by - September 29, 2016 5:19 pm
Here we go again. With multiple media reports suggesting Wal-Mart Stores may make another big ecommerce and buy Indian-based Flipkart, retail industry watchers say the deal would be good for…
by - September 29, 2016 3:59 pm
Highland Pellet, Arkansas’ first full-scale wood pellet manufacturing facility, recently hired 54 new workers to begin work at the company’s $200 million, 600,000 metric ton manufacturing plant in Pine Bluff…
by - September 29, 2016 3:28 pm
A smiling Johnelle Hunt gracefully took the stage Thursday (Sept 29) at the Summit Luncheon held at Cross Church in Rogers to share her insights on business, life and the…
by - September 29, 2016 2:48 pm
The third and final estimate for real gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter showed the U.S. economy was not as lethargic as first expected as consumer spending picked…
by - September 29, 2016 8:36 am
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news. ––––––––––––––– WHITE HOUSE TO HOST ‘SOUTH BY SOUTH LAWN’ BRAINSTORM WITH INNOVATORS, ENTREPRENEURS…
by - September 28, 2016 7:51 pm
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up health-related topics. ––––––––––––––– NONPROFIT HOSPITAL PERFORMANCE TO DECLINE IN FUTURE DUE TO HEALTHCARE REFORM, FITCH RATINGS SAY…
by - September 28, 2016 6:26 pm
Arkansas’ position remained unchanged in a highly-watched annual ranking of the states with the nation’s “most competitive” tax codes, according to the State Business Tax Climate Index released Wednesday (Sept….
by - September 28, 2016 6:18 pm
More than two hundred Northwest Arkansas residents, business and civic leaders packed the construction site Wednesday (Sept. 28) to witness the final steel beam erected for the new $165 million…
by - September 28, 2016 5:27 pm
Optimism about the state’s near-term economic outlook for the remainder of 2016 has “improved appreciably” over the past three months, according to the Federal Reserve’s Burgundy Book survey for the…
by - September 28, 2016 4:56 pm
Fort Smith city employees are facing a potential overhaul of the Employee Education Assistance and Reimbursement program, and it could get contentious. At the Tuesday, Sept. 27, study session, City…
by - September 28, 2016 4:16 pm
A special master tasked with making a report in a lawsuit on a proposed medical tort reform amendment wrote Wednesday (Sept. 28) that all its petition signatures potentially could be…
by - September 28, 2016 4:01 pm
Passage of voter-initiated acts to legalize medical marijuana would make it difficult for employers to maintain safe, drug-free workplaces and would harm Arkansas’ economic development efforts, Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Lt….
by - September 28, 2016 3:41 pm
The fourth annual Northwest Arkansas Hispanic Heritage Festival is set to open Saturday (Oct. 1), and is considered by Fayetteville chamber officials as an economic development tool. The festival includes…
by - September 28, 2016 3:32 pm
Second quarter personal income in Arkansas grew at a rate slightly better than the rest of the nation as total compensation for workers and households remains at nearly the same…
by - September 28, 2016 7:30 am
Halloween spending is expected to top $8.4 billion this year, a record according to the National Retail Federation annual survey. A realized estimate would be good for retailers large and…
by - September 27, 2016 7:55 pm
Presidents fail because they are too busy speaking and don’t focus enough on the government they run, said the woman who created and managed President Clinton’s “Reinventing Government” project. Elaine…
by - September 27, 2016 7:03 pm
The full bench of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments Wednesday (Sept. 27) on the far-reaching federal Clean Power Plan as opponents and supporters…
by - September 27, 2016 6:34 pm
story by Dale Cullins 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…
by - September 27, 2016 6:05 pm
Economic growth continues in the Jonesboro metro area based on sales tax receipts. The city collected $13.1 million in city sales tax through the end of September, a 5.2% increase…
by - September 27, 2016 5:48 pm
Police minority recruiting strategy, highway projects, and the potential for more than $70 million in Massard Wastewater Treatment Plant improvements headlined the Fort Smith Board of Directors study session on…
