 7:30 pm
Walmart Canada hired Dirk Van den Berghe as president and CEO, replacing Shelley Broader who was recently promoted by the retail giant to a CEO role that oversees retail operations…
by - June 22, 2014 5:22 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe is heading overseas for his third European trade mission in five years. In a recent Talk Business & Politics interview, Beebe said he will travel to London,…
by - June 22, 2014 9:26 am
Gov. Mike Beebe is heading overseas for his third European trade mission in five years. Where is he headed and what are his goals?
by - June 21, 2014 8:53 am
The Walton Family Foundation is a major economic engine in its own right, providing more than $34 million in grant funding last year to dozens of local charities, educational efforts…
by - June 21, 2014 8:29 am
For our weekend business and political readers: IS AMAZON A BULLY? Harvard Business Review says Amazon’s public fight with the publishing group Hachette, “makes Amazon look like a bully.” The…
by - June 20, 2014 2:05 pm
Springdale-based United Bank announced Friday (June 20) that it has converted the bank’s charter from a federal savings bank to an Arkansas State-Chartered institution. The charter conversion was approved on…
by - June 20, 2014 1:45 pm
Walmart Canada hired Dirk Van den Berghe as president and CEO, replacing Shelley Broader who was recently promoted by the retail giant to a CEO role that oversees retail operations…
