by - October 3, 2012 4:00 pm
Beef Live cattle price for October delivery were up 95 cents per at $123.02 per hundredweight on Tuesday, Oct. 2. The December contract rose $1.42 to $126.12 per hundredweight. Beef…
by - October 3, 2012 11:12 am
The Fort Smith regional jobless rate was 7.9% in August, down from a 8.5% in July and down from 8.8% in August 2011, but the 44th consecutive month the rate…
by - October 3, 2012 11:08 am
The unemployment rate in Northwest Arkansas fell in August to 5.3% thanks to more than 2,000 fewer unemployed in the economic region. August is the fifth month in 2012 with…
by - October 3, 2012 7:42 am
Chelsea Clinton says she left her career on Wall Street three years ago to find more purpose. “Intellectually, I loved my job, but I didn’t get any meaning from it,”…
by - October 2, 2012 11:22 pm
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) President and CEO Wayne Pacelle is seeking a seat on the board of directors of Tyson Foods Inc., with the full support…
by - October 2, 2012 10:47 pm
The newest edition of Talk Business Quarterly is out and our cover story on retiring Tyson Foods executive Archie Schaffer is a great read.
by - October 2, 2012 10:40 pm
Frequent headlines share news of layoffs, factory shut-downs and other indicators that the manufacturing industry is rapidly declining throughout the United States but that’s not so much the case in…
by - October 2, 2012 9:17 pm
FAYETTEVILLE—Arvest Bank promoted Northwest Arkansas native Zane Ludwick to Commercial Relationship Manager at Arvest Bank in Fayetteville, according to a recent press release. Ludwick, who has been with Arvest for…
by - October 2, 2012 8:13 pm
Deposits grew at a rate of 8.42% across the nations’ banks according to the June 30 market share report made public Tuesday (Oct. 2) by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp….
by - October 2, 2012 6:30 pm
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, was sued in federal court in Tennessee for allegedly discriminating against female workers in five southern states. Three women sued in Nashville today…
by - October 2, 2012 6:20 pm
The Greater Fort Smith Association of Home Builders (GFSAHB) will launch its Fall Parade of Homes on Saturday (Oct. 6) featuring 20 homes in the $98,600 to $400,000 range. The…
by - October 2, 2012 11:48 am
Thanks primarily to gains in individual income tax collections, year-to-date (July 2012-Sept. 2012) Arkansas tax revenue is up 3.9% above the same period in 2011, and 2.7% ahead of the…
by - October 2, 2012 8:27 am
Danish wind turbine blade manufacturer, LM Wind Power, announced on Tuesday (Oct. 2) that it will construct a new factory in Brazil and hire 300 workers.
by - October 1, 2012 7:12 pm
Manufacturing unexpectedly expanded in September after three months of contraction, reflecting stronger orders that ease concern the U.S. economy will slow further. The Institute for Supply Management’s factory index rose…
by - October 1, 2012 2:57 pm
MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, is turning to the world’s biggest retailer and Snoopy to boost sales of its policies to less-affluent consumers. The insurer began offering prepaid…
by - October 1, 2012 1:46 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe has joined what is now a 22-state “bipartisan” effort to convince major automakers to build more affordable compressed natural gas vehicles. In early April Oklahoma Gov. Mary…
by - October 1, 2012 1:39 pm
Amy Bates of Bates Events in Northwest Arkansas knows the exact month that work started picking back up in the event-planning industry since the economic downturn. “In January 2011, we…
by - September 30, 2012 10:22 pm
Share prices improved during the first nine months of 2012 for nine of the 15 publicly-held companies based in Arkansas, with the two retailers who serve different ends of the demographic spectrum posting impressive gains.
by - September 30, 2012 10:20 pm
Employment growth in Northwest Arkansas is back to pre-recession levels but the region continues to lag behind comparable communities in education attainment, according to the 2012 State of the Northwest…
by - September 30, 2012 1:31 pm
Andrew Davie has been named the marketing vice president for Brown-Hiller-Clark & Associates’ Property & Casualty Insurance Services in their Northwest Arkansas division based in Lowell. For the past two…
