by - December 18, 2015 8:15 pm
The Poultry Federation named Rachel Reginelli as business development director, a position that will oversee membership development, overall marketing and communications efforts, media relations, event planning and additional projects to…
by - December 18, 2015 11:50 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. wasted no time in appointing its new chief marketing officer to replace the retiring Stephen Quinn next month. The retailer again tapped someone from its China market…
by - December 17, 2015 4:57 pm
The office of Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) on Thursday (Dec. 17) announced the following appointments: Rep. Charles Armstrong, Little Rock, to the Southern Regional Education Board Legislative Advisory Council. Appointment expires…
by - December 17, 2015 2:26 pm
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent to inventors and Arkansas State University faculty members Dr. Ralph Ruby, Jr. and Dr. Paula Ruby for their research,…
by - December 16, 2015 4:29 pm
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, is part of a bipartisan group formed to improve relations between the United States and Cuba. The Cuba Working Group is made up of Crawford…
by - December 15, 2015 5:45 pm
The National Science Foundation has awarded a nearly $225,000 grant to Boston Mountain Biotech, a pharmaceutical manufacturing company that uses patented technology developed at the University of Arkansas. UA graduate…
by - December 15, 2015 12:47 pm
McLarty Automotive Group today (Dec. 15) announced a continued expansion in central Arkansas with the acquisition of four automobile dealerships. Officials announced that the group purchased North Point Nissan, North…
by - December 14, 2015 6:53 pm
Upper-level students majoring in business at Arkansas State University have a new form of financial assistance available to complete their degree, university officials said Monday (Dec. 14). Through a gift…
by - December 14, 2015 6:29 pm
Arvest Bank announced Monday (Dec. 14) that Arvest Asset Management is changing its name to Arvest Wealth Management and is adopting a new brand identity effective Jan. 1, 2016. The…
by - December 14, 2015 9:54 am
The University of Arkansas has recommitted to the American Campuses Act on Climate as part of the Paris Climate Conference agreement approved this weekend. UA interim Chancellor Dan Ferritor and…
by - December 14, 2015 9:47 am
Private sector and grant donations to an effort to build more trails and greenways in Fort Smith has raised more than $1.1 million thanks to recent donations from BHC Insurance,…
by - December 11, 2015 7:49 pm
America’s Car-Mart Inc. has added Jim von Gremp to its board of directors. von Gremp, 66, is a real estate investor, communication consultant and former Wal-Mart executive. “America’s Car Mart…
by - December 11, 2015 7:47 pm
Janet Harris has been hired as director of programs at The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute. She will begin working at the Institute Jan. 11, 2016. Harris comes to the Institute from…
by - December 11, 2015 10:48 am
Tom Mars, a former attorney with Wal-Mart Stores Inc., will on Jan. 1 join the Little Rock-based law firm of Friday, Eldredge & Clark. Mars brings 30 years of combined…
by - December 10, 2015 8:26 pm
The Dollarway School District, in academic distress since July 10, 2014, was placed under state control by the State Board of Education Thursday, according to a press release from the…
by - December 10, 2015 4:53 pm
Meat and poultry processors are expected to produce less beef and chicken this year and next amid sluggish exports while pork production should remain steady, according to the U.S. Department…
by - December 10, 2015 4:34 pm
Laura Wattles has been promoted to creative director of marketing and communications at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Wattles has served as the interim director of University of…
by - December 9, 2015 6:16 pm
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe (D) has been named to the board of directors of Tyson Foods Inc. Beebe, 68, was appointed this week and becomes one of eight independent…
by - December 9, 2015 12:21 pm
Sheena Howell, who has worked as director of development for Trojan Athletics at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for the past year, has been named director of development and external…
by - December 8, 2015 6:17 pm
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. filed suit against Puerto Rico over a new corporate tax structure it calls “onerous and unconstitutional.” The company said in its federal filing that it…
