by - November 16, 2017 7:55 pm
Two games remain in Arkansas’ 2017 football season. Two games in a stadium that only serves Pepsi products. Long is gone, Bret remains and you can’t give away a ticket…
by - November 16, 2017 6:15 pm
America’s Car-Mart profit increased 19% while revenue was flat in the second quarter as interest income was up $1.7 million and same-store revenue narrowly rose. After the market closed Thursday…
by - November 16, 2017 5:43 pm
Investors are giving Wal-Mart Stores and its management team a standing ovation for beating expectations with third quarter earnings and revenue. Wal-Mart shares (NYSE: WMT) closed Thursday (Nov. 16) at…
by - November 16, 2017 5:21 pm
Arkansas Democrats have experienced devastating losses during the last four election cycles, but the party’s chairman believes the trend will reverse in 2018. Rep. Michael John Gray, D-Augusta, told Talk…
by - November 16, 2017 4:57 pm
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday (Nov. 16) passed its version of President Donald’s Trump agenda-topping tax reform legislation. The measure garnered the full party support of Arkansas’ congressional…
by - November 16, 2017 4:18 pm
Wal-Mart Stores may be close to a resolution of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation that has cost the retailer more than $870 million since 2012. Chief Financial Officer Brett…
by - November 16, 2017 4:08 pm
Believe it or not, we had a great trip to Baton Rouge last weekend. With the exception of losing the football game, everything went as well as we could have…
by - November 16, 2017 3:56 pm
Chintan Desai, a first-generation citizen of Indian immigrant parents, will seek the Democratic nomination in Arkansas’s First Congressional District. Desai, the KIPP Delta Schools regional project manager, has lived in…
by - November 16, 2017 12:34 pm
Sen. Greg Standridge, R-Russellville, who represents Arkansas Senate District 16 in Newton and Pope counties and parts of Boone, Carroll and Van Buren counties, died Thursday morning (Nov. 16) after…
by - November 16, 2017 7:16 am
Earnings per share of $1 and total revenue of $123.179 billion in the third quarter for Wal-Mart Stores beat what equity analysts expected. The closely watched metric of comp sales…
by - November 16, 2017 4:52 am
Agriculture is Arkansas’ most dominant economic sector, and the harvest in the Natural State is nearly complete. Cotton and soybean crop production is up this year, while corn and rice…
by - November 15, 2017 7:23 pm
More than 3,000 people from 20 states have attended concerts at Temple Live about three months after the former Masonic Temple in downtown Fort Smith opened as a fully repurposed…
by - November 15, 2017 4:58 pm
A newly appointed legislative workforce panel addressed the issue of tremendous gaps in communication around the state pertaining to industry labor needs on Wednesday (Nov. 15) at the Northwest Arkansas…
by - November 15, 2017 3:27 pm
Work ethic, soft skills and the effect of big data on the workforce were topics of discussion at this year’s Northwest Arkansas Workforce Summit on Wednesday [Nov. 15] at the…
by - November 15, 2017 1:16 pm
Consumers who rely on prescription drugs could pay more than necessary given the wide discrepancy in pricing between pharmacies. Healthcare advocates encourage consumers shop around when it comes to filling…
by - November 15, 2017 12:32 pm
America’s Car-Mart looks to not only benefit from an improving used car market but also from the recently proposed tax reform. The Bentonville-based buy here, pay here used car dealership…
by - November 15, 2017 12:05 pm
Jeff Long has been fired as the University of Arkansas athletics director, with Julie Cromer Peoples named interim vice chancellor and director of athletics, UA Chancellor Joseph Steinmetz announced Wednesday…
by - November 15, 2017 8:37 am
President Donald Trump’s administration is gaining an Arkansas flavor. In recent weeks, several Arkansans have been tapped for roles in the federal government. Of course, the highest-profile pick is former…
by - November 14, 2017 8:09 pm
As pension funds across the U.S. face the sober reality that Baby Boomers are living longer and tapping into retirement funds a lot earlier, the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (ATRS)…
by - November 14, 2017 7:52 pm
An attorney representing landowners opposing a high voltage transmission line across Arkansas argued in federal court Tuesday (Nov. 14) that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is using eminent domain…
