by - January 13, 2016 7:18 pm
Shareholders of Tyson Foods have plenty to celebrate when they convene in Springdale Feb. 5 for the company’s annual shareholder meeting which will mark the 81st year the company has…
by - January 13, 2016 5:57 pm
The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery has sold more than $19 million in Powerball tickets as of Tuesday (Jan. 12) during this latest run that began Nov. 5, and about half of…
by - January 13, 2016 5:36 pm
John “Randy” Rogers, who has more than 20 years experience in global logistics, including railroad operations, has been hired as CEO of Van Buren-based USA Truck. His first day on…
by - January 13, 2016 3:27 pm
Asda, Walmart’s grocery chain in the United Kingdom, forecasts another challenging year for grocers amid hyper competition from deep discounters like Aldi and worsening economic conditions for the island nation…
by - January 13, 2016 1:33 pm
Arkansas and U.S. motorists can expect to fill-up their tanks at well below $2 a gallon gasoline through February before pump prices rise ahead of the usual spring run-up as…
by - January 13, 2016 1:23 pm
The Arkansas State Capitol Arts and Grounds Commission is awaiting one more submission before deciding when its next meeting will be, according to a letter sent from the secretary of…
by - January 13, 2016 6:38 am
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up of health-related topics. 11.3 MILLION INDIVIDUALS SIGN UP FOR OBAMACARE THROUGH HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETPLACES: According to a new report…
by - January 13, 2016 5:39 am
Bank of the Ozarks is laying the foundation for future growth with plans for a new corporate headquarters in west Little Rock. The Little Rock-based financial institution says it has…
by - January 12, 2016 10:16 pm
The U.S. House chamber was filled to the brim Tuesday night as President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union Address at the Capitol. In the nearly one hour,…
by - January 12, 2016 7:28 pm
The 38-acre Reserve at Hill Park commercial development in southwest Jonesboro is one step closer to reality as the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission approved a final site plan on the…
by - January 12, 2016 4:41 pm
Arkansas has spent more money on schools with high percentages of poor and minority students than on other schools, and while test scores have improved at both, the achievement gap…
by - January 12, 2016 4:16 pm
Nervous investors and shareholders battered by recent stock market volatility will get their first peek at how Arkansas’ publicly traded concerns fared in 2015 on Thursday (Jan. 14) when Little…
by - January 12, 2016 3:53 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors took aim at the Fort Smith Convention Center during Tuesday’s (Jan. 12) study session. The pointed questioning forced postponing talk of enacting a prepared…
by - January 12, 2016 2:11 pm
The bank-owned Northwest Arkansas Mall in Fayetteville was recently sold for $39.5 million to a group of investment bankers out of New York at less than one-third the $150 million…
by - January 12, 2016 1:35 pm
Arkansas consumers are often conservative when it comes to borrowing and typically have a lower annual salary than the national average, which partially explains why credit scores of many Arkansans…
by - January 12, 2016 12:39 pm
Tyson Foods reported record revenue of $41.373 billion in fiscal 2015, rising 10.1% from the prior year, but that did not equate to higher bonus pay for its top executives,…
by - January 12, 2016 12:25 pm
On top of less than stellar holiday sales, retailers also are expected to see return fraud grow from $1.9 billion in the 2014 holiday cycle to $2.2 billion this year,…
by - January 12, 2016 10:20 am
The Little Rock Technology Park announced the appointment of Nancy Gray of UAMS Bioventures to the authority’s board of directors, effective immediately. Appointed by Dr. Dan Rahn of the University…
by - January 11, 2016 9:42 pm
The Little Rock School District must have broad-based community support, and if necessary, it could eventually ask for more money, but only if it can prove it’s spending the money…
by - January 11, 2016 6:59 pm
The debate over delinquent county taxes continued Monday night as Craighead County justices heard from Collector Marsha Phillips. Phillips told the county’s public service committee that her office has collected…
