by - February 22, 2021 4:36 pm
Donnie King, a long-time Tyson Foods executive, will be promoted to chief operating officer, reporting to CEO Dean Banks. The move was part of organizational changes the company said are…
by - February 22, 2021 4:13 pm
A state Senate bill that would exempt Arkansas residents from paying state income taxes on their unemployment benefits was passed in the House on Monday (Feb. 22) and is one…
by - February 22, 2021 2:21 pm
U.S. imports from Asia continued to rise in January while intermodal freight volumes posted double-digit increases through the first six weeks of the year. The import surge can be attributed…
by - February 22, 2021 1:22 pm
Toledo, Ohio-based Owens Corning is building a new 550,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Fort Smith that will replace the existing plant the company built in 1984. The estimated $115 million project…
by - February 22, 2021 1:11 pm
A coalition led by Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield will attempt to educate Arkansans about the COVID-19 vaccine and ask employers to take a pledge that they will “strongly encourage”…
by - February 22, 2021 11:17 am
A new report from commercial real estate firm CBRE Group Inc. says many aspects of Northwest Arkansas’ office leasing have slowed, especially for second-generation buildings. However, the new construction office…
by - February 21, 2021 11:47 am
President Joe Biden recently took action on energy-related policies to address climate change while seeking to restore scientific integrity across the federal government. An Arkansas energy leader sees his actions…
by - February 21, 2021 11:42 am
One hundred years of being in business is worthy of celebration, but in lieu of the COVID-19 pandemic, Baptist Health CEO Troy Wells says it’s prudent to wait until safer…
by - February 21, 2021 10:42 am
Political life will be different for State Sen. Jim Hendren, I-Gravette, when the legislature reconvenes Monday. Last week during the snowstorms that shut down capitol activity, Hendren announced he was…
by - February 21, 2021 8:56 am
Sen. Jason Rapert, R-Conway, chair of the Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee, said in a Talk Business & Politics interview released Sunday (Feb. 21) that lawmakers may need…
by - February 20, 2021 9:18 am
During this week’s historic winter weather, power companies across the South were waylaid with shortages to meet demand. Intertwined regional grid systems and Texas’ standalone model complicated the flow of…
by - February 18, 2021 6:32 pm
Sen. Jim Hendren’s announcement to leave the Republican party and serve as an independent was met with a lack of enthusiasm from most GOP officials as the day unfolded Thursday…
by - February 18, 2021 3:38 pm
Business and healthcare leaders highlighted Thursday (Feb. 18) the success of a healthcare program to combat the spread of COVID-19, a new five-year plan of the Walton Family Foundation and…
by - February 18, 2021 3:23 pm
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said with $564.2 billion in sales the retailer is just getting started. He remembered the late former CEO David Glass saying the same thing more than…
by - February 18, 2021 11:50 am
Walmart disappointed the equity markets Thursday (Feb. 18) with a 12-cent per share earnings miss in the fourth quarter, despite record revenue and strong same-store sales. Fourth-quarter earnings on an adjusted…
by - February 18, 2021 9:34 am
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. and Sunnyvale, Calif.-based technology company Google announced Wednesday (Feb. 17) an alliance to accelerate J.B. Hunt’s digital transformation and develop next-generation supply chain…
by - February 18, 2021 8:38 am
State Sen. Jim Hendren has moved his political party affiliation from Republican to Independent and has plans to form a new organization aimed at working in bipartisan fashion, he announced…
by - February 17, 2021 10:31 pm
The freshmen class of the 93rd Arkansas General Assembly has been at work for over a month. With a wintry weather break, Talk Business & Politics caught up with three…
by - February 17, 2021 2:06 pm
The retail sector is starting to use internet of things (IoT) technology with various applications. Sanjay Radhakrishnan, vice president of global technology at Walmart, recently said the company manages more…
by - February 16, 2021 5:59 pm
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart Inc. beat analyst expectations for earnings in the third quarter of fiscal 2021 while revenue rose to a record of $228 million. After the buy here, pay…
