by - January 27, 2011 7:22 pm
Tupelo, Miss.-based BancorpSouth continues to fight its way through loan losses, and Pine Bluff-based Simmons First National Bank is hopeful that recent expansions will boost 2011 numbers. BANCORPSOUTH Both banks…
by - January 27, 2011 6:47 pm
Zurich, Switzerland-based ABB is now the parent company of Baldor Electric Co., a company founded in St. Louis in 1920 and headquartered in Fort Smith since the early 1960s. The…
by - January 27, 2011 1:10 pm
Van Buren-based USA Truck Inc. continues to struggle with net income losses in 2010 and 2009 totaling more than $10 million. The long-haul carrier reported Thursday (Jan. 27) a 2010…
by - January 27, 2011 12:48 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Arkansas lawmakers appear to be slowly easing into their legislative functions…
by - January 27, 2011 8:10 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] A new study from Duke University and Georgia Tech contends that…
by - January 27, 2011 7:36 am
A widely-circulated report from the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce suggests Arkansas employers may have to pay a minimum of $45 more per employee into an unemployment insurance fund in…
by - January 26, 2011 7:57 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Rumblings of a new school and library extension became actions on Wednesday as the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) voted to hold land for development…
by - January 26, 2011 7:24 pm
What first began with a December 2009 phone call, wrapped up — somewhat — on Wednesday (Jan. 26) with more than 42.415 million shares of Baldor Electric Co. tendered to…
by - January 26, 2011 5:02 pm
Arkansas-based companies in the information and energy business posted positive earnings reports Wednesday. El Dorado-based Murphy Oil Corp.’s fourth quarter profits fell short of Wall Street expectations, but rising oil…
by - January 26, 2011 4:12 pm
Arkansas Sen. Bruce Holland, R-Greenwood, may face charges of fleeing, careless driving and improper passing related to a high-speed chase through Perry and Yell counties on Monday (Jan. 24). On…
by - January 26, 2011 3:04 pm
It’s official. And it’s not pretty. Fort Smith regional homes sales were down more than 6% in 2010, the third consecutive year of declining home sales in the region and…
by - January 26, 2011 6:58 am
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] The full 2010 budget was on display at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission, and the final numbers set well with…
by - January 25, 2011 5:49 pm
Fort Smith city and tourism officials will hammer out “little issues” during the next two weeks and return to the Fort Smith Board of Directors on Feb. 8 with a…
by - January 25, 2011 4:38 pm
Perry County Sheriff’s Deputy Ray Byrd said it may be as soon as Wednesday (Jan. 26) when the department decides if it will pursue criminal charges against Sen. Bruce Holland,…
by - January 25, 2011 1:57 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Freshman Rep. David Meeks, R-Conway, failed in his effort to revoke…
by - January 25, 2011 10:28 am
It’s clear the economy is still struggling when the official statement from Arkansas workforce officials indicates that a slower rate of increase in the number of unemployed helped stabilize Arkansas’…
by - January 25, 2011 9:50 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] With four members of Arkansas six-person Congressional delegation in new offices,…
by - January 25, 2011 9:20 am
story by Gary Brown, president of College Sports Matchups (CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) [email protected] Yes, the college football season is over, but there is still…
by - January 25, 2011 8:13 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] The House Public Health Committee may resemble Barnum and Bailey’s three-ring…
by - January 24, 2011 5:54 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Arkansas Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson, R-Little Rock, filed a bill Monday (Jan….
