by - May 16, 2018 5:52 pm
Shares of Acxiom Corp. stock were off more than 9% in after-market trading Wednesday (May 16) after the Conway-based data marketer missed Wall Street targets with its fourth quarter and…
by - May 16, 2018 5:37 pm
Tyson Foods President and CEO Tom Hayes said while the company’s raw material costs will fluctuate the mission to achieve volume growth, margin expansion, more unit sales and year-over-year earnings…
by - May 16, 2018 11:45 am
It’s more than 9,000 miles from Northwest Arkansas to Malawi, Africa, but Jason and Lacey Carney of Springdale see the poorest nation in the world as a land of opportunity….
by - May 15, 2018 5:32 pm
Mumbai, India-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced Tuesday (May 15) it will nearly double its Arkansas employee headcount with the recent hiring of more than 200 employees at new offices…
by - May 15, 2018 3:53 pm
Fort Smith-based Beall Barclay & Company and the Little Rock office of Thomas & Thomas are merging in a deal expected to close later this year, creating of the state’s…
by - May 15, 2018 2:45 pm
A healthy nation is also likely a wealthy nation, but neither is true for many of 54 countries on the African continent. Chronic blindness from cataracts, a lack of doctors…
by - May 15, 2018 1:26 pm
Tyson Foods announced Tuesday (May 15) plans to acquire the poultry rendering assets of American Proteins and AMPRO Products for $850 million. The deal will allow the company to recycle…
by - May 15, 2018 1:25 pm
A Pulaski County judge involved in several key cases concerning state powers has ruled Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge must appear at an upcoming hearing on a constitutional challenge of…
by - May 14, 2018 6:17 pm
Walmart Inc. is expected to see net income and revenue rise 12% and 2.5%, respectively, when the retail giant reports first quarter earnings ahead of the market opening on Thursday…
by - May 14, 2018 5:02 pm
The logistics industry faces four areas of disruption: changing customer expectations, new technology, new market entrants and new business models, said Bob Collins, senior director of professional development for APICS….
by - May 14, 2018 4:30 pm
Two shuttered bank locations in Arkansas are part of a nationwide auction on May 31 to dispose of local branches across the rural South that are struggling to stay afloat…
by - May 14, 2018 3:01 pm
On behalf of our entire staff, it is our privilege to present the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s 10th annual issue dedicated to honoring 15 young business professionals in the Northwest…
by - May 14, 2018 2:17 pm
Dr. Connie Hill is a vice president at Jonesboro-based St. Bernards Medical Center overseeing its heart care and cancer service lines. She also is president of the Arkansas Healthcare Executive…
by - May 13, 2018 9:49 am
Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election for a number of reasons – including the fact that she’s a woman, but also because her campaign staff didn’t let her act like…
by - May 13, 2018 7:13 am
Nucor Corp. will invest $240 million in a new galvanizing line at its Hickman-based sheet mill, the company announced Friday afternoon. The new line will employ about 100 workers and…
by - May 11, 2018 4:51 pm
Friday (May 11) was Good Friday for shareholders of Fort Smith-based ArcBest after the company’s share price – fueled by a much better than expected first quarter report published Thursday…
by - May 11, 2018 6:53 am
Business and government dignitaries from more than a dozen African countries convened in Bentonville Thursday (May 10) at the state’s first Trade with Africa Summit — a two-day event spearheaded…
by - May 10, 2018 7:13 pm
Dr. Ruth Hawkins spent many years roaming the gravel roads and out-of-the-way places in the Arkansas Delta searching for ways to increase tourism in the region. Hawkins, the executive director…
by - May 10, 2018 7:06 pm
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has filed briefs with the Arkansas Supreme Court raising legal questions in the state’s expedited appeal of a Pulaski County Circuit Court decision to block the…
by - May 10, 2018 6:51 pm
The Little Rock Technology Park Authority Wednesday (May 9) voted to accept a lone bid from Stone Ward to promote the city’s downtown startup village and pitch positive stories on…
