by - July 2, 2018 6:08 pm
An anonymous reporting system has also been established to help measure feral hog removal efforts taking place in Arkansas and to help better estimate the state’s feral hog population, according…
by - July 2, 2018 3:53 pm
Walmart has recruited Janey Whiteside, a veteran executive from American Express, to fill the new role of executive vice president and chief customer officer for the U.S. and e-commerce divisions….
by - July 2, 2018 3:35 pm
After years of private speculation and months of public disclosure, the next chapter of Acxiom is ready to be written. Interpublic Group of Cos. (NYSE:IPG), a global marketing and advertising…
by - July 2, 2018 2:34 pm
The digital currency system Bitcoin is just one application of blockchain technology. And while it garners much attention, future retail applications are almost certain, according to Marshall Cohen, chief retail…
by - July 2, 2018 2:08 pm
Farmers in the Natural State have planted 650,000 more acres this year than in 2017, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). A total of…
by - July 2, 2018 12:53 pm
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on Preferred Family Healthcare, the company at the center of Medicaid fraud and kickbacks to Arkansas legislators. Link here for…
by - July 2, 2018 11:28 am
The nation’s largest business trade group on Monday (July 2) issued its strongest rebuke of trade tariffs recently imposed by the Trump administration on China and U.S. allies in the…
by - July 2, 2018 10:10 am
Conway-based Home BancShares has bought Shore Premier Finance in a cash and stock deal valued at over $400 million. SPF provides financing for high-end sail and power boats, and has…
by - July 1, 2018 7:09 pm
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on Preferred Family Healthcare, the company at the center of Medicaid fraud and kickbacks to Arkansas legislators. ––––––––––––––––– During the…
by - July 1, 2018 6:03 pm
Cupcakes aren’t a new idea. But a cupcake business, reimagined, paying competitive wages to employees with special needs? That was worth a frosty $500 at Entrepreneurship Bootcamp on Friday (June…
by - June 29, 2018 5:48 pm
Congress is one step closer to passing a new farm bill. The U.S. Senate passed its version of the bill by an 86-11 vote on Thursday (June 28). The bill…
by - June 29, 2018 4:13 pm
Preferred Family Health, the Springfield, Mo.-based company at the center of recent fraud and bribery allegations and indictments among Arkansas legislators, has been temporarily suspended from the state’s Medicaid program…
by - June 29, 2018 3:16 pm
Big River Steel announced Friday (June 29) a $1.2 billion expansion at it’s scrap recycling and steel production facility in Osceola. The move will create at least 500 new jobs…
by - June 29, 2018 10:32 am
The first project at the “Central Landing” development on the site of the former Conway airport will break ground this summer. Central Arkansas developer and Burkhalter Technologies Inc. CEO, John…
by - June 28, 2018 5:35 pm
If Reverend Shaw Moore were a real person — and dead — he might soon be turning over in his grave at what one City Director has in mind for…
by - June 28, 2018 4:43 pm
Add Rep. Mickey Gates, R-Hot Springs, to the growing list of Arkansas legislators arrested, indicted or convicted of various crimes in recent months. Gates was arrested Thursday (June 28) for…
by - June 28, 2018 3:19 pm
Editor’s note: The Arkansas Transportation Report is managed by Talk Business & Politics and sponsored by the Arkansas Trucking Association and the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce. Other transportation industry related stories can be…
by - June 28, 2018 2:45 pm
Walmart has rolled out a 3D shopping tour in its home category department in the likely hopes of capturing customers and pushing back against Amazon in the estimated $38.5 billion…
by - June 27, 2018 5:09 pm
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge is creating a Public Integrity Division composed of two staff members who will investigate corruption by elected officials, public employees and local officials, she announced Wednesday…
by - June 27, 2018 5:01 pm
Arkansas State University’s fiscal year will begin July 1, and it will begin with several administrative changes on the ASU-Jonesboro campus. The university will create a vice chancellor of enrollment…
