by - April 22, 2019 10:29 am
Energy trade accounted for 12% of the value for all U.S. exports to Mexico and 5% of all U.S. imports from Mexico in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau….
by - April 21, 2019 8:57 pm
After three months of hard work that produced historic and much-needed legislation, the 92nd General Assembly has adjourned. Together, we cut taxes. We raised teacher pay. We funded roads and…
by - April 21, 2019 6:06 pm
The term “experience” is a word you hear more and more these days in the business world. Trying to define what it means and understanding it from a customer’s point…
by - April 21, 2019 6:02 pm
Retail closures in the U.S. continue to accelerate through the first quarter of 2019, far outpacing the same period in 2018, according to Coresight Research and its CEO Deborah Weinswig….
by - April 19, 2019 11:27 am
An estimated gain of 8,585 jobs between March 2018 and March 2019 helped push Arkansas’ jobless rate to 3.7%, better than the 3.8% in March 2018 and the 3.8% in…
by - April 19, 2019 10:15 am
Spending in March on goods and food services totaled $514.1 billion, up 16% from the previous month and up 3.6% against March 2018, according to the advance monthly sales report…
by - April 19, 2019 7:56 am
Randy Sims, president and CEO of publicly traded Conway-based Home BancShares Inc., has added the titles of vice chairman of Home BancShares and executive chairman of its subsidiary, Centennial Bank….
by - April 18, 2019 7:56 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority Board of Directors voted Thursday (April 18) to change land use in part of the “historic warehouse district” to industrial/office. The vote comes after weeks…
by - April 18, 2019 7:15 pm
Big Creek Bancshares, Inc., parent company of Forrest City based Armor Bank, and Tyronza Bancshares, Inc., parent company of First Delta Bank headquartered in Marked Tree, have announced an agreement…
by - April 18, 2019 5:15 pm
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced Thursday (April 18) that a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel found that China has administered its…
by - April 18, 2019 5:07 pm
The Greenbrier Companies, a company based in Lake Oswego, Oregon that specializes in rail freight products, has tentatively agreed to acquire American Railcar Industries, according to the company. ARI has…
by - April 18, 2019 10:53 am
Walmart, which has said it will use innovative measures in stores to boost sales, is testing LED projectors that display ads on the floor of the Supercenter on South Walton…
by - April 18, 2019 10:34 am
Conway-based Home BancShares posted first quarter net income of $71.35 million, down 2.3%, from the $73.064 million in the same quarter of 2018. The per share earnings of 42 cents…
by - April 17, 2019 7:28 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Arkansas Agriculture Secretary Wes Ward, and State Plant Board Director Butch Calhoun doled $20,000 in scholarships at the state capitol earlier this week to students from four…
by - April 17, 2019 6:20 pm
Veteran Americana bands Turnpike Troubadours and the North Mississippi Allstars are part of the lineup for the 2019 Peacemaker Festival set for July 26-27 at the Riverfront Amphitheater in downtown…
by - April 17, 2019 5:15 pm
Little Rock-based Bank OZK reported first quarter net income of $110.712 million, down from $113.144 million in the 2018 quarter. The per share income of 86 cents was better than…
by - April 17, 2019 4:07 pm
John Kent, clinical associate professor in the Department of Supply Chain Management in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, has been traveling to China…
by - April 17, 2019 3:35 pm
Fewer consumers are planning to celebrate Easter this year and overall spending at retail is expected to be $18.11 billion, down roughly $50 million from a year ago. Easter spending…
by - April 17, 2019 3:10 pm
United States Marshals Museum (USMM) Director of Education Leslie Higgins was honored as the 2019 Friend of History Day Arkansas by History Day Arkansas for her efforts to promote and…
by - April 17, 2019 1:45 pm
Dr. Brian Primack, dean of the Honors College at the University of Pittsburgh, has been named dean of the University of Arkansas College of Education and Health Professions. The hiring…
