by - October 4, 2013 12:50 pm
The state's second ever Arkansas Manufacturing Day started bright and early Friday morning (Oct. 4) with a presentation by Jon Harrison at the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce's First…
by - October 4, 2013 12:16 pm
Last week, House Speaker Davy Carter, R-Cabot, and Senate President Michael Lamoureux, R-Russellville, charged the heads of the legislative education and insurance committees to come up with a framework for…
by - October 4, 2013 9:58 am
Who doesn’t look forward to lunch outside the office on occasion? Consumers will spend an average of $10 per outing, and they do it again at least one more time…
by - October 3, 2013 9:14 pm
Much has been said of the potential negative economic impact of the federal government shutdown. Market watchers suggest a 0.2% to 0.4% hit to the fourth quarter GDP, with some…
by - October 3, 2013 8:08 pm
New manufacturing jobs are coming to Rogers thanks to the Wal-Mart Stores initiative to return manufacturing jobs to the U.S. Wal-Mart, state and city officials plan to reveal on Monday…
by - October 3, 2013 4:23 pm
Following New York’s lead, Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel filed suit this week against payday lending partners Western Sky Financial, CashCall and WS Funding, along with their two owners Martin…
by - October 3, 2013 2:36 pm
A $32 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will fund a University of Arkansas effort designed to improve career options for low-income Arkansas teenagers with disabilities. The grant…
by - October 3, 2013 12:02 pm
John Brown University announced a $6 million lead gift for a new nursing education facility and endowment for the college’s new nursing program. The donor wishes to remain anonymous. The…
by - October 2, 2013 9:19 pm
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores is taking advantage of low interest rates and a strong credit rating to raise $1.75 billion in cash which it says will be used for general…
by - October 2, 2013 4:08 pm
Uncertainty about a law to pay the military during the federal government shutdown has resulted in the Arkansas National Guard halting operations that could result in no pay to almost…
by - October 2, 2013 1:53 pm
Arvest, the state’s largest bank, just got bigger pending the purchase of North Little Rock-based National Bank of Arkansas. The two bank holding companies have entered into an agreement where…
by - October 2, 2013 1:16 pm
Arkansas tax collections for the first three months of the fiscal year are on a positive track, with the closely watched sales and use tax revenue up more than 6%….
by - October 2, 2013 1:08 pm
One of the more mature local retail service providers that began as a startup in Northwest Arkansas’ supplier community has made the leap internationally. Shiloh Technologies, was acquired last week…
by - October 1, 2013 10:04 pm
Trash has once again reared its ugly head at a Fort Smith Board of Directors meeting, but the issue of where to store curbside residential sanitation containers is not going…
by - October 1, 2013 5:42 pm
Two surprising bank acquisitions and two attempted corporate takeovers have been part of an Arkansas business year in which the share price has increased for 10 the 15 publicly-held companies…
by - October 1, 2013 3:11 pm
Consumers are using smartphones and tablets to interact with retailers more than half of the time, according to a new report by Shop.org and comScore. Analysts agree that retailers like…
by - October 1, 2013 2:05 pm
The latest Baloney Sandwich Index predicts an upward trend in the jobless rate for the Fort Smith metro area. The August BSI rose to 148.8 from 126.4 in July. The…
by - October 1, 2013 12:04 pm
Sept. 13, 2011 started just like any other Tuesday, but ended in a hail of gunfire after a man opened fire inside the Crawford County Courthouse in Van Buren. In…
by - October 1, 2013 2:01 am
Two new fulfillment centers dedicated to filling Wal-Mart’s online orders will bring more than 600 new full-time jobs to Texas and Pennsylvania, the retail giant announced early Tuesday morning (Oct….
by - September 30, 2013 9:21 pm
Consumers across the state pulled $267 million out of Arkansas banks this past year, as deposits among the 1,442 bank branches declined by 0.5% from a year ago, according to…
