by - May 2, 2016 4:06 pm
Business growth in Arkansas lost a step in April as a leading economic indicator for the region shows the state’s manufacturing, farming and energy sectors continue to shed jobs and…
by - May 2, 2016 2:21 pm
Communications Sales & Leasing Inc. (CSL) on Monday completed its $409 million acquisition of PEG Bandwidth LLC, a Lewisville, Texas-based operator of dark fiber and cell site backhaul assets for…
by - May 2, 2016 11:55 am
Michael Lamoureux, Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s chief of staff, is leaving his post at the end of May, the governor’s office announced Monday (May 2). In a press release from Hutchinson’s…
by - May 2, 2016 11:41 am
Act two of the Bentonville Film Festival (BFF) begins Tuesday (May 3) and organizers say the impact on Bentonville’s economy will be far greater than last year’s inaugural event. Trevor…
by - May 2, 2016 10:22 am
Jeremy Hudson is excited about the interest from other Northwest Arkansas developers, lenders and builders in establishing a local chapter of the Urban Land Institute, a national nonprofit that advocates…
by - May 2, 2016 8:39 am
International Paper entered into a definitive agreement to purchase rival Weyerhaeuser’s Cellulose Fiber pulp business that it first put up for sale following the acquisition of Plum Creek Timber Co….
by - May 2, 2016 5:20 am
Oilfield service giants Halliburton Co. and Baker Hughes Inc., both of which played key roles in providing technology to help drillers ramp up the Fayetteville Shale, announced Sunday (May 1)…
by - May 2, 2016 5:15 am
Editor’s note: Each Monday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Money Talk,” a wrap-up of banking and financial news. –––––––––––––––– FDIC ADOPTS FINAL RULE TO AMEND HOW SMALL BANKS ARE ASSESSED…
by - May 1, 2016 2:01 pm
The weather was rotten on Friday for the second annual Steel Horse Rally, but that didn’t stop an estimated 25,000 bikers from roaring into downtown Fort Smith on Saturday, possibly…
by - May 1, 2016 9:07 am
Arkansas Economic Development Commission executive director Mike Preston has been on the job for a little more than one year. This past week, his agency and the state landed one…
by - May 1, 2016 8:48 am
Fourth District Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs, says he thinks Congress will meet a May 15th deadline to approve a budget. He also says Puerto Rico needs to restructure its…
by - May 1, 2016 7:36 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. –––––––––––––– FORMER WALMART VP TAKES OVER TOP ROLE FOR SUPPLY…
by - April 30, 2016 1:25 pm
William Darby wrote in a school essay he would be “something great” or a “professional bum.” It was the former, and several hundred people gathered Saturday morning in downtown Fort…
by - April 29, 2016 4:41 pm
SUNDAY TV PREVIEW On this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics, which airs Sundays at 9:30 a.m. on KATV Channel 7 in Central Arkansas and now in Northeast…
by - April 29, 2016 3:49 pm
Class members for the inaugural Junior Leadership Academy of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce were named Friday (April 29), with 30 students named instead of the planned 25…
by - April 29, 2016 3:31 pm
Tontitown-based P.A.M. Transportation Services reported net income of $2.934 million, or earnings per share of 41 cents, for the first quarter ended March 31. Profits tumbled 45% from $5.369 million,…
by - April 29, 2016 2:03 pm
Sprint is opening a regional office in Little Rock that will add about 100 jobs by the end of the year and serve as the telecom company’s headquarters for a…
by - April 29, 2016 5:48 am
ArcBest posted a first quarter net income loss of $6.103 million, more than double what market watchers expected. The company said headwinds in the quarter included a “weak” U.S. manufacturing…
by - April 28, 2016 6:56 pm
Editor’s note: The Arkansas Tourism Ticker is sponsored by the Arkansas Hospitality Association. –––––––––––– Arkansas’ tourism industry ended the first two months of 2016 with a more than 4% growth…
by - April 28, 2016 5:45 pm
Editor’s note: John Burris is a former member of the Arkansas Legislature. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted in this space are wholly the view of the author(s). They may…
