by - April 20, 2017 1:58 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services will invest $500 million in technology over the next five years in a move to better match carriers with shippers, rather than partnering with Silicon Valley…
by - April 20, 2017 12:33 pm
A “threat” to existing players in the U.S. grocery market is set to invade the East Coast, according to Mike Paglia, director of retail insights at Kantar Retail. Lidl, the…
by - April 20, 2017 12:09 pm
A remodeled estate home inside the gates of Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers recently sold for $1.9 million. MAKB Enterprises LLC, led by Patrick Byrd, bought the 9,326-square-foot home on…
by - April 20, 2017 11:37 am
Price checks on a product in 2,500 stores could take two to three days to complete. Fayetteville-based Field Agent is pushing its Jicco application with the goal of reducing that…
by - April 20, 2017 10:39 am
Natural gas-fired generators comprised of 42% of the operating capacity for electricity generation in the United States, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. These generators account for the largest…
by - April 20, 2017 10:27 am
Tyson Foods has hired Justin Whitmore as chief sustainability officer, a newly-created position for the Springdale company. The appointment is effective May 1, according to a news release issued Thursday (April…
by - April 20, 2017 9:28 am
Home Bancshares ongoing expansion into the lucrative Florida market helped the Conway-based regional financial group to top $10 billion in assets for the first time and continued the Arkansas bank’s…
by - April 20, 2017 9:18 am
Bear State Financial, the holding company for Bear State Bank, reported a healthy first quarter profit of $4.9 million, up 47% from one year ago when the Little Rock-based bank…
by - April 20, 2017 9:01 am
Murphy USA reported a first quarter loss of $3 million in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday. The El Dorado-based retail fuel and convenience store chain…
by - April 19, 2017 6:01 pm
Shareholder profits at Simmons First National Corp. declined by $1.4 million in the first quarter, but company officials were upbeat as the fast-growing regional financial group looks forward to completing…
by - April 19, 2017 5:46 pm
Specifics are not ready, but one Central Business Improvement District (CBID) commissioner has big plans for the 901-911 block of Garrison Avenue with announcements expected in the next 30 to…
by - April 19, 2017 5:23 pm
Local and state economic development officials have met with a manufacturing prospect that could potentially add more than 1,000 jobs to the central Arkansas economy, Talk Business & Politics has…
by - April 19, 2017 4:46 pm
Jason Bates is the new chief financial office at Van Buren-based USA Truck, filling out the management team that has seen a complete leadership shuffle in the past two years….
by - April 19, 2017 4:37 pm
The global 3D printers market is projected to grow to $11.92 billion by 2021, according to a new market study released by research firm Technavio. The U.K.-based firm expects the…
by - April 19, 2017 3:59 pm
Wal-Mart Stores has spent more than $2 billion in the past two years building infrastructure for its U.S. eCommerce division. The Bentonville-based retailer is not finished, and recently confirmed two…
by - April 19, 2017 3:41 pm
The economy continues to grow at a modest pace in the Eighth District of the Federal Reserve System, according to economic analysis of the region. On Wednesday (April 19), the…
by - April 19, 2017 3:18 pm
When Diamond McGehee was growing up in Magnet Cove, she dreamed of being a medical doctor. Now she hopes to keep astronauts from needing to see a doctor in the…
by - April 19, 2017 1:29 pm
For the first time in its history, the Miss Arkansas Scholarship Pageant will be broadcast on live television this year. The show will air at 7 p.m. June 17 on…
by - April 19, 2017 10:50 am
NanoMech Industries of Springdale has been named as a 2017 finalist for an Edison Award in the category of Metal Production for one of its nanoengineered products, the patented nGlide…
by - April 19, 2017 10:26 am
A San Francisco-based technology company is partnering with Arkansas Surgical Hospital to allow its patients to use the company’s mobile app, according to a news release. Technology company PeerWell offers…
