by - July 9, 2019 9:09 am
Arkansas Farm Bureau President Randy Veach will not seek new term
Randy Veach, who has led the Arkansas Farm Bureau as its president for the last 11 years, will not seek another term. Veach plans to bring his tenure to a…
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by - July 9, 2019 8:34 am
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center gets $300,000 grant, chairman for capital campaign
The Mosaic Templars Cultural Center received a $300,000 grant from Union Pacific on Monday (July 8), which increased its capital campaign coffers too $796,000. “Vibrant spaces that celebrate cultural diversity…
by - July 8, 2019 9:47 pm
Gov. Hutchinson, Union Pacific CEO talk trains, trade and technology
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Union Pacific Chairman and CEO Lance Fritz told a luncheon crowd in Little Rock on Monday (July 8) that open trade is central to the continued…
by - July 8, 2019 5:57 pm
Former Sen. Hutchinson pleads guilty to bribery in Missouri federal court
As expected, former Arkansas state Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson of Little Rock pleaded guilty Monday (July 8) for his role in a multimillion-dollar public corruption scheme that involved embezzlement, bribes and…
by - July 8, 2019 5:21 pm
Walmart heirs continue to downsize company holdings
Heirs of the Walmart fortune continue to downsize their individual holdings in the company founded by their parents Helen and Sam Walton. Within one family trust, siblings Alice, Jim and…
by - July 8, 2019 10:45 am
St. Louis Fed economist says housing marking swoon foreshadows possible recession
A top Federal Reserve economist for the Eighth District that includes Arkansas said in a recent research note several historically reliable housing indicators pointed to a possible recession in late…
by - July 7, 2019 2:39 pm
The Supply Side: Post-Toys R Us era, toy category quickly moving online
Toys are one of the latest retail categories to quickly move online in the post-Toys R Us era. Toys R Us exited the market following its January 2018 bankruptcy and…
by - July 6, 2019 3:46 pm
Walmart to reduce pharmacy staff by 3%
Walmart continues to scale back its payroll with another round of layoffs. This time the axe fell on the retail giant’s health and wellness division. Walmart spokeswoman Marilee McInnis told…
by - July 5, 2019 12:33 pm
Jetton’s Andrew Berner and the ‘Wild, Wild West’ of Northeast Arkansas
Andrew Berner is the president of Jetton General Contracting, a Paragould-based contractor specializing in complex and fast-paced construction projects. The 42-year old company started as an electrical contractor under the…
by - July 4, 2019 1:34 pm
Weeds, pests set to siege NEA farmers as floodwaters recede
Farmers in Arkansas are facing some of the worst conditions experienced in the sector in decades and new ones could emerge even as the floodwaters that have besieged many producers…
by - July 3, 2019 3:32 pm
UAMS receives $24 million federal grant with focus on health of rural Arkansas
The Translational Research Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a five-year, $24.2 million National Institutes of Health grant, UAMS Chancellor Dr. Cam Patterson announced Wednesday…
by - July 2, 2019 7:44 pm
$300 million Simmons Foods processing plant to open in October
Siloam Springs-based poultry producer Simmons Foods Inc. and Affiliates plans to open an approximately $300 million chicken processing facility in western Benton County in October. Company executives Tuesday (July 2)…
by - July 2, 2019 6:09 pm
Arkansas ends fiscal 2019 with $295 million surplus, Gov. Hutchinson touts economic growth
Arkansas budget coffers overflowed with a surplus of nearly $300 million at the end of fiscal year 2019 but state tax officials are budgeting conservatively for the next 12 months…
by - July 2, 2019 12:12 pm
Executive group named for new Arkansas Department of Commerce
Mike Preston, secretary of the newly formed Arkansas Department of Commerce (ADOC), has named the executive management group for the state agency that includes the Economic Development Commission and State…
by - July 1, 2019 6:50 pm
NanoMech looks to expand investigation into former CEO Jim Phillips (UPDATED)
Springdale-based nanotechnology company NanoMech looks to expand an investigation into former CEO Jim Phillips and require him to turn over documents related to “various financial wrongdoings” he committed that led…
by - July 1, 2019 4:51 pm
Rudofsky nominated for federal judgeship with the Eastern District of Arkansas
Lee Rudofsky, a senior compliance officer for Walmart Inc., and former Arkansas Solicitor General, was nominated Monday (July 1) by President Donald Trump for a judgeship on the U.S. District…
by - July 1, 2019 12:09 pm
Halsey Thrasher Harpole Real Estate Group looks inward to Jonesboro
The instincts of fatherhood led three Jonesboro developers to shift their business model from strictly commercial property to a company much more focused on the quality of life in Northeast…
by - July 1, 2019 11:50 am
Jade Terminella’s The Company Club bringing social co-working concept for women to downtown Bentonville
Jade Terminella is an entrepreneur at heart. She started her first business at age 7, another one at 12 and won entrepreneurial awards in high school. At age 19 as…
by - June 30, 2019 9:46 am
Minority-owned financial institutions still key for traditionally underserved communities
Federal banking regulators this week released a new research study that shows mixed results for so-called Minority Depository Institution, or MDIs, in terms of financial stability, revenue generation and loan…
by - June 30, 2019 9:37 am
Economist Mervin Jebaraj on student debt, medical debt and the growing income imbalance
University of Arkansas economist Mervin Jebaraj has plenty to talk about these days, including debt impact on Arkansans and a growing separation of incomes that he believes threatens democracy. Appearing…