by - June 13, 2016 5:22 pm
Craighead County Treasurer Terry McNatt said Monday (June 13) that the county’s economic numbers are doing good. The county is up more than $500,000 to $8.1 million in sales tax…
by - June 13, 2016 5:13 pm
Editor’s note: The Arkansas Energy Report is produced monthly and is sponsored by the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/Associated Industries of Arkansas, and MISO (Midcontinent Independent System Operator). Talk Business…
by - June 13, 2016 4:42 pm
Advanced medical research is just one potential benefit of a partnership announced Monday (June 13) between the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith and the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education….
by - June 13, 2016 4:36 pm
Tyson Foods Inc. is splitting the duties of CEO and president into two roles with Donnie Smith remaining as CEO and Tom Hayes to be president for the Springdale-based meat…
by - June 13, 2016 2:35 pm
Walmart International CEO David Cheesewright has tapped Sean Clarke, the CEO of Walmart China, to take over the struggling Asda grocery business in the United Kingdom. Andy Clarke is stepping…
by - June 13, 2016 1:19 pm
BHP Billiton CEO Andrew Mackenzie said the company overpaid for its U.S. shale in Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana and revealed plans to cuts its capital budget even further by 70%…
by - June 13, 2016 11:20 am
U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., and U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, responded to the deadly nightclub shooting in Orlando by saying members of Congress have been warned that something like…
by - June 13, 2016 9:10 am
Officials with Houston-based Zilkha Biomass Energy will delay construction of a $90 million renewable energy project in Monticello because of hitches in obtaining long-term contracts for the sale of the…
by - June 13, 2016 8:41 am
Editor’s note: Each Monday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Money Talk,” a wrap-up of banking and financial news. –––––––––––––––– UNDERWATER U.S. HOMEOWNERS NOW AT 12.7%, NATION’S NEST OF NEGATIVE EQUITY…
by - June 12, 2016 9:13 am
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, supports Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s call to remove sales tax exemptions on Internet sales and to use the proceeds for income tax relief in Arkansas. Appearing…
by - June 12, 2016 9:09 am
Arkansas Department of Human Services director Cindy Gillespie is moving quickly to implement reforms in the state’s largest agency, and she anticipates the foundation for many policy changes to be…
by - June 12, 2016 8:22 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. –––––––––––––– ARKANSAS TO RECEIVE $200,000 IN GRANTS TO EXPAND, EXPEDITE…
by - June 10, 2016 6:52 pm
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 - June 10, 2016 4:42 pm
An electric cooperative in Northwest Arkansas is preparing to lay what it calls a 7,000-mile, “future-proof” fiber optics line, but the president and chairman of Aristotle says no technology is future…
by - June 10, 2016 9:31 am
It’s customary for directors for publicly traded companies to own stock in the business. But Wal-Mart Stores requires board members to own stock up to five-times the value of their…
by - June 10, 2016 6:07 am
Editor’s note: Each Friday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Energy In-depth,” a round-up of energy and regulatory news. ––––––––––––––––– U.S., MEXICO AND CANADA MOVE FORWARD ON NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY PACT…
by - June 9, 2016 9:33 pm
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is about to embark on a critical time for revenue, Dr. Dan Rahn, the school’s chancellor, told members of a newly formed…
by - June 9, 2016 7:21 pm
Southwestern Energy Co. on Thursday announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Antero Resources Corp. to sell approximately 55,000 net acres of dormant natural gas acreage in…
by - June 9, 2016 12:53 pm
Despite concerns over the Zika virus in Brazil, the 2016 Summer Olympics must go on, said the state’s Department of Human Services director, who helped organize the 2002 Salt Lake…
by - June 9, 2016 12:50 pm
To combat a nationwide opioid epidemic, Arkansas should encourage or require e-prescribing of controlled substances, legislators were told Wednesday. Rory Rickett with The Stephen Group consulting firm told the Health…
