by - July 19, 2018 2:46 pm
A legislative panel on Thursday (July 19) approved emergency rules allowing the state Medical Marijuana Commission (AMMC) to hire an independent consulting firm to review and score more than 200…
by - July 19, 2018 1:57 pm
Growing sweet potatoes for Walmart is a full-time, year-round job for Terris and Kim Matthews of Wynne, a city tucked away in Cross County near the northeastern edge of Arkansas….
by - July 19, 2018 8:52 am
Home BancShares Inc., which acquired a major East Coast marine lending firm earlier this month, posted record second quarter profits largely on the strength of nearly a billion dollars in…
by - July 18, 2018 6:20 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and FIS Chairman and CEO Gary Norcross announced a agreement Wednesday (July 18) to extend the state’s partnership with the Jacksonville, Fla.-based publicly-traded company to highlight the…
by - July 18, 2018 5:14 pm
The executive suite at America’s Car-Mart has pretty much looked the same for the past three decades but this past year Hank Henderson, the face and voice of the buy-here,…
by - July 18, 2018 4:35 pm
Just three years ago, Walmart was ramping up its manufacturing operation in Fayetteville that makes optical lenses sold by the retail giant. This week, roughly 150 workers in Fayetteville were…
by - July 18, 2018 3:36 pm
For the third time in less than 10 years, Sparks Health System will have a new owner. Little Rock-based Baptist Health System has agreed to acquire the Fort Smith hospital…
by - July 18, 2018 10:08 am
BHP Billiton’s high-stakes auction to sell off its Fayetteville Shale interest in Arkansas and exit the U.S. onshore oil and gas business by year-end is progressing as planned, the Australian…
by - July 17, 2018 6:13 pm
Walmart continues to dole out the majority of its capital expenditures on growing its e-commerce business, which many believed was second only to Amazon and its 49.1% dominance in e-commerce…
by - July 17, 2018 5:55 pm
As the Trump administration enters a new era of trade relations with key allies and long-term trading partners, new data shows spending by so-called foreign direct investors in American businesses…
by - July 17, 2018 3:07 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and a host of local business and community leaders will get a chance to preview the 2018 class of financial technology startups that have for the past…
by - July 17, 2018 3:02 pm
Attorneys for the city of Fort Smith and the McCutchen & Sexton Law Firm made their cases before the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Task Force at a meeting…
by - July 17, 2018 6:48 am
Talk Business & Politics and Hendrix College will renew and expand its polling partnership in 2018-2019 by increasing the number of polls it produces, extending the scope of those polls…
by - July 16, 2018 6:20 pm
Consumer spending ramped up in June sending retail sales up 0.5% in line with economists’ predictions. Total sales, including food, as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau were $506.8 billion….
by - July 16, 2018 6:07 pm
Corn prices on Monday traded in the $3.30 per bushel range, just 1-cent higher than the yearly low, according to Markets Insider. Prices are predicted to rebound into the $3.40…
by - July 16, 2018 5:08 pm
Salsa never looked back after it was crowned king of the condiment category over ketchup more than 25 years ago. Increased consumer demand for Hispanic food sparked the growth, according…
by - July 16, 2018 4:51 pm
Arkansas’ two U.S. Senators joined the majority of Republican Senators who pushed back against President Donald Trump’s comments following his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. But like many of…
by - July 16, 2018 3:12 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge is participating in a 20-state lawsuit seeking to end the Affordable Care Act. Filed in February, the suit says the law, otherwise known as Obamacare,…
by - July 16, 2018 10:05 am
A 22% operating income gain in J.B. Hunt Transport Services’ intermodal division helped the Lowell-based company beat second quarter earnings and revenue expectations. The company reported Monday morning (July 16)…
by - July 15, 2018 9:46 am
One of Arkansas’ top business leaders says he’s sticking with President Trump’s trade wars on faith, for now, and he hopes the ultimate outcome is fairer trade practices that benefit…
