by - January 11, 2022 2:34 pm
Numerous retailers saw top C-suite turnover in 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic raged and supply chain disruptions worsened. Former Sam’s Club CEO and chief operating officer at Starbucks, Roz Brewer,…
by - January 11, 2022 1:18 pm
U.S. crude oil production is expected to exceed pre-pandemic levels in 2023, and as production and inventories rise, fuel prices are expected to fall, according to the U.S. Energy Information…
by - January 11, 2022 11:07 am
Fayetteville brokerage AcreTrader, the online farmland investing platform, said Tuesday (Jan. 11) it had raised $40 million in Series B funding. According to a news release, London-based Anthemis Group led…
by - January 10, 2022 1:40 pm
The 35-member Arkansas State Senate is about to get a full facelift. State Sen. Trent Garner, R-El Dorado, became the eighth sitting senator to announce he would not seek re-election…
by - January 10, 2022 11:28 am
Farm income and agricultural land values were on the rise in 2021 and are projected to continue upwards in 2022, according to the Fryar Risk Management Center of Excellence. The…
by - January 10, 2022 11:06 am
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. should see annual revenue exceed $10 billion for the first time as it competed across a variety of transportation modes amid tight capacity…
by - January 9, 2022 4:09 pm
Inflation continues to impact all sectors of the U.S. economy and some farmers could be impacted by a financial squeeze as planting season begins with global fertilizer prices predicted to…
by - January 9, 2022 10:03 am
Cryptocurrency boomed in 2021. According to the cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase, the market grew by more than 250% annually as of Dec. 15. Long known for the leading currency Bitcoin,…
by - January 9, 2022 10:03 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he plans to advocate for more funding for law enforcement, the developmentally disabled, and financial reserves when he reveals his balanced budget proposal to the Arkansas…
by - January 8, 2022 11:19 am
Eligible Arkansans spent $264.9 million on medical marijuana in 2021 with the state’s 37 licensed dispensaries, and sales recently surpassed $500 million since the first dispensaries were opened in May…
by - January 8, 2022 9:10 am
While the backlog of inventory is easing, supply chain executive Kevin Williamson predicts it will be the middle or even late 2022 before the flow of goods and order cancellations…
by - January 7, 2022 7:09 pm
Arkansas Senate Minority Leader Keith Ingram, D-West Memphis, will not seek re-election following his current term. Ingram has been a member of the Arkansas Legislature since 2009 when he was…
by - January 6, 2022 4:25 pm
On a day when COVID-19 hospitalizations in Arkansas rose by 73 to 892, the Arkansas National Guard (ANG) said 40 of its members will work in healthcare operations in Fayetteville,…
by - January 6, 2022 12:08 pm
Maize, or corn, is one of the oldest domesticated crops in human history. It was first grown in southern Mexico more than 10,000 years ago. No one knows when the…
by - January 5, 2022 5:13 pm
Walmart will expand its InHome delivery service, first piloted in 2019, and make it available to more than 30 million U.S. homes in 2022. The service has a Walmart employee…
by - January 5, 2022 4:25 pm
The number of school districts in highly infected communities has nearly quintupled in a week, so all school districts should require masks, the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement president and…
by - January 5, 2022 1:53 pm
All eight metro areas within or including parts of Arkansas saw significant year-over-year jobless rate declines in November, with Northwest Arkansas posting the lowest rate at 1.5%, and the highest…
by - January 4, 2022 2:43 pm
With a record daily rise in COVID-19 cases and a record for active cases, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday (Jan. 4) he is activating an additional 50 National Guard members…
by - January 4, 2022 2:12 pm
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector rose in December but at a slower rate than in November, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The ISM released Tuesday (Jan….
by - January 4, 2022 1:11 pm
State Rep. Monte Hodges, D-Blytheville, will seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. Congress in the First District, the seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro. Hodges, a five-term…
