by - July 18, 2011 8:12 am
Officials with Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac say procedural problems and not an improving economy are at the root of a 29% decline in foreclosure activity around the nation during the first…
by - July 15, 2011 1:56 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Stanley Reed, the former Arkansas Farm Bureau President, short-term U.S. Senate…
by - July 15, 2011 1:09 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Fort Smith will soon see a Dunkin’ Donuts shop. Dunkin’ Donuts…
by - July 14, 2011 4:29 pm
Thanks to continued top-line growth in its intermodal segment, Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services posted second quarter income of $65.696 million, up 26% over the 2010 period. For the first…
by - July 13, 2011 5:44 pm
Little Rock-based Bank of the Ozarks announced Wednesday (July 13) record second quarter earnings of $50.2 million, a 361% increase from the 2010 period that comes courtesy of revenue from…
by - July 13, 2011 4:28 pm
More than 75 employees, vendors and supporters gathered on a warm Wednesday morning to break ground on the $4 million Nissan segment of the future Smith Chevrolet-Cadillac-Nissan dealership. Ultimately, the…
by - July 13, 2011 9:36 am
A national television show set to air Thursday night documents the efforts of Van Buren-USA Truck to send relief supplies to Joplin, Mo., following a May 22 tornado that destroyed…
by - July 12, 2011 1:35 pm
No counties in Arkansas posted average weekly wages higher than the national average during the fourth quarter of 2010, according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Tuesday…
by - July 12, 2011 8:32 am
Stockman says it’s important for entrepreneurs to communicate well with a spouse.
by - July 12, 2011 7:37 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Electronic games of skill (EGS) at Arkansas’ two gambling venues cooled…
by - July 11, 2011 10:44 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Officers with the Arkansas Farm Bureau recently returned from a Korean…
by - July 11, 2011 10:41 am
Enplanement activity at the Fort Smith Regional Airport is down 0.22% for the first half of 2011, following traffic declines in the second quarter that pulled down increases in the…
by - July 8, 2011 6:49 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Eddie York, owner of Art’s BBQ, and one of several area restaurant owners opposed to the 1% prepared food tax, showed up at City Offices…
by - July 8, 2011 1:31 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] The Joint Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development committee quizzed Larry Bengal,…
by - July 8, 2011 1:05 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Late last week, the Arkansas Public Service Commission approved a number…
by - July 8, 2011 12:26 pm
Tourism agencies, hotels, restaurants, chambers of commerce and other tourism and travel-related businesses and organizations were recently handed 55,000 magazines to help promote tourism in what is called the Western…
by - July 7, 2011 11:43 am
Tourism and business travel is one sector in the Fort Smith region showing clear signs of economic recovery — at least based on tourism tax collections in Fort Smith and…
by - July 6, 2011 6:05 pm
The initial plans have been somewhat downsized, but FSM Redevelopment Partners are moving forward to build a hotel that connect to the Phoenix Expo and Trade Center. Lance Beaty, a…
by - July 6, 2011 11:55 am
AT&T is pumping CNG from AOG. Or, in other words, AT&T is one of the first regular customers of a public compressed natural gas fueling station operated by Arkansas Oklahoma…
by - July 6, 2011 11:52 am
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday (July 6) in favor of Arkansas Best Corp., which returns the company’s lawsuit against YRC and the Teamsters back to a federal…
