by - November 13, 2013 9:07 pm
Sparks Health System in Fort Smith and Summit Medical Center in Van Buren are on track to have a Tennessee-based owner in early 2014. The relatively new Board of Directors…
by - November 13, 2013 4:23 pm
A myriad of factors are converging upon and within Arkansas’ banking sector and it is spurring renewed interests in mergers and acquisitions on the heels of a lengthy economic recovery…
by - November 13, 2013 2:56 pm
Baptist Health announced that it will begin a long-term lease agreement with Hot Spring County Medical Center in Malvern, on Jan. 1. At that time the hospital will be named…
by - November 13, 2013 8:28 am
Editor’s note: The following commentary was written by Blake Glasgow, attorney with Wright, Lindsey & Jennings. It appears in the latest magazine edition of Talk Business Arkansas. They may be…
by - November 13, 2013 7:50 am
Sparks Health System in Fort Smith and Summit Medical Center in Van Buren is on track to have a Tennessee-based owner in early 2014. The relatively new Board of Directors…
by - November 13, 2013 7:32 am
Voters in the city of Benton easily approved three tax measures aimed at operations, public safety and community development. The three issues involved a 1.5 cent tax renewal and two…
by - November 13, 2013 7:22 am
There have been several high-profile bank deals in Arkansas in 2013 and experts contend that more are on the way.
by - November 13, 2013 3:11 am
Retail’s landscape over the next five years, powered by such trends as smart phones, sweeping demographic shifts, and radically transformed consumer expectation, could be Kryptonite for brick-and-mortar stores, creating more…
by - November 12, 2013 10:43 pm
Officials with the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality faced angry Fort Smith residents Monday night (Nov. 12) as they presented official recommendations to Whirlpool on how to clean up a…
by - November 12, 2013 5:56 pm
The state’s candidates for governor disagreed about vouchers for private schools Tuesday in a cordial forum about education issues at the Hot Springs Convention Center. Former U.S. Rep. Mike Ross,…
by - November 12, 2013 12:22 pm
The Millennial generation continues to make its mark on businesses eager to win favor with these 80 million consumers who like what they like and seldom settle for anything else….
by - November 12, 2013 9:39 am
Just two days before Wal-Mart reports its much anticipated earnings, the retail giant announced it will pull out all the stops ahead of Black Friday. This year Wal-Mart is expanding…
by - November 12, 2013 9:05 am
For the 2013 holiday season, Wichita-based Cargill Value Added Meats which operates Cargill’s U.S. turkey business, has made a commitment to donate more than 11,000 turkeys to food banks, the…
by - November 11, 2013 8:30 pm
Little Rock-based international hunger relief organization, Heifer International, reports that its field staff in the Philippines are all accounted for, and it is working to assess damage to five field projects in the region.
by - November 11, 2013 3:42 pm
A new tax credit program passed during the 2013 legislative session of the Arkansas General Assembly has caused concern within the agency that has been tasked with overseeing the program….
by - November 11, 2013 1:02 pm
Megan Anthony is an example, according to Wal-Mart Stores Inc., of the retailer’s pledge to hire and support military veterans. Wal-Mart is the nation’s largest private employers of service men…
by - November 11, 2013 12:43 pm
Amazon.com Inc. is working with the U.S. Postal Service to deliver packages on Sunday, starting in the Los Angeles and New York metropolitan areas in time for this holiday season. …
by - November 11, 2013 7:04 am
They’re not out of the woods yet, but Arkansas Best Corp. had a pretty solid third quarter. The Fort Smith-based trucking and transportation firm posted quarterly net income of $13.98…
by - November 11, 2013 6:31 am
It would be an understatement to say the equity market liked Arkansas Best Corp.’s quarterly results posted Monday (Nov. 11). Shares surged higher by $4.10 – up more than 15%…
by - November 8, 2013 11:33 pm
Dr. Ricky Tompkins of Rogers was appointed vice president for learning by Dr. Evelyn Jorgenson, president of NorthWest Arkansas Community College. Tompkins had filled the position on an interim…
