by - February 2, 2019 4:50 pm
Stamford, Conn.-based Silgan Holdings Inc., which recently opened a manufacturing plant in Fort Smith, reported full year 2018 net income of $224 million, or $2.01 per diluted share, below the…
by - February 2, 2019 12:49 pm
What’s the state of the state when it comes to health care in 2019? “Uncertain” thanks partly to two court cases, one on appeal and the other waiting to be…
by - February 2, 2019 12:48 pm
Futuristic fears that robots and artificial intelligence advances will replace workers in the manufacturing sector are not exactly panning out as factory employers in Arkansas and the rest of the…
by - February 2, 2019 12:47 pm
In 2018, the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) completed 216 business recruitment, retention and expansion projects. That translates to more than 4,300 new jobs, with a capital investment of $1.6…
by - February 2, 2019 12:04 pm
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Department of Art and Design will expand its art outreach with a $754,108 gift from the Windgate Foundation. Part of the gift will…
by - February 1, 2019 5:10 pm
The smell hanging over Fort Smith the past few weeks is the result of a cleanup in the Arkansas River bottoms in Crawford County and should soon be coming to…
by - February 1, 2019 4:45 pm
More than 1,000 business professionals from around the state attended the Business Forecast Luncheon presented by the University of Arkansas Center for Business and Economic Research on Friday (Feb 1)…
by - February 1, 2019 3:31 pm
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) will host public meetings in Bentonville and Centerton to show and take comments on the preliminary findings to improve segments of Arkansas Highway 102…
by - February 1, 2019 3:07 pm
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in January, and the overall economy grew for the 117th consecutive month as raw materials prices fell for the first time in almost…
by - February 1, 2019 3:04 pm
Editor’s note: The following story appeared in the Jan. 21 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
by - February 1, 2019 12:25 pm
Walmart Chief Data Officer Bill Groves, who joined the retail giant about seven months ago, says he quickly sized up the potential for Northwest Arkansas to become a national hub…
by - February 1, 2019 11:49 am
U.S. payroll employment continued to see full-bodied growth in January as more than 300,000 new workers were added to the nation’s brimming labor pool in January, according to the U.S….
by - February 1, 2019 10:40 am
Lemuel “Lem” Tull, a co-founder of Rogers-based architecture and engineering firm Crafton Tull, died Thursday morning (Jan. 30) at Mercy Hospital in Rogers. He was 85. “We will miss Mr….
by - February 1, 2019 10:03 am
The University of Arkansas will award $1 million a year to help support technologies that show strong potential for commercialization. On Friday (Feb.1), the UA announced the Commercialization Fund, a…
by - January 31, 2019 9:51 pm
Despite what you hear in the news about congressional gridlock and fears of a possible recession, nearly one-quarter of small businesses believe this is a good time to expand. That’s…
by - January 31, 2019 9:44 pm
A bill that would abolish the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace and move its responsibilities into the Arkansas Insurance Department advanced through committee Thursday (Jan. 31). SB 113 advanced on a…
by - January 31, 2019 9:44 pm
A steady uptick in interest rates to keep the economy on a normalized pace has bankers closely watching moves by the Federal Reserve Bank. With four fed fund rate hikes…
by - January 31, 2019 4:51 pm
Truck safety organization Road Safe America recently released an analysis of federal crash data showing semitrailer crash fatalities rose between 2009 and 2017, and a coalition led by the organization…
by - January 31, 2019 4:39 pm
Consumers and businesses will shell out big for the upcoming Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 3. The National Retail Federation (NRF) expects total consumer spending of $14.8 billion, which accounts…
by - January 31, 2019 4:21 pm
A Public Facilities Board that would oversee proceeds from a one-time, nine-month, one-cent sales tax to benefit the U.S. Marshals Museum will not be formed unless citizens approve the tax…
