by - May 22, 2017 6:56 pm
America’s Car-Mart ended fiscal 2017 with a 74% increase in profit, compared to the previous year, beating analysts’ estimates but missing on revenue. On Monday (May 22), the Bentonville-based buy…
by - May 22, 2017 6:17 pm
Mississippi County has traditionally been one of the poorer counties in Arkansas in terms of unemployment rates, per capita income, and job availability. There has been a movement in recent…
by - May 22, 2017 5:37 pm
Economic conditions in four Arkansas metro areas were mixed in the final quarter of 2016, with the Northwest Arkansas and Fort Smith metros ending the year on a positive note…
by - May 22, 2017 3:40 pm
Almost one-third of the Walton Family Foundation’s $48.6 million Home Region investment went to pre-K–12 and higher education last year, according to the Bentonville-based organization’s annual report for 2016. The…
by - May 22, 2017 3:34 pm
The Walton Family Foundation released its annual report Monday (May 22) detailing the giving of grants totaling $454.4 million in 2016, rising 21.2% from the $374.7 million in 2015. Almost…
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)….
