by - August 12, 2013 8:23 pm
A broad range of retailers from Wal-Mart to True Value to Whole Foods are using creative ways to connect their buyers with new suppliers – with 18 companies in the…
by - August 12, 2013 8:18 pm
Glenview Capital Management has succeeded in its effort to replace the Board of Directors at Health Management Associates – the parent company of Sparks Health System in Fort Smith and…
by - August 12, 2013 6:46 pm
A broad range of retailers from Wal-Mart to True Value to Whole Foods are using creative ways to connect their buyers with new suppliers – with 18 companies in the…
by - August 12, 2013 3:36 pm
The Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce and Leadership Fayetteville Chairperson Leah Spears have announced the 2013-14 Leadership Fayetteville Class. Leadership Fayetteville program has graduated more than 575 business leaders since its…
by - August 12, 2013 3:11 pm
Twenty-five individuals have been chosen for the 2013-14 class of Leadership Fort Smith, a community program designed to educate and inspire the participants to make a bigger difference in our…
by - August 12, 2013 2:34 pm
Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. is likely to end 2013 in positive income territory, but a delay in implementation of a new labor contract has caused several analysts who cover…
by - August 12, 2013 2:23 pm
Arkansas Farm Bureau President Randy Veach, Aristotle, Inc. President Elizabeth Bowles, and Northwest Arkansas Council CEO Mike Malone discussed the state of the state’s economy on Sunday night’s edition of…
by - August 12, 2013 2:17 pm
Officials with Vikon Farms, a poultry processing company based in Azusa, Calif., announced Monday (Aug. 12) plans to locate a new processing facility in Arkadelphia, which will employ more than…
by - August 12, 2013 1:58 pm
Vikon Farms, a poultry processing company, will locate a new processing facility in Arkadelphia, which will employ more than 172 people within four years, the company said. Vikon will invest…
by - August 12, 2013 12:37 pm
Community Clinic of Northwest Arkansas provides primary health care to about 30,000 residents a year and the need for their services continues to escalate. “We estimate there are roughly 90,000…
by - August 11, 2013 11:15 pm
Arkansas Farm Bureau President Randy Veach, Aristotle, Inc. President Elizabeth Bowles, and Northwest Arkansas Council CEO Mike Malone offered their views on what’s trending in the Arkansas economy.
by - August 10, 2013 9:51 am
A history of ownership of The Washington Post, which sold this week to Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, tops our weekend review of stories.
by - August 9, 2013 7:49 pm
Environmental consultants for Whirlpool have challenged the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality's assertion that a toxic plume of trichloroethylene (TCE) near the company's former manufacturing facility in Fort Smith could…
by - August 9, 2013 2:37 pm
More residents and property owners will soon join two lawsuits previously filed against Whirlpool that seek relief for property damage caused by potentially cancer-causing trichloroethylene (TCE) that Whirlpool admits leaked…
by - August 9, 2013 1:24 pm
Fugitive Edward Snowden, Ecuadorian roses and Sam’s Club are yet more examples of the tangled webs created by international politics and international trade. The trade tiff is small in terms…
by - August 9, 2013 9:23 am
Ashley Mason, MD, OB/GYN has joined Creekside Center for Women on the campus of Willow Creek Women’s Hospital, in Johnson. Mason completed her obstetrics and gynecology residency at and earned…
by - August 9, 2013 6:53 am
When Jill Davis needed a cover for a 7-inch tablet she purchased on QVC, she went to a Wal-Mart in Bentonville but found limited options and a low price of…
by - August 9, 2013 6:48 am
Second quarter net income of $4.878 million is a welcome sign for officials at Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp., but was less that what Wall Street was expecting. Per share…
by - August 9, 2013 6:33 am
With a new labor agreement for its union employees almost done and despite what CEO Judy McReynolds described as “moderate and inconsistent” economic growth, Arkansas Best posted a $4.88 million…
by - August 8, 2013 10:19 pm
Tyson Foods said this week come September it will suspend the purchases of cattle which have ingested the feed additive Zilmax . Tyson said it made the decision after recent…
