by - June 22, 2012 11:24 pm
Weekend Digest: Mike Tyson Does Broadway And Business Lessons From The London Olympics
For our weekend business readers.
Business
by - June 22, 2012 5:19 pm
Museum Of Discovery Director Nan Selz To Retire
The Museum of Discovery announced today that Executive Director Nan Selz will retire at the end of 2012.
by - June 22, 2012 4:56 pm
Fort Smith tax revenue down in May report
Two months of declines in Fort Smith sales tax collections could be an early sign of consumer concern about the future of the Fort Smith regional economy. Each of the…
by - June 22, 2012 4:06 pm
Sales tax collections outpace 2011
Northwest Arkansas businesses collected 4.4% more in sales tax during April which returned $4.265 million to the region’s five largest retail markets in June, according to the Arkansas Department of…
by - June 22, 2012 2:01 pm
Breast cancer links local community to Romania
One common theme — the fight against breast cancer — has united medical professionals from different sides of the globe this week in Fayetteville. Drs. Marius Coros and Dana Claudia…
by - June 22, 2012 1:08 pm
Wal-Mart beats amazon prices as ‘Glee’ shows disparity
BLOOMBERG — In an era of serial comparison shopping, Amazon.com Inc. has seemed unassailable. Yet for many kinds of merchandise — the first-season DVDs of “Glee,” say — shoppers can…
by - June 22, 2012 1:05 am
Treasury To Auction Its TARP Investment In Community Banks
Four local banks still on the hook for TARP payments stand to have the preferred shares now owned by the U.S. Treasury Department pooled and auctioned to the highest bidder in the coming months.
by - June 22, 2012 12:30 am
Treasury to auction its TARP investment in community banks
Four local banks still on the hook for TARP payments may soon have the preferred shares now owned by the U.S. Treasury Department pooled and auctioned to the highest bidder…
by - June 21, 2012 7:48 pm
Wal-Mart technology division leaders to leave
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, said the co-heads of its Silicon Valley innovation group, @WalmartLabs, are leaving the company. Venky Harinarayan and Anand Rajaraman, who ran the 200-…
by - June 21, 2012 7:34 pm
Chaffee Crossing pending sales top $8 million
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA), which oversees the Chaffee Crossing land development, reported “more than $8 million” in approved sales on Thursday (June 21), according to Executive Director Ivy…
by - June 21, 2012 6:51 pm
Farm Bureau: Farm bill bad for Arkansas
Arkansas Farm Bureau chief Randy Veach warned months ago that details of a federal farm bill could be devastating for Arkansas. On Thursday (June 21), Veach said a Senate-passed farm…
by - June 21, 2012 4:30 pm
NWA housing and job markets show gains
Northwest Arkansas continues its economic recovery at a healthy clip and faster pace than the U.S. as a whole, thanks to big improvements in the local housing and job markets….
by - June 21, 2012 2:24 pm
Firings in U.S. remain elevated and factories retrench
BLOOMBERG — More Americans than forecast filed claims for jobless benefits and manufacturing in the Philadelphia region shrank, adding to evidence the U.S. economic expansion is weakening. Applications for unemployment…
by - June 21, 2012 11:17 am
Airport Enplanement Numbers Up At Arkansas Hubs
Enplanements at Arkansas’ three largest commercial airports are trending higher in 2012, a positive sign for travel and tourism.
by - June 21, 2012 8:28 am
Verizon Wireless, Comcast Partner On Service Offerings
Verizon Wireless and Comcast will offer each other’s services in Little Rock, North Little Rock and Benton and deliver a variety of offers and incentives for new and existing customers, the two companies announced Thursday (June 21).
by - June 20, 2012 8:08 pm
Wal-Mart de Mexico cuts expansion plan
BLOOMBERG — Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB, the unit under investigation for bribing Mexican officials to get stores open faster, cut its expansion plan for this year. Owing to a more…
by - June 20, 2012 5:45 pm
Murphy Oil names new CEO
El Dorado-based Murphy Oil CEO David Wood stepped down today (June 20) and was replaced by board member Steve Cossé, a former EVP and general counsel to the company. A…
by - June 20, 2012 5:09 pm
Report: Severance tax hike will hurt gas industry
Opponents of an increase in the state’s natural gas severance tax say a new study shows that raising the tax would be detrimental to the gas industry in Arkansas. The…
by - June 20, 2012 4:29 pm
Acosta named poultry industry ‘Leader of the Year’
Shane Acosta, complex general manager of Cargill in Springdale was named the “2012 Industry Leader of the Year” by The Poultry Federation during the 53rd Annual Poultry Festival. The festival…
by - June 20, 2012 4:24 pm
Billionaire catching Wal-Mart in Brazil
BLOOMBERG — On four separate occasions last year, Horst Paulmann, the billionaire supermarket mogul who controls Santiago-based Cencosud SA, sat down with members of the Cunha family of Rio de…