by - April 19, 2023 5:36 pm
Jason Morris, a senior vice president of Walmart’s global technology division, has been hired as the chief technology and information officer at Nordstrom, effective May. 1. Morris will succeed Edmond…
by - April 19, 2023 5:17 pm
More than 200 people who work in the retail supply chain gathered in Bentonville on Wednesday (April 19) for the 2023 Supply Chain Trends and Expo event to discuss the…
by - April 19, 2023 4:46 pm
The University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees on Wednesday (April 19) heard almost three hours of discussion about ongoing efforts to buy the University of Phoenix (UofP). The meeting…
by - April 19, 2023 10:15 am
The Williams Baptist University board of trustees approved a budget increase for the 2023-24 school year Tuesday (April 18). The board also gave its approval to a large slate of…
by - April 19, 2023 10:10 am
Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville now offers the Rosa (robotic surgical assistant) robotic hip replacement system. Rosa Hip is the fourth robotic system in the Rosa portfolio developed by…
by - April 18, 2023 7:58 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (April 18) approved a resolution allowing city administration to initiate a utility water rate study. A recent action by the Arkansas Legislature…
by - April 18, 2023 2:20 pm
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock named Colin Crawford as the next dean of the William H. Bowen School of Law, effective July 1, 2023. “I am pleased to…
by - April 18, 2023 2:12 pm
White River Bancshares Co., the holding company for Fayetteville-based Signature Bank of Arkansas, reported net income of $340,000, or 34 cents per diluted share, in the first quarter. That’s 80%…
by - April 18, 2023 1:39 pm
Arkansas soybean and corn producers are now eligible for Margin Protection insurance under an expansion announced by the Risk Management Agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. RMA’s expansion of…
by - April 18, 2023 1:36 pm
FNBC has hired Kyle Davidson as its community president in Mountain Home. He succeeds Chad Hudson, who has held the role since 2010, and will continue to serve FNBC as…
by - April 18, 2023 1:33 pm
Various ratios measure a bank’s performance. One of the benchmark percentages is ROA, short for return on assets, which is a bank’s net income divided by its total assets. As…
by - April 18, 2023 12:16 pm
Walmart will soon use its first compressed natural gas engine in its private trucking fleet as the retailer works toward zero emissions in its massive transportation operations by 2040. Cummins…
by - April 18, 2023 12:15 pm
The phrase “safe and sound” originates from Shakespeare’s play, “The Comedy of Errors.” In more recent times, it is a guiding principle of the federal regulatory bodies that oversee the…
by - April 18, 2023 12:06 pm
Walmart has returned to the debt market to raise about $5 billion in capital that will be used for general purposes, the company said. The retail giant is selling notes…
by - April 18, 2023 7:26 am
The board of directors of Farmers and Merchants Bank and The Bank of Fayetteville announced the promotion of two employees to key leadership roles. Blake Holzhauer will serve as Chief…
by - April 17, 2023 7:16 pm
Eric Shell, a nationally known healthcare consultant, will present a lecture, “The Future of Healthcare: Strategies for Success,” on Thursday (April 20), at the Arkansas State University Fowler Center. New…
by - April 17, 2023 5:19 pm
Walmart will sell the upscale men’s fashion retailer Bonobos for a reported $75 million to Express Inc. and brand management firm WHP Global, as it continues to unwind the online…
by - April 17, 2023 5:04 pm
Enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport are up more than 3% in the first quarter of 2023 after finishing 2022 with a 30.5% enplanement increase over 2021 in which…
by - April 17, 2023 4:26 pm
The Tahlequah, Okla.-based Cherokee Nation on Monday (April 17) said the tribal nation provided a more than $3.04 billion economic impact on the Oklahoma economy in 2021. The report was…
by - April 17, 2023 10:46 am
The mortgage division of one of the state’s largest banking organizations is committing $100,000 to help first-time homebuyers. FNB Mortgage, a division of Fort Smith-based holding company First Bank Corp.,…
