by - April 10, 2018 9:59 am
Two of three ways the U.S. Energy Information Administration measures natural gas production showed U.S. production reached record levels in 2017. Production measured as gross withdrawals rose to 90.9 billion…
by - April 10, 2018 9:20 am
The average homebuyer in Northwest Arkansas put down 5.5% on a home purchased in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to a recent report by California-based Attom Data Solutions. That’s…
by - April 10, 2018 9:09 am
Kim Lane, CEO of the The Conductor, has been selected to serve as a delegate and mentor to international startup community organizers at the upcoming Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Istanbul….
by - April 9, 2018 7:32 pm
King cotton’s prices were on the rise, but the black sharecroppers who picked it were not benefiting. It was Sept. 30, 1919, and the harvest was about to get underway….
by - April 9, 2018 7:16 pm
Despite much focus on improving customer experiences in its stores and online, Walmart continues to rank below most of its competitors, according to the 2018 Temkin Experience Ratings survey of…
by - April 9, 2018 7:02 pm
Facebook Inc. on Monday (April 9) reached a $35 million pact with the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (ATRS) and other class-action plaintiffs concerning allegations that the social media giant propped…
by - April 9, 2018 4:38 pm
The Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce has named the Junior Leadership Academy Class of 2019. The number of students in the class has grown from 30 to 40 to…
by - April 9, 2018 3:13 pm
Kate Osana Simonian of Texas Tech University has been selected to serve as the inaugural Writer-in-Residence for the month of June at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum & Educational Center. She will…
by - April 9, 2018 11:48 am
Little Rock-based financial services firm Stephens Inc. has partnered with the nonprofit Economics Arkansas to create an educational program for PreK-12 students across the state, beginning in the 2018-19 school…
by - April 9, 2018 11:31 am
Chef Chrissy Sanderson found out she was named to USA Today’s “50 States: 50 Female Chefs” list not long after her wife, Leigh Helm, left her position at Lowell-based carrier…
by - April 9, 2018 11:05 am
Supplier sales executives buying dinner for their Kroger or Walmart buyers to talk over the brick-and-mortar business is not a recipe for e-commerce success, according to Guru Hariharan, CEO of…
by - April 9, 2018 10:46 am
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is set to build at least two exascale supercomputers. On Monday (April 9), the federal agency announced spending up to $1.8 billion on a…
by - April 9, 2018 10:45 am
Acxiom Corp. said last week it is seeking “strategic alternatives” for its Marketing Solutions division, including a potential sale of the core business that propelled the company’s growth as an…
by - April 9, 2018 10:32 am
The nonprofit group Downtown Bentonville Inc. (DBI) announced Monday (April 9) the hiring of Andrew Heath as executive director. He is replacing Monica Kumar, who held the job from 2015…
by - April 8, 2018 5:54 pm
Tyson Foods is a household name for branded retail products like frozen chicken tenders and Jimmy Dean sausage, in all commanding 42 miles of retail freezer aisle space in the…
by - April 8, 2018 5:34 pm
Blockchain is seen as another disruptive technology – along with machine learning, internet of things and virtual reality – that has the potential to impact nearly all business sectors. There…
by - April 8, 2018 10:01 am
U.S. Senator Tom Cotton, R-Ark., sees precedent in the past as hope for progress in the future when it comes to President Trump and foreign relations with Russia and North…
by - April 6, 2018 4:42 pm
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai told reporters in Little Rock Friday (April 6) he supports an “open and free Internet” despite criticism from opponents that the Trump administration’s rollback of net…
by - April 6, 2018 11:29 am
Springfield, Mo.-based Aerobotics LLC will host an entry-level class for those interested in flying drones from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 21 at Northwest Technical Institute in Springdale. Rick…
by - April 6, 2018 9:37 am
The U.S. labor market only added 103,000 positions in March as the nation’s jobless rate held steady at 4.1% for the last three months of 2017 and the first quarter…
