by - May 22, 2017 3:06 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services collaborated with Mid-America Truck Driving School and Northwest Technical Institute to establish a program allowing military veterans to receive commercial driver’s license training from the school….
by - May 22, 2017 2:37 pm
Jay Howard, 36, is busy growing his second entrepreneurial home furnishing business and expanding his wholesale line of home products to retailers across the country. Howard launched Howse in 2015…
by - May 22, 2017 2:15 pm
The newly-formed Arkansas Tax Reform and Relief Legislative Task Force held its first organizational meeting on Monday at the State Capitol, setting the groundwork to take on the mammoth task…
by - May 22, 2017 2:14 pm
More than 7.5 million U.S. workers are at high risk of becoming “stranded workers” because of computerization, including some 6 million retail jobs that could be replaced due to the…
by - May 22, 2017 12:20 pm
Arkansas-based restaurant chain Tacos 4 Life is coming to Benton County. Owners of the fast-casual chain closed a real estate deal Friday (May 19) to purchase a 0.98-acre site at…
by - May 22, 2017 9:44 am
A new initiative from Little Rock-based Stephens Inc. aims to highlight capitalism’s positive impact on America. A multi-media series titled “This is Capitalism” aims to redirect the “currently negative narrative”…
by - May 22, 2017 8:10 am
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the May 15 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s Forty…
by - May 21, 2017 9:59 am
Arkansas Farm Bureau President Randy Veach fears flooding damage to the state’s agriculture sector will top $200 million and that’s one justification for keeping millions of dollars in tax exemptions…
by - May 21, 2017 9:59 am
The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) says small businesses participating in the Small Business Health Options Program, or SHOP, will enroll directly with health insurers rather than…
by - May 20, 2017 11:58 am
Southwestern Energy Co. is expected to take another multi-million dollar hit to its bottom line after a Conway County judge announced a preliminary $45 million settlement in a class action…
by - May 19, 2017 6:18 pm
French aviation giant Dassault Falcon announced Friday (May 19) “a less than 6%” reduction in the company’s global workforce, which includes some 1,800 workers at the French jetmaker’s completion facility…
by - May 19, 2017 5:45 pm
Arkansas is leading the nation in job growth through foreign investment, Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Arkansas Economic Development Commission Director Mike Preston said Friday. The two spoke in separate appearances…
by - May 19, 2017 1:52 pm
It will likely be 2018 before marijuana dispensaries in Arkansas are ready to distribute marijuana to those with medical permits, but now is the time for businesses to revamp their…
by - May 19, 2017 1:30 pm
NowDiagnostics CEO Kevin Clark said he didn’t intend for the company’s AdexusDx pregnancy test to become an over-the-counter product, until an acting director of medical devices at the Food &…
by - May 19, 2017 11:40 am
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville has introduced a program that will identify problems in schools and apply arts-based solutions to them, the museum announced Friday (May 19)….
by - May 19, 2017 11:04 am
Oil export revenue for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) fell 15% to $433 billion in 2016, from $509 billion in 2015, according to the U.S. Energy Information…
by - May 19, 2017 6:36 am
Arkansas could benefit economically if trade relations with Cuba are expanded, and several state political leaders including U.S. Sen. John Boozman, U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, and Gov. Asa Hutchinson have…
by - May 18, 2017 9:42 pm
Fort Smith is “well-positioned” for the future in spite of recent challenges, said Sean Trauschke, chairman, president, and CEO of OGE Energy at the utility company’s 115th annual shareholders meeting…
by - May 18, 2017 6:17 pm
That Wal-Mart CEO Doug McMillon may soon be deposed in a shareholder lawsuit has certainly made for headline news, but it’s not likely to have an impact on the global…
by - May 18, 2017 5:56 pm
Jonesboro’s economy has almost been impervious to bad numbers during the last 15 months, but one economic indicator has nosed dived in the early part of 2017. The city has…
