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Arkansas’ unemployment rate held steady at 3.5% for the second straight month as the state’s civilian labor pool closes in on levels not seen in nearly a decade. According to…
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Simmons First National Corp. has completed the acquisitions of two similarly named community banks in Oklahoma and Texas that will push the Pine Bluff banking group’s total deposits and assets…
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For more than 30 years, the Arkansas State University Convocation Center has been a center for athletic competitions, concerts and business exhibitions in Northeast Arkansas. It became an arena on…
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More than a month after starting a supposed courtship to land Amazon Corp.’s $5 billion H2Q headquarters, Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola and chamber officials told the Seattle-based ecommerce giant…
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The new Razorback gameday procedure is this: Enjoy the tailgate, eat, drink, pray for a Hog win, drink, eat, drink so more, pray, eat, drink, watch the game, cuss, cuss…
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Cooper Clinic, once one of the largest physician-owned clinics in Arkansas, has been acquired by Mercy Clinic-Fort Smith, which is owned by St. Louis-based Mercy. News of the potential deal…
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Northwest Arkansas has its share of strong corporate leaders. In this issue, we recognize 10 of them with our third annual C-Suite Awards. The honor acknowledges regional business leaders for…
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One of the premiere celebrations in Arkansas is set to begin Thursday (Oct. 19) in rural Mississippi County. The Johnny Cash Heritage Festival, honoring hall of fame musician and Arkansan…
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Home Bancshares announced before Thursday’s opening bell that its Hurricane Irma-impacted earnings fell 66% in the third quarter as the Arkansas bank’s fast-growing South Florida operations accrued $33.4 million in…
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A new study issued Wednesday (Oct. 18) by Moody Analytics says Arkansas and 14 other states don’t have enough reserves from the state’s general collections to pay for basic government…
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After dipping slightly in the first four months of the year, the state’s second largest industry posted a new record 2% tourism tax collection and tourism job growth returned to…
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Wal-Mart Stores recently announced plans to build a new headquarters in Bentonville, meaning the world’s largest retailer will likely receive the largest tax incentive package in Arkansas history. Although no…
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The online grocery sector is forecast to grow from $15.1 billion in 2017 to $34.7 billion over the next five years. That’s a healthy increase of $19.6 billion, with an…
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E-commerce is not something Wal-Mart Stores just discovered in the past few years. The retail giant stood up its online division in 1999 after acquiring a site and converting it…
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A morning panel of tech industry leaders spoke on the topics of data breach risk, adapting to changing technology and the importance of team diversity during the 2017 Northwest Arkansas…
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The world has never been more connected. Millions of devices such as drones and sensors boosting data, and connectivity is only going to increase, according to Michael Troiano, vice president…
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The United States Marshals Museum (USMM) has begun to move dirt on its new site at the intersection of H Street and Riverfront Parkway. In a ceremony on Tuesday (Oct….
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J.B. Hunt Transport Services will invest $500 million into technology over five years, and some of the money is being used to invest into a cloud-based system for its data….
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October is more than half over, and the Hogs are finally playing their first home conference game on campus. Auburn is rolling in after a loss at LSU, while Arkansas…
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Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday (Oct. 17) sought to lay aside rising fears that President Donald Trump’s decision last week to end federal cost-sharing reduction payments to insurance carriers would…
