by - July 26, 2018 10:42 am
Final-mile delivery is the most expensive element of online shopping and in the low-margin grocery business, every penny counts. Walmart continues to test several possibilities with its online grocery delivery…
by - July 26, 2018 6:51 am
The state Medical Marijuana Commission (AMMC), after long debate and lots of questions, gave the green light Wednesday (July 25) for state procurement officials to hire a third-party contractor to…
by - July 25, 2018 6:42 pm
Walmart is not new to video streaming. The retail giant acquired VUDU in February 2010, but it has fallen far behind subscriptions to Amazon Prime, Hulu, Netflix and other popular…
by - July 25, 2018 6:31 pm
President Donald Trump has authorized the United States Department of Agriculture to release up to $12 billion in aid programs to farmers impacted by his ongoing trade wars with other…
by - July 25, 2018 6:25 pm
Organizers of the proposed amendment to expand gambling in Arkansas fell almost 15,000 signatures short, but have until Aug. 24 to submit more signatures or challenge rejected signatures, according to…
by - July 25, 2018 2:29 pm
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on Arkansas’ efforts to implement voter-approved medical marijuana. Link here for the first report. –––––––––––––––––––– Many states like Arkansas that…
by - July 25, 2018 2:22 pm
P.A.M. Transportation Services profit increased 353.1% in the second quarter, and the stock price soared to a 52-week high as the Tontitown-based carrier strives to match 2015 earnings levels. On…
by - July 25, 2018 2:03 pm
In 1998, “Titanic” was the top grossing movie at the box office, the Monica Lewinsky scandal with President Bill Clinton dominated the news and a small tech startup known as…
by - July 25, 2018 6:28 am
Home BancShares chairman Johnny Allison hasn’t figured out why his bank’s stock isn’t overperforming, but as long as the company’s financials are hitting on all cylinders, he isn’t too worried….
by - July 24, 2018 7:51 pm
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on Arkansas’ ongoing efforts to implement voter-approved medical marijuana. ––––––––––––––––– When Arkansas voters took the step to legalize medical marijuana…
by - July 24, 2018 6:05 pm
Arkansas’ economic expansion fell flat in the first quarter as the state’s volatile farming sector almost pushed real gross domestic product (GDP) growth into negative territory, leading Arkansas to a…
by - July 23, 2018 5:52 pm
Simmons First National Corp. on Monday (July 23) posted record profits of nearly $54 million, the second consecutive quarterly benchmark for the Pine Bluff-based regional bank that has expanded its…
by - July 23, 2018 5:40 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday (July 23) presented to hundreds of Arkansas farmers and ranchers a revised transformation plan for the state’s Department of Agriculture. Two years ago, the state…
by - July 23, 2018 1:26 pm
Arkansas cotton acres and prices are up in 2018, but an insect pest could eat into farmer profits. Bollworm populations are higher this year and are possibly more resistant to technologies…
by - July 22, 2018 5:08 pm
Arkansas’ outdoor community is rallying to raise $80,000 for purchasing land that is key to piecing together the approximately 100-mile Buffalo River Trail (BRT). After years of pursuing this piece…
by - July 22, 2018 10:03 am
Fourth District Democratic Congressional nominee Hayden Shamel says if she’s elected she will more strongly oversee a U.S. President who she contends “defers to a foreign power.” Shamel, who appeared…
by - July 22, 2018 10:03 am
Edward Haddock recognizes that Arkansas is booming in urban regions of the state and busting in non-urban areas. As the director of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Arkansas district office,…
by - July 20, 2018 2:36 pm
Arkansas’ labor force saw a loss of nearly 1,400 positions in June, but the state’s jobless rate remained hedged in at 4% for the fifth month as worries about the…
by - July 19, 2018 6:59 pm
The Arkansas Board of Correction has dismissed the director of the Arkansas Community Correction department in a move supported by Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Sheila Sharp, the longtime director of ACC…
by - July 19, 2018 6:28 pm
Yet another guilty plea has been made on a kickback scheme using tax money related to convicted lobbyist Milton “Rusty” Cranford, a former Preferred Family Healthcare (PFH) executive. Duane “Dak”…
