by - May 17, 2017 1:53 pm
Shares of Acxiom Corp. fell more than 7% in trading Wednesday (May 17) after the Little Rock-based data marketer missed Wall Street targets after releasing fourth quarter and yearly results…
by - May 17, 2017 10:40 am
Editor’s note: Story substantially updated with additions and changes throughout. ––––––––––––––––––– Dr. Kelly Damphousse routinely receives emails from agencies seeking administrative candidates at universities across the country. When he received…
by - May 16, 2017 9:06 pm
Tyson Foods has been in the midst of a tender offer to acquire AdvancePierre since May 9, but a group of shareholders balked at the notion of the $40.25 cash…
by - May 16, 2017 3:11 pm
Logistics managers with strong e-commerce skills are earning 42% more than those in the same position without those skills, according to a recent salary survey. In April, Logistics Management released…
by - May 16, 2017 12:59 pm
The Firecracker program unveiled at the recent ProHakathon sponsored by Fort Smith-based Propak on May 11 drew heavy attention from onlookers, who expressed conflicting emotions at what they were seeing…
by - May 15, 2017 7:28 pm
Entrepreneur and businessman Jody Shackelford knew it was time to seize the moment. A few years earlier, his grandfather Harry Shackelford invented The Rocket Shot, a device that shoots two…
by - May 15, 2017 5:58 pm
Last week’s earnings reports from department stores Macy’s, J.C. Penney and Kohl’s were not good. Analysts say that trend could change this week with quarterly reports from Wal-Mart Stores, Home…
by - May 15, 2017 5:26 pm
New data from the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) shows that Arkansas’ economy expanded at a tepid rate of only 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2016,…
by - May 15, 2017 1:51 pm
The Legislation and Executive Committees of the Arkansas Bar Association have recommended a sweeping constitutional proposal to be considered by the ABA’s House of Delegates, the governing body for the…
by - May 15, 2017 1:47 pm
A Chicago-based group that advocates for the return of manufacturing jobs to the U.S. says “the tide has turned,” with more jobs “onshored” than leaving the country. But it will…
by - May 15, 2017 12:12 pm
It was American poet and educator Henry Wadsworth Longfellow who said, “Youth comes but once in a lifetime,” a simple yet powerful anecdote. The deeper meaning, though, is this: It’s…
by - May 15, 2017 9:01 am
Central Arkansas market leader KATV and Talk Business & Politics, the No. 1 rated local political talk show, have re-upped their multi-year agreement after a successful first three years. Hosted…
by - May 14, 2017 9:27 pm
The window for many rice farmers to replant crops lost in the recent floods is closing, and Gov. Asa Hutchinson has sent a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue…
by - May 14, 2017 9:38 am
For State Senators – and working moms – Missy Irvin and Joyce Elliott, there’s a lot of success to point to for women’s issues in the most recently concluded regular…
by - May 14, 2017 9:33 am
Arkansas’ senior senator applauded former FBI Director James Comey’s service, but understands he was a lightning rod for the criticism that led to his dismissal. That said, Sen. John Boozman,…
by - May 12, 2017 1:38 pm
It’s been nearly 14 years since U.S. beef could export to China but that’s about to change. The announcement came Friday (May 12) that the ban on U.S. beef exports…
by - May 12, 2017 12:15 pm
Top Hino Motors Corp. and local and state economic development officials today (May 12) launched the expansion of a 110,000 square feet production line at the Japanese auto part giant’s…
by - May 12, 2017 7:56 am
The concrete base of a popular memorial at the Arkansas State Capitol in honor of the nine black students famous for integrating Little Rock Central High School is literally falling…
by - May 12, 2017 7:13 am
Shares in Little Rock department store operator Dillard’s Inc. were hammered in trading on Thursday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined for the third straight day and the Arkansas…
by - May 12, 2017 6:47 am
Propak’s first annual “ProHak” hackathon event concluded Thursday night (May 11) with demonstrations from three teams from the company’s information technology (IT) departments. Projects included community food services, different ways…
