by - January 29, 2019 6:46 pm
U.S. steelmaker Nucor Corp., which operates three large steel mills in Northeast Arkansas, on Tuesday (Jan. 29) reported record fourth quarter and year-end profits as the company continues to benefit…
by - January 29, 2019 6:20 pm
Fort Smith-based Beaty Capital Group, owner of TempleLive in downtown Fort Smith, announced Tuesday (Jan. 29) it is completing the first phase of an estimated $8 million, two-phase renovation of…
by - January 29, 2019 5:04 pm
Walmart U.S. CEO Greg Foran has been focused on improving store efficiencies and making shopping easier for the retailer’s 140 million weekly customers. Foran told Talk Business & Politics in…
by - January 29, 2019 2:49 pm
Last year, Arkansas lawmakers debated the role pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, should play in the state’s health care system. PBMs negotiate rebates and price concessions from big drug companies…
by - January 29, 2019 2:38 pm
Editor’s note: The Arkansas Transportation Report is managed by Talk Business & Politics and sponsored by the Arkansas Trucking Association and the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce. Other transportation industry related stories can be…
by - January 29, 2019 2:07 pm
Carriers still expect truck driver pay will rise as freight demand remains strong but not at the level it was at this time in 2018. Trucking companies are offering “innovative…
by - January 29, 2019 10:41 am
Stephens Insurance LLC announced Tuesday (Jan. 29) that Miles Stephens will become CEO, effective June 3, 2019. Headquartered in Little Rock, Stephens Insurance LLC is an affiliate of Stephens Inc….
by - January 29, 2019 9:50 am
A Chicago-area real estate firm has taken ownership of a multifamily asset in Rogers for $48.4 million. A subsidiary of Inland Real Estate Investment Corp., based in Oak Brook, Ill.,…
by - January 28, 2019 5:29 pm
A new report by the progressive Brookings Institution think tank predicts that automation and artificial intelligence (AI) will disrupt virtually all U.S. industries in the coming years, taking note that…
by - January 28, 2019 5:10 pm
State Rep. Dan Douglas, R-Bentonville, on Monday surprised some legislators and policymakers at the State Capitol by filing a potentially controversial bill that combines portions of legislation he sponsored in…
by - January 28, 2019 4:59 pm
The first industrywide assessment survey of Arkansas beef producers in more than a decade discovered producers are concerned with who will follow in their footsteps, how their operations may be…
by - January 28, 2019 4:55 pm
Crossmark, a marketing and merchandising services firm, announced a new alliance with Fayetteville-based WhyteSpyder designed to provide clients with immediate digital merchandising solutions to grow online sales. David Newman, chief…
by - January 28, 2019 4:31 pm
Energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are expected to decline in 2019 and 2020 after rising 2.8% in 2018, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The 2018 increase was the…
by - January 28, 2019 3:16 pm
Arkansas-based companies Tyson Foods, George’s Inc., Simmons Foods and OK Foods are each named as defendants in a civil lawsuit filed Jan. 25 by Florida-based restaurant operator Darden Restaurants in…
by - January 28, 2019 2:53 pm
The leader of the Arkansas State Senate says proposed tobacco tax increases, including those affecting currently untaxed e-cigarettes, could begin to take shape by the end of the week. Senate…
by - January 28, 2019 11:12 am
A Christmas present seven years ago helped stoke an entrepreneurial fire for Jordan Wright. “My dad bought me a [Big] Green Egg,” said Wright, who left a corporate career in…
by - January 27, 2019 5:01 pm
Despite recent shocks in financial markets, the global economy will continue to expand at a modest rate in 2019, according to a new analysis at the World Economic Forum in…
by - January 27, 2019 4:56 pm
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed federal charges against nine defendants in California, Russia, the Ukraine that allegedly hacked into the EDGAR system to extract nonpublic information to use…
by - January 27, 2019 4:49 pm
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City is now seeking proposals to reduce barriers for startups and entrepreneurs “who have been systemically left behind.” The application period for the…
by - January 27, 2019 4:44 pm
A Facebook initiative that connects college students with local businesses in central Arkansas is set to launch this spring in Conway. Facebook’s Career Connections program will first hold a two-day…
