by - May 3, 2019 1:44 pm
The U.S. labor market saw a strong uptick of 263,000 jobs in April as the nation’s jobless rate fell 0.2 percentage points between months, the lowest level since December 1969,…
by - May 3, 2019 12:23 pm
An estimated $2 million loss from severe weather is partially to blame for a 51% drop in first quarter net income, ArcBest officials noted in the company’s first quarter report…
by - May 2, 2019 6:24 pm
Arkansas budget coffers overflowed in April with nearly a billion dollars in record gross revenue collections with two months remaining in the fiscal year, state Department of Finance & Administration…
by - May 2, 2019 1:48 pm
Tyson Foods is expected to report lower earnings on Monday (May 6) ahead of the market opening. Wall Street analysts have pegged the second fiscal quarter profits at $1.14 per…
by - May 2, 2019 1:21 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Thursday (May 2) that Lake Hamilton High School teacher Karma Turner is the first Arkansas Computer Science Educator of the Year winner. Turner was one of…
by - May 2, 2019 1:02 pm
El Dorado-based Murphy Oil Corp. on Thursday (May 2) closed out an eventful first quarter with lukewarm results as the oil and gas producer efforts to change the strategic focus…
by - May 2, 2019 9:56 am
Hot Springs and Garland County, the center of the state’s gaming and tourism industry, will soon be the hotbed for Arkansas’ fledgling medical marijuana sector, according to state regulators overseeing…
by - May 1, 2019 7:39 pm
A torrential downpour fell on Memphis Feb. 1, 1968, and the history of the city and the country would change on this day. Echol Cole and Robert Walker were sanitation…
by - May 1, 2019 4:51 pm
A plan to merge Walmart-owned Asda with Sainsbury’s, partially motivated by Walmart’s desire to focus on higher growth markets in China, India and Mexico, has been rejected by United Kingdom…
by - May 1, 2019 2:58 pm
It was another record year for casino-style gambling in Arkansas and the biggest numbers are still to come. Electronic games of skill (EGS) wagers at Oaklawn’s and Southland’s casinos topped…
by - May 1, 2019 10:48 am
Highlighting the company’s strategy to exit the merchant nuclear power industry and refocus on regulated utility operations and renewable energy, Entergy Corp. Wednesday (May 1) reported that first quarter earnings…
by - May 1, 2019 9:48 am
Josh Mahony made it official on Wednesday (May 1). He’ll seek the Democratic nomination to challenge incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton in 2020. Mahony, 38, conducted a conference call…
by - April 30, 2019 6:34 pm
Walmart, Amazon and other grocery retailers have teamed up to allow access to online grocery services to recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Officials with the USDA, which…
by - April 30, 2019 6:19 pm
Los Angeles-based specialty construction giant Tutor Perini Corp. announced last week that one of its subsidiary companies, Gulfport Miss.-based Roy Anderson Corp. (RAC), has been awarded a $200 million contract…
by - April 30, 2019 4:36 pm
With more than 540,000 Arkansans possibly eligible for medical marijuana, Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce members were told Tuesday (April 30) that employers are going to have to learn…
by - April 30, 2019 3:02 pm
Amazon recently announced the launch of a truck brokerage segment, and the move is expected to put pressure on margins of existing freight brokers as the online retailer shifts to…
by - April 30, 2019 11:41 am
Regional telecom provider Ritter Communications broke ground Tuesday (April 30) on a state-of-the-art $8 million data technology center that will expand the company’s campus in central Jonesboro. The 8,882-square-foot, multi-user…
by - April 30, 2019 5:36 am
Transamerica Corp. will lay off more than 100 of its remaining employees at the company’s Employee Benefits (TEB) group in Little Rock by the end of 2019, bringing to close…
by - April 30, 2019 5:09 am
Counties along the state’s western edge had higher uninsured rates among the population served by Arkansas Works than the rest of the state in 2017. Eight of the state’s nine…
by - April 29, 2019 5:59 pm
In what the company’s top executive described as “challenging operating conditions,” West Coast timberland trust PotlatchDeltic Corp. reported Monday (April 29) that first quarter profits were down nearly 55% just…
