by - April 21, 2023 4:43 pm
Walmart is selling its third e-tailer brand this year. The Bentonville-based retail giant is selling the online plus-size apparel brand Eloquii to FullBeauty Brands for an undisclosed figure. Walmart continues…
by - April 21, 2023 12:01 pm
A more than 5% decline in the number of unemployed helped push Arkansas’ jobless rate to a new record low of 3% in March, and better than the 3.1% in…
by - April 20, 2023 9:48 pm
Arkansas rural health care providers are preparing for an uncertain future as the Department of Human Services begins disenrolling thousands of Medicaid recipients for the first time since the start…
by - April 20, 2023 6:29 pm
Walmart’s top six executives earned a cumulative $123.116 million for the fiscal year that ended Feb. 1, up 54% compared with the previous fiscal year. That figure included $2.029 million…
by - April 20, 2023 5:27 pm
Bank OZK announced Thursday (April 20) that net income for the first quarter of 2023 was a record $165.9 million, a 29.5% increase from $128 million for the first quarter…
by - April 20, 2023 9:59 am
Thanks in large part to higher interest rates, Conway-based Home BancShares posted an almost 60% net income gain in the first quarter compared with the same quarter in 2022. Per…
by - April 19, 2023 6:42 pm
A research team at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been approved for a five-year, $15 million funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to…
by - April 19, 2023 5:17 pm
More than 200 people who work in the retail supply chain gathered in Bentonville on Wednesday (April 19) for the 2023 Supply Chain Trends and Expo event to discuss the…
by - April 19, 2023 4:46 pm
The University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees on Wednesday (April 19) heard almost three hours of discussion about ongoing efforts to buy the University of Phoenix (UofP). The meeting…
by - April 19, 2023 4:27 pm
With Fort Smith chosen for a foreign pilot training center, members of Arkansas’ Congressional delegation are pushing to secure funding, commitments, and relationships from and with the U.S. Air Force…
by - April 18, 2023 2:20 pm
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock named Colin Crawford as the next dean of the William H. Bowen School of Law, effective July 1, 2023. “I am pleased to…
by - April 18, 2023 12:16 pm
Walmart will soon use its first compressed natural gas engine in its private trucking fleet as the retailer works toward zero emissions in its massive transportation operations by 2040. Cummins…
by - April 18, 2023 12:06 pm
Walmart has returned to the debt market to raise about $5 billion in capital that will be used for general purposes, the company said. The retail giant is selling notes…
by - April 17, 2023 6:11 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. posted declines in earnings and revenue amid weaker freight volumes or revenues per load across its business segments, excluding Dedicated Contract Services. The…
by - April 17, 2023 5:19 pm
Walmart will sell the upscale men’s fashion retailer Bonobos for a reported $75 million to Express Inc. and brand management firm WHP Global, as it continues to unwind the online…
by - April 17, 2023 10:05 am
The Federal Aviation Administration and the Arkansas Division of Aeronautics are conducting a study as to whether a regional airport needs to be built somewhere in a 19-county area in…
by - April 17, 2023 9:33 am
Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson will officially announce his candidacy for the Republican nomination for U.S. President on April 26 in Bentonville. The event will be on the square in…
by - April 16, 2023 3:11 pm
U.S. retail sales were down 1% from February, but up 2.9% year over year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Sales slid more than the consensus estimate on a month-over-month…
by - April 16, 2023 10:52 am
On her first two days in office in January, Gov. Sarah Sanders issued a number of executive orders for state agencies to provide reports to her within 30, 60 or…
by - April 16, 2023 9:50 am
After last year’s turmoil, much has been written about what 2023 holds for the mortgage market. As the calendar flips to Q2, it’s worth reflecting on the critical lessons learned…
