by - November 28, 2017 6:09 pm
ABB, Switzerland-based parent company to Baldor Electric, has partnered with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) for a strategic global partnership combining ABB’s industrial-focused digital asset (ABB Ability) with HPE’s hybrid IT…
by - November 28, 2017 5:34 pm
Area emergency medical services leaders say a shortage of paramedics will require a multipronged approach to fix. A fire department chief and the head of Central Emergency Medical Services said…
by - November 28, 2017 5:25 pm
Hundreds of families across Northwest Arkansas have been helped by Little Rock-based healthcare organization Arkansas Children’s. In the past, that has meant uprooting lives and traveling three hours away to…
by - November 28, 2017 5:02 pm
If historical sales and use tax collections are true to form in December, the city of Jonesboro and Craighead County will set records for the second consecutive year. Jonesboro collected…
by - November 28, 2017 4:59 pm
The U.S. Senate might vote on tax reform later this week, but the U.S. House of Representative’s tax plan that recently passed might not mean as much for small businesses…
by - November 28, 2017 4:11 pm
More than 174 million Americans shopped in stores and online from Thanksgiving Day to Cyber Monday this year, according to a survey from the National Retail Federation and Proper Insight…
by - November 28, 2017 4:10 pm
Former State Rep. Jay Martin is considering a run for Arkansas governor on the Democratic ticket. Martin confirmed to Talk Business & Politics that he is “certainly headed in that…
by - November 28, 2017 3:58 pm
Poland’s state-owned oil and gas company, PGNiG, has agreed to a five-year deal to purchase U.S. liquefied natural gas as Poland looks to reduce its dependence on Russian energy, according…
by - November 28, 2017 1:32 pm
The Federal Aviation Administration has announced a program to encourage commercial drone use, and one drone expert expects it will help the federal agency evaluate more advanced drone operations beyond…
by - November 28, 2017 11:14 am
Online consumers spent a record-breaking $6.59 billion on Cyber Monday this year, up 17% from 2016, according to a report published by computer software company Adobe. They spent $5.03 billion…
by - November 27, 2017 4:23 pm
Rachel Christensen, vice president of intermodal operations at J.B. Hunt Transport Services, has been named to the Women In Trucking (WIT) Association Board of Directors. The board provides guidance for…
by - November 27, 2017 3:48 pm
The Arkansas Agriculture Department’s Forestry Commission (AFC) has suppressed 103 wildfires that burned 1,805 acres in the last four days, and now, 59 of 75 Arkansas counties are under high…
by - November 27, 2017 3:12 pm
Ozark Regional Transit looks to increase the pay of its drivers and technicians in 2018 but needs about $500,000 in order to boost pay to the level needed to remain…
by - November 27, 2017 2:37 pm
Fayetteville-based water treatment solutions company BlueInGreen has named Scott Goodson as its new chief financial officer, according to a press release. Goodson brings more than 20 years of experience in…
by - November 27, 2017 1:54 pm
A Fayetteville startup plans to invest $31.3 million in a generic medication manufacturing facility in the city, the company announced Monday (Nov. 27) at a groundbreaking ceremony attended by business…
by - November 27, 2017 1:33 pm
As demand for spot truckload freight and spot rates accelerate, shippers have increased the amount of transportation and logistics services they outsource to third-party logistics (3PL) providers. In a recent…
by - November 27, 2017 1:02 pm
As Small Business Saturday closed out its eighth year on Saturday, (Nov. 25), shoppers provided an encouraging boost to small businesses at the start to the holiday shopping season. According…
by - November 27, 2017 10:36 am
Springdale-based poultry producer George’s Inc. has purchased Campos Foods from Oklahoma City-based Lopez Foods Inc. George’s announced the purchase on Monday (Nov. 27). Terms of the deal were not disclosed….
by - November 27, 2017 10:28 am
Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank ranked as the top provider of U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 7(a) loans in Arkansas during the federal fiscal year 2017. Arvest Bank, with 117 branches throughout…
by - November 27, 2017 10:20 am
Friends, faculty and staff of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville recently celebrated 10 years, and looked to its future. The Nov. 17…
