by - January 28, 2016 6:00 pm
The National Restaurant Associations’s Chief Economist Bruce Grindy says the restaurant industry has been a chief component in the recovery from the Great Recession. From the beginning of the employment…
by - January 28, 2016 5:41 pm
Dawson Meadows this week is afflicted with diarrhea-of-the-mouth about the Fort Smith Marathon and how his thespian career interferes with his manly marathon plans. Also, Meadow’s advice to the city…
by - January 28, 2016 5:29 pm
Caterpillar Inc. on Thursday (Jan. 28) reported that its fourth-quarter and yearly sales saw double-digit declines in 2015, and also revised the company’s already tepid 2016 forecast with a warning…
by - January 28, 2016 5:04 pm
Roughly 6.4 million U.S. homes were seriously underwater – worth 25% less than the mortgage owed – at the end of 2015, which is 11.5% of all properties with a…
by - January 28, 2016 4:42 pm
Brad Parsons, a longtime employee of Baptist Memorial Health Care, is the new CEO of all Jonesboro operations for the Memphis-based hospital company. Following the resignation of Darrell King, former…
by - January 28, 2016 4:29 pm
The quality of life in a town is key to a town’s success, Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin said Thursday during his “State of the City” address sponsored by the Jonesboro…
by - January 28, 2016 2:21 pm
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday proposed to approve Arkansas’ request to designate Crittenden County as attaining the federal 2008 ozone standard, a move that Gov. Asa Hutchinson…
by - January 28, 2016 1:21 pm
Former Arvest Bank banker Dennis Smiley will spend the next eight years in federal prison for the bank fraud he committed with 24 banks while obtaining 55 loans and wrongly…
by - January 28, 2016 7:00 am
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news. ––––––––––––––– VERIZON INVESTS $70 MILLION TO BOOST NETWORK SURROUNDING SUPER BOWL 50 SITE…
by - January 27, 2016 9:36 pm
NFL great and former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw praised the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as hospital executives told the UA System Board of Trustees on Wednesday (Jan….
by - January 27, 2016 9:14 pm
A group of several hundred people spent Wednesday learning how soil and water can play a key role in the growth of crops as well as helping the bottom line…
by - January 27, 2016 8:07 pm
The University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees voted to let the University of Arkansas Athletic Department take the next step on a $160 million renovation to the Donald W….
by - January 27, 2016 7:17 pm
The Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce is seeking its first class in a high school leadership program the group announced in October. Modeled after the existing Leadership Fort Smith…
by - January 27, 2016 6:54 pm
Editor’s note: Changes made to the story to reflect that the Arkansas Education Association has concerns about the Teachers for America program but has not taken a stand in opposition…
by - January 27, 2016 5:37 pm
Declining crude oil and natural gas prices pushed Murphy Oil Corp. deeper into the well on Wednesday (Jan. 27) after the El Dorado oil giant reported that fourth quarter earnings…
by - January 27, 2016 5:22 pm
In just a little more than two years, Columbus, Ohio-based Spartan Logistics has grown from hoping to utilize 100,000 square feet of the former Whirlpool warehouse in Fort Smith to…
by - January 27, 2016 1:51 pm
Analysts, insiders and other retail watchers said a change in top bosses in Bentonville is one reason why Wal-Mart Stores got out of the small-ball retail game, even with Target,…
by - January 27, 2016 7:20 am
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up of health-related topics. HEALTH SPENDING APPROACHES 18% OF GDP FOR FIRST TIME, NEW JOBS GROW: National health spending in…
by - January 27, 2016 12:19 am
Editor’s note: Notes from the Campaign Trail is a compilation of various political insider tidbits and is sponsored by Little Rock-based Capitol Advisors Group. ––––––––––––––– SEN. BOOZMAN TO AIR TV…
by - January 26, 2016 9:37 pm
Springdale-based NOWDiagnostics, manufacturer of blood test kits, has moved all of its plastic housing production from China to its home base in Arkansas. The company cited efforts to improve quality…
