by - November 7, 2016 7:06 am
Editor’s note: Each Monday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Money Talk,” a wrap-up of banking and financial news. –––––––––––––––– SBA SETS NEW SMALL LENDING RECORDS IN FISCAL YEAR 2016 The U.S….
by - November 7, 2016 6:30 am
Little Rock-based Windstream Holdings, which has seen its market value drop more than 64% since early 2012, announced early Monday a merger-of-equals with the popular 1990’s Atlanta-based Internet dial-up provider…
by - November 6, 2016 9:54 am
Polls show Issue 6, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment, to be close and advocates and opponents say they are prepared for either outcome and plan to work together regardless of…
by - November 6, 2016 8:41 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. –––––––––––––– ROBOTS TO POWER NEXT ‘GREAT LEAP’ IN MANUFACTURING New…
by - November 5, 2016 8:34 am
TV PREVIEW On this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics, which airs Sundays at 9:30 a.m. on KATV Channel 7 in Central Arkansas and in Northeast Arkansas on…
by - November 4, 2016 5:49 pm
Three of Arkansas’ four African-American female legislators on Friday (Nov. 4) expressed support for the six Razorback women’s basketball players who knelt during the national anthem the night before. Before…
by - November 4, 2016 2:55 pm
Plans were revealed Thursday (Nov. 3) for a 50,000-square-foot entertainment venue to house professional theater company TheatreSquared in downtown Fayetteville. The planned facility, located at the corner of West Avenue…
by - November 4, 2016 2:49 pm
Hillary Clinton has the easiest path to 270 electoral votes, but Donald Trump is within viable reach, according to Talk Business & Politics CEO Roby Brock and Talk Business &…
by - November 4, 2016 2:04 pm
CenterPoint Energy Inc., which filed its annual winter rate application with Arkansas regulators this week, reported Friday (Nov.4) that its profits had jumped nearly 23%, mainly on the strength of…
by - November 4, 2016 9:42 am
The U.S. economy added a steady 161,000 to employee rolls in October as the nation’s unemployment fell to 4.9% just four days before the nation’s presidential election, the U.S. Bureau…
by - November 4, 2016 6:40 am
An almost $3 million one-time charge tied to restructuring costs pushed quarterly earnings for USA Truck to a $734,000 loss, a wide swing from the $2.727 million gain in the…
by - November 3, 2016 9:52 pm
Editor’s note: Welcome to the fifth season of Tusk to Tail – the sport of tailgating as organized, performed and perfected by a group of Hog fans who have been…
by - November 3, 2016 9:05 pm
The DoubleTree by Hilton Fort Smith City Center is open for business, with $10 million spent – a cost that does not include furniture, fixtures and equipment – to renovate…
by - November 3, 2016 8:28 pm
U.S. Sens. John Boozman and Tom Cotton do not agree with a strategy to block any potential Supreme Court nominee of Hillary Clinton, but both say they would have a…
by - November 3, 2016 5:31 pm
ArcBest is undergoing a “significant” change in the shipping and logistics company’s management structure that will result in a loss of 130 jobs. The moves will “differentiate ArcBest from the…
by - November 3, 2016 4:03 pm
The Walton Family Foundation backed Thaden School unveiled more details about Northwest Arkansas’ latest private school option slated to open in Bentonville in August 2017. The Thaden School was first…
by - November 3, 2016 3:09 pm
The last time the Arkansas General Assembly convened a law to exempt military veterans retirement benefits from state income taxes was nixed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Gov. Hutchinson already had…
by - November 3, 2016 3:01 pm
Editor’s note: This story is updated with new information, including a retraction from a national news source. For the second time in three days, U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., referred…
by - November 3, 2016 12:41 pm
About two months into his new role as CEO of Walmart Global eCommerce, Marc Lore has seen several management changes, including at least three departures of high-ranking execs from the…
by - November 3, 2016 7:18 am
Third quarter income for Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp. was down more than 32%, and income in the first nine months of 2016 is down 57.2% compared with the same period…
