by - April 16, 2012 7:38 pm
Seven years ago, then-Walmart CEO Lee Scott laid out an ambitious agenda for the world’s largest retailer to improve its sustainability efforts globally. It took nearly two years to formulate…
by - April 16, 2012 7:23 pm
The residential real estate market in Northwest Arkansas continues to show marked improvement with home sales rising 11.41% in March from the prior year. Agents in Benton and Washington counties…
by - April 16, 2012 7:16 pm
Beautiful spring weather and record low interest rates haven’t proven a huge boost to home sales in the Fort Smith metro area during the first quarter of 2012. Home sales…
by - April 16, 2012 12:15 pm
It’s been an incredible ride for entrepreneurs John James M.D., and partner Terry Turpin, who started and sold five companies between them before their 35th birthdays. So it should come…
by - April 16, 2012 10:17 am
In today’s world of commerce, efforts to reduce the impact on the environment are a necessity for doing business.
by - April 16, 2012 8:59 am
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announced that its board of directors has nominated Marissa A. Mayer of Google Inc. for election as a new member of the company’s board at Walmart’s annual shareholders’ meeting on June 1, 2012.
by - April 15, 2012 8:31 pm
Arkansas is one of 13 states “Leading the way” on the evaluation of tax incentives for economic development, according to a recent report from the Pew Center on the States.
by - April 14, 2012 2:54 pm
Lowell-based Central States Manufacturing is expanding in Hartford, S.D., with a plant expected to employ up to 40 in the next three years, according to a statement from the South…
by - April 13, 2012 5:11 pm
The World Trade Center Arkansas will host the Hong Kong Commissioner for economic trade affairs to discuss trade relations between Arkansas-based companies and Hong Kong. The trade seminar will be…
by - April 13, 2012 4:56 pm
Arkansas is one of 13 states “Leading the way” on the evaluation of tax incentives for economic development, according to a recent report from the Pew Center on the States….
by - April 13, 2012 11:18 am
John Brown University teams took first and second in the undergraduate division of the Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup business plans competition during a ceremony held in Little Rock on…
by - April 13, 2012 11:00 am
Sales tax collections — to include hospitality taxes —home sales activity and enplanement figures in the area are positive, but high jobless numbers continue to place downward pressure on the…
by - April 12, 2012 9:27 pm
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. posted a strong first quarter profit of $18 million and company officials reported new lending activity that would provide “excellent prospects for growth” in the…
by - April 12, 2012 8:53 pm
The option to opt-out of OG&E’s new Smart Meter installations is not an option at all. OG&E plans to have all the Smart Meters installed across its entire coverage area…
by - April 12, 2012 5:18 pm
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. posted a strong first quarter profit of $18 million and company officials reported new lending activity that would provide “excellent prospects for growth” in the future.
by - April 12, 2012 4:16 pm
Record quarterly earnings is becoming a common theme with Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services.
by - April 12, 2012 4:12 pm
Record quarterly earnings are becoming a common theme with Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services. The large “multi-modal” transportation company posted record net income of $67.7 million during the first quarter,…
by - April 12, 2012 3:30 pm
For the first time the leaders of three prominent state agencies left the confines of Little Rock to meet in Northwest Arkansas. Thursday (April 12), the Economic Development, Highway and…
by - April 12, 2012 3:16 pm
Dillard’s, Inc. has amended and extended its $1.0 billion senior secured revolving credit facility, the Little Rock-based upscale retailer announced today.
by - April 12, 2012 3:03 pm
Enplanements during the first quarter of 2012 are up 9.66% at the Fort Smith Regional Airport and down just 0.48% at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA). March enplanements at…
