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What’s right and wrong discussed at chamber meeting

story by Michael Tilley and photos by Joel Rafkin [email protected] The more than 500 who attended the annual banquet of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce heard John McFarland…

Fort Smith board hears lobbying update from Watts Partners

Former Oklahoma Congressman J.C. Watts and Steve Pruitt met with the Fort Smith Board of Directors on Friday (Jan. 28) to summarize the ins and outs of the new political…

J.B. Hunt posts big 2010 income gain

Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services, one of the nation’s largest transportation companies, recorded 2010 income of $199.617 million, up 46.3% compared to 2009. And despite continued tough times in the…

BancorpSouth, Simmons First report quarterly earnings

Tupelo, Miss.-based BancorpSouth continues to fight its way through loan losses, and Pine Bluff-based Simmons First National Bank is hopeful that recent expansions will boost 2011 numbers. BANCORPSOUTH Both banks…

J.b. Hunt Posts Big 2010 Income Gain

Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services, one of the nation’s largest transportation companies, recorded 2010 income of $199.62 million, up 46.3% compared to 2009.

ABB completes acquisition of Baldor Electric

Zurich, Switzerland-based ABB is now the parent company of Baldor Electric Co., a company founded in St. Louis in 1920 and headquartered in Fort Smith since the early 1960s. The…

USA Truck posts $3.3 million loss in 2010

Van Buren-based USA Truck Inc. continues to struggle with net income losses in 2010 and 2009 totaling more than $10 million. The long-haul carrier reported Thursday (Jan. 27) a 2010…

Renewable energy study gives Arkansas good marks

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] A new study from Duke University and Georgia Tech contends that…

Unemployment trust fund debt may increase business costs

A widely-circulated report from the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce suggests Arkansas employers may have to pay a minimum of $45 more per employee into an unemployment insurance fund in…

Chaffee authority approves land for school, library

story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Rumblings of a new school and library extension became actions on Wednesday as the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) voted to hold land for development…

McFarland: ABB-Baldor deal a ‘difficult decision’

What first began with a December 2009 phone call, wrapped up — somewhat — on Wednesday (Jan. 26) with more than 42.415 million shares of Baldor Electric Co. tendered to…

Former Psc Chair To Stay Away From Arkansas Regulation

We broke the news in December that then-PSC Chairman Paul Suskie would leave for a regulatory and legal post with Southwest Power Pool, the regional electricity transmission outfit based in Little Rock. Some suggested a conflict of interest since SPP has matters pending before the PSC.