by - February 1, 2018 3:54 pm
Fort Smith metro region building activity — permits for Fort Smith, Greenwood, and Van Buren — opened 2018 soft with just $11.293 million in combined values, a drop of 35.34%…
by - February 1, 2018 3:46 pm
Walmart may have cracked the code on how to grow global market share against Amazon and Alibaba when in 2016 it sold its online business Yihoadian in China to JD.com…
by - February 1, 2018 3:21 pm
The second Arkansas location of Dallas-based restaurant/entertainment chain Dave & Buster’s is scheduled to open at 11 a.m. Monday (Feb. 5) in a 17,000-square-foot location at the Pinnacle Hills Promenade…
by - February 1, 2018 2:01 pm
U.S. crude oil production rose to 10.038 million barrels per day in November, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s most recent Petroleum Supply Monthly. It was the first time…
by - February 1, 2018 1:57 pm
The head of one of Arkansas’ oldest family-owned businesses has died. David Ruff, president and CEO of Morrilton Packing Co., died Wednesday (Jan. 31) at Conway Regional Medical Center. He…
by - February 1, 2018 11:56 am
Arkansas’ tourism sector continues to show gains in 2017 even against the tough comparisons of robust growth in 2016, with hospitality tax collections and job numbers up through the first…
by - February 1, 2018 11:28 am
The Federal Open Market Committee didn’t change the federal funds target rate, leaving it at a range of 1.25% to 1.5%, according to an FOMC statement. The federal funds rate,…
by - February 1, 2018 10:29 am
Lockheed Martin has started to build the spaceship that is expected to take astronauts to the Moon. On Thursday (Feb. 1), the global security and aerospace company, based in Bethesda,…
by - February 1, 2018 10:22 am
Conway-based insurer American Safeguard Insurance (ASI) has opened a new location in Mountain Home and promoted and appointed Jeremy Davis and Jason Smith as managing partners. ASI announced the news…
by - February 1, 2018 7:49 am
Arkansas Federal Credit Union, the state’s largest financial cooperative, has announced a donation of $101,619 to Arkansas Children’s. The donation is the first of a five-year commitment that will help…
by - February 1, 2018 6:28 am
Despite rising oil prices and a rebound in U.S. drilling activity, Arkansas energy giant Murphy Oil Corp. continued to bleed red ink with a huge fourth quarter loss that included…
by - January 31, 2018 9:30 pm
U.S. trade officials began renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) soon after President Donald Trump took office. The agreement, signed in 1994, has been a boon to the…
by - January 31, 2018 8:12 pm
Allegations against the U.S. broiler industry of price collusion continue to brew with two new lawsuits filed against Tyson Foods and 16 of chicken competitors along with Agri Stats, an…
by - January 31, 2018 7:15 pm
Silgan Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SLGN), a global supplier of rigid packaging for consumer goods products, announced to its shareholders Wednesday (Jan. 31) the company has initiated construction of a new…
by - January 31, 2018 6:35 pm
Murphy USA Inc. saw a $89 million boost in fourth quarter profits due to a deferred benefit from the recent GOP tax reform package enacted into law in December, the…
by - January 31, 2018 6:26 pm
As technology breakthroughs in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) continue to change the face of industry, Denso Corp. has taken another step towards its goal of transforming from the world’s…
by - January 31, 2018 6:16 pm
The Arkansas State Plant Board (ASPB) held its first Industrial Hemp Committee on Tuesday (Jan. 30) after 80 years of prohibition. Committee members drafted a series of proposed regulations. These…
by - January 31, 2018 3:14 pm
The four largest Northwest Arkansas cities have completed more than 60 street projects with bond issues over the past decade, and some have started to look to the next bond…
by - January 31, 2018 2:57 pm
Rodney Slater, former U.S. secretary of transportation and graduate of the University of Arkansas School of Law, will commemorate the 70th anniversary of Silas Hunt’s admission to the law school….
by - January 31, 2018 1:27 pm
Tom Larimer, the executive director of the nonprofit Arkansas Press Association, announced his retirement Wednesday (Jan. 31). Larimer, 69, has been director of the association since 2004 after a long…
