by - May 16, 2019 4:22 pm
A slowing U.S. economy, ongoing trade wars and tariff impacts are the biggest threats to growth in Northwest Arkansas, according to Mervin Jebaraj, director of the Center for Business &…
by - May 16, 2019 4:15 pm
No Rest LLC of Jonesboro made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County between March 15 and April 19, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s Office….
by - May 16, 2019 4:08 pm
The Birmingham Airport Authority (BAA) announced that its board of directors has appointed Ronald Mathieu as the new CEO of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. Mathieu has resigned from his post with…
by - May 16, 2019 11:43 am
Same-store sales growth of 3.4% helped Walmart score net income of $3.842 billion in the first fiscal quarter ended April 30, up 80% from the $2.134 billion in the same…
by - May 16, 2019 11:29 am
The economy isn’t growing as fast as it was, but it’s still growing, and a recession may not occur until 2021 or even later, the American Trucking Associations’ chief economist…
by - May 16, 2019 9:38 am
The Arkansas Arts Center (AAC) announced a $128 million fundraising campaign on Wednesday (May 15) and further noted that it had received commitments exceeding $118 million to-date. The Little Rock-based…
by - May 16, 2019 7:16 am
Dillard’s Inc. on Wednesday (May 15) posted flat earnings and same-store sales compared to a year ago as the Little Rock upscale retailer and other mall-anchored department stores struggle to…
by - May 15, 2019 9:03 pm
The owners of Kyya Chocolate, a bean-to-bar chocolate maker based in Elm Springs, have signed a lease agreement to open the company’s third retail location. Co-owner Rick Boosey said the business is…
by - May 15, 2019 7:36 pm
Highways and information superhighways were on the governor’s mind as he spoke to the state’s trucking industry on Wednesday (May 15). Every Arkansas community with more than 500 residents would…
by - May 15, 2019 6:15 pm
Arkansas is among the U.S. states with the highest share of properties with mortgages that were “seriously underwater” at the end of the first quarter, according to a new report…
by - May 15, 2019 6:10 pm
Civilian aircraft parts, ammunitions and rice were the top Arkansas exports purchased by U.S. trade partners in 2018, representing more than 25% of the $6.5 billion in homemade goods shipped…
by - May 15, 2019 6:08 pm
Ritter Communications on Wednesday (May 15) closed on a $6.6 million sale and leaseback transaction for its Jonesboro headquarters building with Haag Brown Development. In the transaction, Ritter Communications committed…
by - May 15, 2019 5:43 pm
Brian Kim has been hired as president of the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE), a move geared to allow CEO Kyle Parker time to focus on “big picture projects”…
by - May 15, 2019 4:29 pm
A graduation ceremony for the first registered nurse (RN) residency class at Northwest Health will take place at 6 p.m. Friday (May 17). Eighteen nurses will graduate from the program….
by - May 15, 2019 4:14 pm
America’s Car-Mart is expected to report earnings per share to rise 27.3% to $1.82 per share in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019, from $1.43 per share in the same…
by - May 15, 2019 1:32 pm
African Swine Flu (ASF) has already killed more hogs in China than the U.S. will produce this year, according to Tyson Foods CEO Noel White. Speaking at the BMO Capital…
by - May 15, 2019 10:24 am
Windstream Holdings Inc. on Wednesday (May 15) reported that losses had widened to $2.3 billion in the first quarter as the Arkansas telecom wades its way through federal court-supervised bankruptcy…
by - May 14, 2019 4:47 pm
Rebranding and repurposing of the Sound Room in downtown Fort Smith, a property once owned by the late Bill Neumeier, is underway. Investors in the project, which will become the…
by - May 14, 2019 4:17 pm
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention figures have shown that American workers in the farming, fishing and forestry industries have some of the highest suicide rates of any professional…
by - May 14, 2019 2:15 pm
Entrepreneur and inventor Louie Graham was in a hurry for a meeting and frustrated with the process to clean his razor while shaving. He wanted a better solution to clean…
