by - January 30, 2020 9:01 am
Despite a fourth quarter loss driven by a mark-to-market loss and the extinguishment of debt, Murphy Oil finished 2019 with a $1.1 billion profit as it repositions itself as a…
by - January 29, 2020 10:11 pm
Finalists have been announced for the 2020 class of the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame, a program launched in 2016 by the Department of Arkansas Heritage. The hall of fame…
by - January 29, 2020 9:31 pm
Revenue and profits slipped slightly for Murphy USA Inc. as fuel price spikes altered the company’s profit margins. The El Dorado-based gas and convenience store operator reported earnings for the…
by - January 28, 2020 6:32 pm
Hytrol Conveyor Company will hire 35 new employees and change its shift schedule, according to Talk Business & Politics’ content partner KAIT. The company has announced it will shift its…
by - January 28, 2020 3:32 pm
A lawsuit challenging the ballot referendum process has been dismissed by a Pulaski County judge. On Tuesday (Jan. 29), Judge Wendell Griffen dismissed the suit against the Arkansas Secretary of…
by - January 28, 2020 1:35 pm
Fourteen rural hospitals received Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield grants totaling $817,000 to fund their connection to a program enabling medical computer systems to talk to each other. The one-year…
by - January 28, 2020 12:28 pm
Little Rock-based regional transmission organization Southwest Power Pool selected Lanny Nickell as its executive vice president and chief operating officer and elected Bronwen Bastone of New York City to the…
by - January 28, 2020 10:24 am
Sarah Goforth has overseen the programs supporting entrepreneurship and innovation at the University of Arkansas since June 2019. As executive director of the Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Goforth’s role…
by - January 27, 2020 7:47 pm
Impacts on the global economy from the growing threat of the coronavirus outbreak are beginning to spread with business closures, travel restrictions and losses in equity markets. The Dow Jones…
by - January 27, 2020 3:05 pm
Full year net income was up almost 3% and earnings per share beat the consensus estimate In what is the final full-year earnings report for the 132-year-old Lafayette, La.-based IberiaBank…
by - January 27, 2020 1:24 pm
2020 looks to bode well for some truckload carriers with a small market capitalization as rates become positive, but the fourth quarter of 2019 for truckload carriers is not expected…
by - January 27, 2020 11:12 am
A commercial building permit valued at $73.05 million is being used to build the first building at the new Walmart Inc. corporate campus site in Bentonville. Crossland Construction is the…
by - January 27, 2020 10:05 am
Walmart Inc. announced Monday (Jan. 27) a $5 million grant to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C., as part of the Bentonville-based retailer’s…
by - January 26, 2020 5:24 pm
Industry analysts expect several changes for the consumer packaged goods industry in 2020. Top predictions include increased demand for pet products, further integration of the in-store and online shopping experiences…
by - January 26, 2020 1:04 pm
Forrest Wood, the founder of Ranger Boats who is often hailed as the founder of the modern bass boat, died Jan. 24. He was 87. Wood is survived by his…
by - January 24, 2020 4:05 pm
Union membership in Arkansas during 2019 was up more than 10%, going against the nationwide trend in which union numbers fell 1.15%. Union membership in the state also grew as…
by - January 24, 2020 3:22 pm
Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), a company of Columbus, Ohio-based utility American Electric Power (AEP), announced Friday (Jan. 24) an agreement with the Arkansas Public Service Commission general staff, the…
by - January 24, 2020 1:58 pm
Arkansas’ jobless rate was 3.6% in December, unchanged from November, and below the 3.7% in December 2018. Year-over-year, the state economy added 16,396 jobs, a 1.25% increase according to data…
by - January 23, 2020 3:08 pm
Simmons First on Thursday (Jan. 23) posted 2019 record net income of $237.8 million, up 10.3% over $215.7 million in 2018. The Pine Bluff-based bank holding company also announced the…
by - January 23, 2020 3:07 pm
Chicken wings remain a staple of Super Bowl gatherings, with projections of 1.4 billion wings being consumed during the big game slated for Feb. 2, according to the National Chicken…
