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Most Arkansas share prices move higher in 2012

The share prices of the 15 Arkansas-based publicly held companies performed well in 2012, with 10 of the 15 shares ending the year with a price gain. However, the fourth…

Economy, Wal-Mart top Arkansas stories during 2012

A paralyzing winter storm brought parts of Arkansas to a near week-long standstill at the end of the year – a perfect metaphor for the frozen business attitudes heading into…

GOP Planning For Vouchers, More Charters

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles focused on upcoming education issues that will be addressed by the 89th General Assembly. Republican legislators are considering bills…

The Top Business Stories of 2012

A paralyzing winter storm brought parts of Arkansas to a near week-long standstill at the end of the year – a perfect metaphor for the frozen business attitudes heading into 2013.

Entergy Says 5,000 Workers From 15 States Working To Restore Power

Entergy Arkansas officials said that restoration continues for its hard-hit service area, particularly parts of Little Rock, Hot Springs and Malvern. State president Hugh McDonald met with the press around…

Cooper Clinic installs $1.8 million MRI machine

Cooper Clinic on Friday (Dec. 28) received a $1.8 million dollar piece of equipment that will soon allow the physician-owned medical group to double its MRI capability. With the installation…

Art Teaches Divergent Thinking, Teacher Of Year Says

The arts encourage students to be creative, divergent thinkers, but they require educators to see each child as unique, according to Arkansas’ Teacher of the Year for 2012. Speaking to…

Scott McElmurry: Housing Marketing Predictions for 2013

Bank of Little Rock Mortgage CEO Scott McElmurry looks to 2013 and what’s in store for Arkansas’ home sales market.

Holiday profit seen higher as U.S. stores limit deals

Washington and Hurricane Sandy weren’t able to ruin everything for retailers this year. While one estimate put holiday sales gains at only 0.7%, retailers from Macy’s Inc. to Abercrombie &…

Labor market, housing in U.S. strengthen into 2013

The labor market and housing strengthened, signaling the U.S. expansion may withstand the fiscal impasse. “The economy is holding up just fine right now,” said Neil Dutta, head of U.S….

Winter Weather Decimates Parts Of Arkansas

Mother Nature made mince-meat of any efforts for central Arkansans to return to work post-Christmas. A heavy winter weather storm of ice, snow and sleet brought down power lines leaving…

Murphy Oil To Add 200 New Locations At U.S. Walmarts

Murphy Oil Corp.’s soon-to-be spin-off, Murphy USA, has entered into an agreement with Wal-Mart to add more than 200 new locations within its core market area covering the Midwest and…

Neil Armstrong, Whitney Houston among notable deaths of 2012

The first man on the moon, the first U.S. woman in space and the first black Federal Reserve member were among the notable deaths in 2012. Neil Armstrong, 82, died…

Home prices in U.S. increase more than forecast

Home prices climbed more than forecast in October, indicating a rebounding real-estate market will bolster the U.S. economy for the first time in seven years. The S&P/Case-Shiller index of property…

Murphy to build 200 fuel stations at Walmart stores

El Dorado-based Murphy Oil Corp. on Wednesday (Dec. 26) announced it will build more than 200 new fuel stations at existing Walmart Supercenter locations in the midwest and southeast United…

U.S. holiday sales up 0.7% as Washington hurts confidence

U.S. holiday sales growth slowed by more than half this year after gridlock in Washington soured consumers’ moods and Hurricane Sandy disrupted shopping, MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse said. Retail sales grew…

Bassett Law Firm names new partners

The Fayetteville-based Bassett Law Firm announced that Joel I. Farthing, Amanda R. Moore, and K.C. Dupps Tucker are new partners with the firm. Farthing’s practice areas include complex tort and…

Weekend Digest: College Football’s Most Powerful Coaches

For our weekend business readers: COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S MOST POWERFUL COACHES Forbes has put together a list of the most powerful head football coaches in the NCAA and the leader of…

Arkansas’ November jobless rate falls to 7%

An across the board decline in the size of the workforce, the number of employed and the number of unemployed served to push Arkansas’ November jobless rate to 7% –…