by May 8, 2022 10:26 am
-U.S. economic expansion, year three
The U.S. economy is about to enter the third year of an economic expansion that began in May 2020, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research’s business cycle dating…
by May 8, 2022 10:26 am
-The U.S. economy is about to enter the third year of an economic expansion that began in May 2020, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research’s business cycle dating…
by May 8, 2022 10:09 am
-In the U.S., the percentage of average wages needed to buy a home is at its highest level since the housing market collapse in 2008. Still, a median-priced home remains…
by May 7, 2022 10:39 am
-Gravette-based healthcare provider Ozarks Community Hospital (OCH) recently opened an outpatient lab in Bentonville. OCH Benton County Lab is located at 907 S.E. Village Loop, Suite 3. Karen Spout, lab…
by May 7, 2022 9:36 am
-Consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers are operating in uncharted waters with inflation at a 40-year high, supply chain issues not helped by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, labor shortages and…
by May 5, 2022 7:43 pm
-Jeff Pitchford has been named as Arkansas Farm Bureau’s executive vice president. He replaces Warren Carter, who is retiring May 31, 2022. Arkansas Farm Bureau’s executive vice president serves as…
by May 5, 2022 5:35 pm
-Fort Smith Public School Board member Dee Blackwell is being challenged by Ryan Goodwin for the district’s Zone 3 position. The school board approved a new zone map with five…
by May 5, 2022 4:27 pm
-Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday (May 5) announced that Renee Mallory will serve as interim Secretary of Health, while Dr. Jennifer Dillaha will serve as director of the Department of…
by May 5, 2022 3:31 pm
-Springdale-based Tyson Foods is predicted to see quarterly earnings per share of $1.83, compared to $1.34 a year ago, when the company reports earnings on Monday (May 9). The consensus…
by May 5, 2022 3:18 pm
-It has been more than two decades since Walmart aggressively moved to grow its global retail footprint. But in the past two to three years, the Bentonville-based retail giant has…
by May 5, 2022 10:36 am
-One of Northeast Arkansas’ most influential businessmen and philanthropists has died. Wallace Fowler Sr. died Wednesday (May 4) at NEA Baptist Hospital. He was 87. His wife and business partner,…
by May 5, 2022 10:10 am
-Atlas Tube, a division of Zekelman Industries, has opened its newest steel mill in Blytheville. It’s the second facility they have opened in Mississippi County’s largest city. The new facility…
by May 5, 2022 9:17 am
-Fertilizer prices have edged slightly downward in recent months, but remain a worrisome aspect of the 2022 growing season for farmers. In addition to supply chain issues relating to the…
by May 5, 2022 9:11 am
-Bank OZK hired Chris Henry as Managing Director, Trust and Wealth Group, the company announced Thursday (May 5). Henry will be charged with leading and growing Bank OZK’s services in…
by May 5, 2022 9:03 am
-As the debate swirls around the potential for student loan debt forgiveness, a lesser-recognized but nonetheless persistent form of debt — medical debt — is getting a lot of attention…
by May 4, 2022 5:32 pm
-Members of the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) may in the near future consider ideas that alter the process by which property offers are known to the authority even if…
by May 4, 2022 4:44 pm
-Arkansas State University System President Dr. Chuck Welch announced Wednesday (May 4) that Jeff Purinton, an athletics administrator who most recently spent the last seven years as part of the…
by May 4, 2022 4:05 pm
-Sandy Dixon and Brittney Hall are vying for the Fort Smith Public School Board Zone 2 position. The school board approved a new zone map with five single-membered and two…
by May 4, 2022 12:59 pm
-Rogers startup Firebend was spun out of Fort Smith-based Propak Corp. after founder Steve Clark envisioned the supply chain company as a technology company with supply chain expertise, an executive…
by May 4, 2022 10:33 am
-Prime Day will return in July, according to Amazon who made the announcement in its first-quarter earnings report for fiscal 2022 last week. The e-commerce titan reported a net loss…
by May 4, 2022 9:49 am
-Jonesboro-based real estate developer Haag Brown is in the preliminary stages of opening a second Starbucks location in Springdale. The company announced Wednesday (May 4) plans to build a 2,600-square-foot…