by - June 27, 2013 3:03 pm
Frozen yogurt, franchising a fad
Drivers along Rogers Avenue see it. Visitors to Pinnacle Hills see it, too. Self-serve frozen yogurt shops have started to dot the landscape, with dozens of stores opening from Bentonville…
by - June 27, 2013 3:03 pm
Drivers along Rogers Avenue see it. Visitors to Pinnacle Hills see it, too. Self-serve frozen yogurt shops have started to dot the landscape, with dozens of stores opening from Bentonville…
by - June 27, 2013 1:05 pm
Sales tax collections in Fort Smith were down again in the May report, with the weak jobs market in the Fort Smith metro area likely putting negative pressure on consumer…
by - June 27, 2013 12:38 pm
Tim Bailey’s first job was in a nut house. Not that kind of nut house. Bailey, who is now president of Fort Smith-based Candy Craze, began working for Inell and…
by - June 27, 2013 12:27 pm
The importance of “recognition and virtual awards” is rising among the U.S. workforce according to a recent study, but a professor and business manager say pay and peer review are…
by - June 27, 2013 10:59 am
An effort is being made to create hospitality jobs in the Delta, a commercial real estate expert lands an important post with the Federal Reserve, and Diamond Bear Brewing is making…
by - June 27, 2013 9:37 am
Protesters say only binding requirements can reverse the deathtrap conditions at Bangladesh factories and have planned to rally in 30 cities Saturday (June 29) at Wal-Mart, Gap and other retailers…
by - June 27, 2013 9:06 am
A $1 million gift to the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith from the Pendergraft family is designed to have an impact on the nursing shortage in the Fort Smith…
by - June 27, 2013 6:44 am
Editor’s note: Dr. Charles L. Welch, the author of this guest commentary, is the Arkansas State University System President. As a native Arkansan, I am tired of hearing about our…
by - June 26, 2013 8:09 pm
It’s been a solid month since Charles Robinson was named by Gov. Mike Beebe to serve out the remainder of State Treasurer Martha Shoffner’s term. What’s been happening at the office?
by - June 26, 2013 6:07 pm
There is more to report – and speculate – after Tuesday’s (June 25) mega-merger deal that Home Bancshares of Conway will acquire Liberty Bancshares of Jonesboro in a $280 million…
by - June 26, 2013 6:00 pm
Drivers in Northwest Arkansas and the Fort Smith area are accustomed to seeing orange barrels but soon it might feel like they are a permanent roadway decoration. Between several bond-funded…
by - June 26, 2013 5:49 pm
According to a report submitted Monday (June 24) to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, environmental consultants for Whirlpool claim that a plume of potentially cancer causing trichloroethylene (TCE) on…
by - June 26, 2013 4:56 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe took full advantage of the power and influence in a room full of northwest Arkansas business leaders asking them to use their political capital to fight plans to repeal the private option.
by - June 26, 2013 4:05 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe took full advantage of the power and influence in the room when he broached the topic of Medicaid expansion with the members of the Northwest Arkansas Council…
by - June 26, 2013 3:06 pm
There is more to report – and speculate – after yesterday’s mega-merger announcement that Home Bancshares of Conway will acquire Liberty Bancshares of Jonesboro in a $280 million stock-and-cash deal….
by - June 26, 2013 1:08 pm
Home sales in Arkansas’ four largest markets during the first five months of 2013 are up more than 10%, and the value of homes sold are up more than 15%,…
by - June 26, 2013 11:19 am
Cong. Tom Cotton, the Fourth District Republican, who is a likely challenger to U.S. Senator Mark Pryor (D) in 2014, outlines his arguments for opposing last week’s Farm Bill in…
by - June 26, 2013 10:52 am
China announced earlier this week it would ban the imports of poultry raised in Arkansas after a recent small incidence of Avian Influenza among a breeder operation in Scott County….
by - June 26, 2013 9:33 am
Home sales in Arkansas’ four largest markets during the first five months of 2013 are up more than 10%, and the value of homes sold are up more than 15%,…
by - June 26, 2013 9:25 am
Some seven months after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. suspended executives within its Bharti joint venture, the head of the company’s Indian operations has resigned. Wal-Mart confirmed Raj Jain, CEO of Bharti…