by - February 11, 2019 5:30 pm
U.S. consumers are expected to spend $20.7 billion for Valentine’s Day, up 6% from a year ago. The record spending this year equates to an average of $161.96 per person…
by - February 11, 2019 1:45 pm
Ramsay Ball, a commercial real estate broker in Bentonville, is the new principal broker for Green Circle Projects. The Springfield, Mo.-based real estate management development company has opened an office…
by - February 11, 2019 1:29 pm
A niche movement in commercial real estate development will soon make its debut in Arkansas. Springfield, Mo.-development and property management company Green Circle Projects is nearing completion of an agricultural…
by - February 11, 2019 12:57 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and legislative leaders revealed a highway plan Monday (Feb. 11) that would provide $300 million annually to state highways and another $110 million to cities and counties,…
by - February 11, 2019 10:59 am
Retail giant Walmart Inc. announced an addition to its board of directors Monday (Feb. 11), tapping Cesar Conde, chairman of NBCUniversal International Group, as a new independent director. The appointment…
by - February 11, 2019 10:46 am
Rapid City, S.D.-based utility Black Hills Corp., which has customers in eight states including Arkansas, recently reported fourth-quarter net income increased 37.5% to $88 million, or $1.51 per share, from…
by - February 11, 2019 9:01 am
The U.S. had the highest number of workers go on strike in more than 30 years as the number of major work stoppages across the U.S. rose to its highest…
by - February 11, 2019 9:00 am
A group of Arkansas hospitals announced on Friday (Feb. 8) they are working together to expand a state-supported, startup accelerator program that connects early-stage companies with Arkansas healthcare providers to…
by - February 10, 2019 1:47 pm
Mary Beth Brooks had been president and CEO of Bank of Fayetteville for 11 years when the bank was sold in November 2015 to Stuttgart-based Farmers and Merchants Bank. Brooks…
by - February 10, 2019 1:39 pm
There has been amazing growth and activity in the commercial real estate (CRE) market in Northwest Arkansas consistently over the past decade. In fact, according to data from Costar, in…
by - February 9, 2019 1:36 pm
The Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas and the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame Board on Friday (Feb. 8) inducted the 2019 class for the…
by - February 9, 2019 12:48 pm
How Arkansas farmers, and especially those in Northeast Arkansas, will approach the 2019 growing season is anyone’s guess, Craighead County extension agent Branon Thiesse told Talk Business and Politics. Low…
by - February 8, 2019 4:44 pm
January was National Soup Month, and consumers across the country had a new fresh option as Walmart unveiled Marketside soups in its deli department. The new product launch is part of…
by - February 8, 2019 3:15 pm
In its latest white paper, “Substance behind the Hype: 5G Smartphones Primed and Ready for Fast Rollout,” IHS Markit analyst Wayne Lam predicts that the global 5G transition is poised…
by - February 8, 2019 3:07 pm
In late December 2018, Congress and President Donald Trump completed work on the $867 billion federal Farm Bill, putting in place the five-year framework for the nation’s agricultural policy. The…
by - February 8, 2019 2:44 pm
Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., is the lead Republican sponsor of a bill that would increase the number of Medicare-funded medical residencies by 15,000 over five years. The Resident Physician Shortage…
by - February 8, 2019 2:15 pm
Retail is crucial to the overall economic health of Arkansas and the rest of the world as the intersection of consumer spending and trade/manufacturing. On the heels of stellar holiday…
by - February 8, 2019 9:37 am
Generations Bank, an approximately $500 million asset lender, has an application pending with the Arkansas State Bank Department to move its charter from the tiny south Arkansas town of Hampton…
by - February 8, 2019 8:53 am
Conway-based Home BancShares Inc., the publicly traded holding company of Centennial Bank, announced Friday (Feb.8) the election of senior executive vice president Donna Townsell to the board of directors for…
by - February 7, 2019 8:14 pm
Two years ago, Jonesboro Unlimited started a five year plan to directly bring 2,500 new jobs to Northeast Arkansas’ hub city, and another 2,600 indirect or induced jobs. Dubbed “Momentum…
