by - August 14, 2018 11:16 am
Little Rock nonprofit Arkansas Environmental Federation (AEF) announced Tuesday (Aug. 14) that Ava Franks Roberts has been chosen as its new executive director, effective Aug. 27. Roberts will replace Charles…
by - August 13, 2018 6:38 pm
Pulp and paper mill giant Domtar Corp. has named Allan Bohn as the new manager of the company’s Ashdown plant. He will replace Bob Grygotis, who is retiring as general…
by - August 13, 2018 5:52 pm
Wall Street is bullish on Walmart and expects double-digit earnings growth of 12.9% when the retail giant reports its fiscal second quarter results on Thursday (Aug. 16) ahead of the…
by - August 13, 2018 5:14 pm
Some of Mark Wilson’s fondest memories of his childhood involve him, his father, and countless hours of duck hunting in rural Arkansas. Part of duck hunting is setting duck decoys,…
by - August 13, 2018 4:31 pm
In its first go-around as a publicly traded company, Little Rock-based BSR REIT booked a second quarter profit of $6.7 million nearly 45 days after the company completed its initial…
by - August 13, 2018 4:19 pm
University of Arkansas researchers will use a $498,983 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the anti-microbial mechanisms of silver nanoparticles to find ways they could be used to…
by - August 13, 2018 4:06 pm
Arkansas’ newest publicly traded company is probably not one that would immediately come to mind. However, Little Rock-based BSR Real Estate Investment Trust recently took the unusual step of conducting…
by - August 13, 2018 3:41 pm
The Unexpected art mural project will be held during the last third of the year, according to 64.6 Downtown. The group — a nonprofit funded and created by Propak owner…
by - August 13, 2018 2:32 pm
Ryan Howard, the FNBC community bank president for Izard County, will also assume the role of community president for Independence County, according to FNBC Regional President Chad Hudson. “Ryan is…
by - August 13, 2018 12:37 pm
Generations Bank is planning to build a new branch location on Southwest I Street in Bentonville, near the entrance to the Bentonville Community Center. In July, the bank completed a…
by - August 13, 2018 11:46 am
The four-week average of U.S. gross refinery inputs surpassed 18 million barrels per day for the first time, for the week ending July 6, 2018, according to the U.S. Energy…
by - August 13, 2018 10:10 am
Jonesboro native Johnny Allison is chairman of the board for Home BancShares, parent company of Centennial Bank. The Conway-based bank has the largest market share in the Jonesboro metro market…
by - August 13, 2018 10:01 am
Southeastern Conference football has become increasingly like the NFL in the past couple decades. But there remain significant differences — not least of which is the widespread notion the college…
by - August 13, 2018 9:41 am
Fayetteville brothers Austin and Quinn Simkins believe a family recipe handed down for four generations is their key to a national business. At ages 8 and 4, their grandmother began…
by - August 12, 2018 10:09 pm
Bank OZK has approved an increase in the size of its board of directors from 16 to 18 and named two new members. The board elected Beverly Cole and Steven…
by - August 12, 2018 11:37 am
A new McKinsey & Co. survey on digital manufacturing has found that most manufacturers are stuck in “pilot purgatory” when it comes to the practice. By “pilot purgatory,” McKinsey means…
by - August 12, 2018 11:25 am
Weyerhaeuser, a forest products company with Arkansas locations in Dierks and Hot Springs, reported a net earnings increase of 18% in the second quarter of 2018 compared with the first…
by - August 12, 2018 11:23 am
The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) has released its monthly Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for July, and the story told is another positive one though slightly off from the previous…
by - August 10, 2018 12:06 pm
A trio of eponymous limited liability companies (LLC) completed property acquisitions in downtown Bentonville last month for a combined $9.23 million. One LLC, 1002 and 1010 SE C, bought two…
by - August 10, 2018 9:26 am
Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power (AEP) announced July 27 it was canceling the $4.5 billion Wind Catcher project after the Public Utility Commission of Texas denied it, and the city…
