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…
by - February 20, 2014 7:53 pm
Dr. Johnny Moore has resigned as president of Philander Smith College in Little Rock to pursue other personal and professional opportunities, the school said. He had been working as president…
by - February 20, 2014 1:29 pm
A looming doctor shortage in the U.S. that Kyle Parker classifies as a “crisis” is one of the primary reasons the Fort Smith Regional Healthcare Foundation is planning to invest…
by - February 20, 2014 1:09 pm
Blake Holzhauer was recently appointed as the chief lending officer for Centennial Bank's Northwest Arkansas region, where he will oversee all facets of lending. “We will utilize his experience…
by - February 20, 2014 12:39 pm
The Northwest Arkansas Clinical Pastoral Education Institute will present an interactive grief seminar for parents and families who have suffered the loss of a child. The “Parents Left Behind” seminar…
by - February 20, 2014 11:51 am
Randy Franco, president of NorthWest Arkansas Community College’s Speech and Debate Team, recently qualified for the 2014 Interstate Oratory Association National Championship. Franco won second place overall at the…
by - February 20, 2014 11:40 am
Michael Gerrard will speak on climate change regulation at NorthWest Arkansas Community College on Feb. 27. Gerrard is a professor at Columbia Law School in New York, where is also…
by - February 20, 2014 8:05 am
Revenues grew modestly, but profits took a tumble as Wal-Mart reported its fourth quarter and full year financials. The Bentonville-based retail giant reported fourth quarter net income of $4.43 billion…
by - February 20, 2014 7:54 am
Convenience is what consumers want and officials with Wal-Mart Stores said Thursday (Feb. 20) they committed to giving shoppers what they want by doubling the number of small-format stores the…
by - February 20, 2014 7:21 am
That was ugly. The global retailer’s full year net income was down 5.7% compared to the prior year and its overall U.S. comp sales for the year was down 0.4%….
by - February 20, 2014 4:16 am
Editor’s note: Tom Ricciardone is a 20-year veteran strategic communications consultant for corporate, nonprofit and trade association clients. In 2012, he co-founded Bespoke Video Productions and Multi-Screen Media Strategy to…
by - February 20, 2014 3:59 am
The Arkansas Lottery is seeing a trajectory of lower revenue, and commission members charged with its oversight are searching for turnaround solutions.
by - February 19, 2014 9:43 pm
Murphy USA, the retail spinoff of Murphy Oil Corp. posted fourth quarter profits of $93.6 million on revenue of $4.19 billion. For the full year, El Dorado-based Murphy USA posted…
by - February 19, 2014 9:42 pm
Murphy USA, the retail spinoff of Murphy Oil Corp. posted fourth quarter profits of $93.6 million on revenue of $4.19 billion. For the full year, El Dorado-based Murphy USA posted…
by - February 19, 2014 4:57 pm
Higher-than-expected loan losses prompted America’s Car-Mart to amend its credit agreement with lenders. The 2% adjustment to credit losses cut third quarter earnings by $4.9 million, or 68-cents a share,…
by - February 19, 2014 4:44 pm
It’s been six years since Harold Crye, CEO of Crye-Leike Real Estate, expanded the company’s footprint into Northwest Arkansas. He said the local business has grown sales each year from…
by - February 19, 2014 12:48 pm
Tyson Foods Inc. recently promoted Kevin Hueser to senior vice president of beef margin management. He will oversee cattle procurement, boxed-beef pricing, ground beef and trim sales and pricing, beef-production…
by - February 19, 2014 12:37 pm
Springale resident Darin Gray of Springdale has been named the president of Little Rock-based Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods, Arkansas’ largest advertising, marketing and public relations companies. Gray earlier this month…
