by - December 28, 2016 7:35 am
Elicia Dover with our content partner, KATV Channel 7, reports: The medical marijuana commission decided that applicants hoping to win one of the five available cultivation licenses will have to…
by - December 27, 2016 11:13 am
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 - December 26, 2016 9:01 am
Editor’s note: Each Monday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Money Talk,” a wrap-up of banking and financial news. –––––––––––––––– UA WALTON COLLEGE PLANS ANNUAL BUSINESS FORECAST FOR JANUARY 27th The…
by - December 25, 2016 8:39 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. –––––––––––––– DEFENSE DEPARTMENT SETS UP 12TH MANUFACTURING HUB, MAY LEAD…
by - December 24, 2016 10:14 am
TALK BUSINESS & POLITICS TV SHOW Talk Business & Politics will air in Northeast Arkansas on Sunday at 10 am on KAIT’s NBC affiliate. Politicos Skip Rutherford and Rex Nelson…
by - December 23, 2016 10:12 pm
Editor’s note: Each Friday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Energy In-depth,” a round-up of energy and regulatory news. ––––––––––––––––– MISO SELECTS ST. LOUIS POWER GENERATOR FOR FIRST COMPETITION TRANSMISSION PROJECT…
by - December 22, 2016 5:54 pm
Tyson Foods grew net profits by 45% in 2016 to top $1.768 billion and resulting in more bonus pay for the company’s top five executives, according to the meat giant’s…
by - December 22, 2016 6:46 am
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news. ––––––––––––––– DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY, WINROCK INTERNATIONAL LAUNCH STARTUP INVESTMENT FUND The…
by - December 21, 2016 4:46 pm
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) on Wednesday (Dec. 21) signed a $19.3 million deal with a construction firm to design and complete the state’s first energy conservation…
by - December 21, 2016 3:33 pm
Philip and Margaret Isely borrowed $200 to open a health foods store in Golden, Colo., in 1955. The couple’s daughter, Margaret was severely ill, but her condition improved after her…
by - December 21, 2016 2:58 pm
The pace of sales tax revenue growth slowed in Northwest Arkansas’ four largest cities. However, Fayetteville, Rogers, Springdale and Bentonville reported record sales tax revenue this year totaling $62.338 million,…
by - December 21, 2016 2:41 pm
Brentwood Associates has sold Fort Smith-based K-MAC Holdings Corp., which is one of the largest Taco Bell franchisees in the country. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, and the…
by - December 21, 2016 11:55 am
Online retail should top $590 billion in annual sales by 2021. U.S. online retail topped $100 billion in 2006, and online sales are expected to top $345 billion this year,…
by - December 21, 2016 11:52 am
Dr. Doug Brubaker will begin the job as Fort Smith Public Schools superintendent on Jan. 18 after being selected by a unanimous vote of the Fort Smith School Board on…
by - December 21, 2016 11:42 am
With the 2016 presidential campaign in the rearview mirror, a semblance of what’s ahead in 2017 can begin to take shape. “There is so much that could affect us in…
by - December 21, 2016 11:20 am
A recent survey from Prosper Insight & Analytics of nearly 7,000 U.S. adults shows that 26.2% of holiday shoppers bought gifts from Amazon this year, increasing from 10% of respondents…
by - December 21, 2016 8:48 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors has approved an ordinance for $46 million in Industrial Development Revenue Bonds on behalf of ArcBest Corp. to support its corporate headquarter expansion. The…
by - December 21, 2016 6:47 am
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up health-related topics. ––––––––––––––– WALGREENS PARENT TO SELL 865 RITE AID STORES TO FRED’S PHARMACY FOR $950 MILLION…
by - December 20, 2016 7:48 pm
The state initially will grant licenses to five marijuana cultivation facilities, one for each of its five public health regions, the newly formed Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission decided Tuesday. The…
by - December 20, 2016 7:33 pm
The number of Arkansas residents increased by 10,395 people in the last year as new births and native and foreign-born migrants moving to the Natural State grew the population base…
