by - May 25, 2012 4:41 pm
BLOOMBERG — For the latest sign of a U.S. housing rebound, Toll Brothers Inc. Chief Executive Officer Douglas Yearley points to Hoboken, New Jersey: A couple torn between two condos…
by - May 25, 2012 2:19 pm
John “Jack” Phillips IV of Walnut Ridge has been named its new coordinator of student recruitment for the Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus. A graduate of the University of Central Arkansas,…
by - May 25, 2012 12:02 pm
Tyson Foods confirmed an ammonia leak in Madison, Neb. forced a plant evacuation and sent 40 workers to the hospital Thursday evening, May 24. "We're investigating the cause of an…
by - May 25, 2012 9:43 am
Rheem Manufacturing laid off 16 salaried jobs at its Fort Smith plant and a distribution center in Lewisville, Texas, on Thursday (May 24), but a company official says the move is not an indication the Fort Smith plant and its production is going away any time soon.
by - May 24, 2012 10:07 pm
BLOOMBERG — Soon after investment bank Morgan Keegan Inc. gave $1,000 to a committee backing voter passage of a bond authorization for Rogers, Ark., in September, the bank earned $502,000…
by - May 24, 2012 9:35 pm
BLOOMBERG — Companies placed fewer orders for computers, machinery and other capital equipment in April for a second month, indicating manufacturing in the U.S. is cooling. Bookings for non-military goods…
by - May 24, 2012 8:10 pm
Bentonville-based America's Car-Mart continues to outperform Wall Street expectations posting double-digit net income growth in its fourth quarter and fiscal 2012, which ended April 30. The buy here, pay here…
by - May 24, 2012 6:00 pm
Nearly three years after Stephens Media and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Inc. merged operations in Northwest Arkansas, the union has yet to achieve the expected financial security. The joint venture, Northwest…
by - May 24, 2012 5:59 pm
America’s Car-Mart capped off an impressive year with a final quarter of strong sales and profits.
by - May 24, 2012 4:58 pm
The announcement that tech giant Hewlett-Packard will lay off 27,000 workers worldwide sent reverberations through Arkansas economic circles, particularly in Conway where the company opened a 1,000 employee, $28 million…
by - May 24, 2012 4:40 pm
Rheem Manufacturing laid off 16 salaried jobs at its Fort Smith plant and a distribution center in Lewisville, Texas, on Thursday (May 24), but a company official says the move…
by - May 24, 2012 3:46 pm
Local homebuilders and commercial contractors say business is steady through the first one-third of 2012. April permit values increased 8.87% among the five largest retail districts in Benton and Washington…
by - May 24, 2012 2:21 pm
Amanda Bondurant, RNC-NIC, a neonatal intensive care nurse at Washington Regional Medical Center, recently received an ANGELS Award for Outstanding Service in Neonatal Nursing. The University of Arkansas for Medical…
by - May 24, 2012 2:16 pm
A Hewlett-Packard spokesman tells Talk Business that “just about every business and region” will be impacted by the downsizing.
by - May 24, 2012 10:41 am
Acxiom Corp. announced on Wednesday two new board members that reflect the data marketer’s shifting company focus.
by - May 23, 2012 11:00 pm
BLOOMBERG — When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the justices said next to nothing about racial equality, the ideal that drove the landmark law’s enactment….
by - May 23, 2012 6:55 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — The U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy, Daniel Poneman, presented a local company with a $150,000 grant for innovative energy research on Wednesday, May 23, as he visited the…
by - May 23, 2012 5:00 pm
Beef U.S. beef packer margins averaged about $10 per head last week, according to Hedgers Edge. A year ago packers were just breaking even. Bob Wilson at Hedgers Edge said…
by - May 23, 2012 3:17 pm
After six consecutive months of year-over-year gains, tax collections for Fort Smith were down less than 1% in the April report. However, the year-to-date collections are more than 5% above…
by - May 23, 2012 1:50 pm
Cities across Northwest Arkansas continue to report strong sales tax collections in May, according to a report from the Arkansas Department of Finance earlier this week. Among the region’s five…
