by - August 8, 2016 5:55 am
Editor’s note: Each Monday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Money Talk,” a wrap-up of banking and financial news. –––––––––––––––– IRS NOTES UPCOMING CHANGES TO INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS The Internal Revenue…
by - August 7, 2016 8:53 am
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., says he’s unsure if Iran is owed more money from the U.S. government and the first-term GOP senator defended Donald Trump as a better potential…
by - August 7, 2016 6:59 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. –––––––––––––– MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF MANAGERS IN 2015 WERE WOMEN…
by - August 6, 2016 10:37 am
A death call led Shelby Armstrong to her calling in life. Her father, Dr. Larry Armstrong, wanted her to sit-in while he consulted with a family that was about to…
by - August 6, 2016 7:06 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 - August 5, 2016 7:24 pm
Arkansas Children’s Hospital has officially launched a $70 million capital building campaign for the new hospital under construction in Springdale. The campaign, “Care Close to Home,” has already garnered $53…
by - August 5, 2016 4:51 pm
A proposed constitutional amendment that would allow the Legislature to set limits on non-economic damages and would limit attorneys’ fees has collected enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. In…
by - August 5, 2016 3:32 pm
Trump, Obama, Iran and federal Graduate Medical Education (GME) funding were topics Friday (Aug. 5) as U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., toured the newly constructed Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine…
by - August 5, 2016 11:07 am
Legal immigrants make up 4.8% of Arkansas’ population but compose 6.6% of its entrepreneurs and earned $3.2 billion in income in 2014, according to a newly released study by the…
by - August 5, 2016 10:48 am
The U.S. jobless rate held at 4.9% in July as continued employment gains in professional and business services, health care and financial activities helped to add 255,000 jobs to American…
by - August 5, 2016 4:33 am
Editor’s note: Each Friday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Energy In-depth,” a round-up of energy and regulatory news. ––––––––––––––––– BOONEVILLE FIRM TO PROVIDE EASEMENT ACQUISITION SERVICES FOR CLEAN LINE PROJECT…
by - August 4, 2016 7:24 pm
Acxiom Corp. on Thursday improved its first quarter earnings as the Little Rock-based tech company continued to tighten the focus on its data analytics business by agreeing to sell its…
by - August 4, 2016 5:53 pm
Fort Smith city government and Dallas-based Strategic Government Resources (SGR) continue to work toward filling the city’s top three open positions. There were 82 applicants for the positions of human resources…
by - August 4, 2016 5:19 pm
Wall Street expects a hefty payday from Tyson Foods when it reports fiscal third quarter earnings on Monday (Aug. 8). The consensus estimate of analysts following the company is $1.07…
by - August 4, 2016 4:50 pm
Editor’s note: You can watch the full video of today’s Talk Business & Politics Daily at the end of this report, or download an audio version through the iTunes store…
by - August 4, 2016 4:39 pm
Former Arkansas State University Chancellor Dr. Tim Hudson may have violated Arkansas ethics laws during his tenure that ended Wednesday with his resignation. ASU, under Hudson’s direction, hired a Spanish company to…
by - August 4, 2016 4:13 pm
Northwest Arkansas schools continue to work with industry and regional stakeholders to align career education programs with the needs voiced by area employers from the construction industry, to the manufacturing…
by - August 4, 2016 3:27 pm
Arkansas’ rig count in 2016 remained at zero through the end of July, but the number of natural gas producers seeking drilling permits spiked over the past two weeks as…
by - August 4, 2016 3:00 pm
It’s not slowing. In fact, the home sales in Arkansas’ four largest markets that began to explode in 2015 gained momentum in the first half of 2016, with sales up…
by - August 4, 2016 1:05 pm
The pace of layoffs ticked up in July, as employers announced plans to shed 45,346 workers from their payrolls, a 19% increase from 38,536 job cuts in June, according to…
