by - February 2, 2009 2:47 pm
Fort Smith-based Harry G. Barr Co. was featured in the January 2009 issue of Door & Window Manufacturer, a magazine that reaches more than 30,000 companies and individuals in the…
by - January 31, 2009 10:04 am
Editor’s note: See updated info at the end of this post. For companies holding cash, a down market could be a good time to buy. Such is the foundation of…
by - January 30, 2009 3:00 pm
Fort Smith sales tax collections for 2008 were up more than 6% over the budget estimate and almost 9% more than 2007 collections — all good news in a struggling…
by - January 30, 2009 9:31 am
The office of Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has dedicated a staffer to the full-time watch of the Congressional actions to push a federal stimulus package, according to this interesting report…
by - January 30, 2009 8:51 am
Oklahoma City-based OG&E filed Thursday (Jan. 29) its plans for a $12.67 million improvement of an electric transmission line in Logan County. The filing, made with the Arkansas Public Service…
by - January 29, 2009 5:36 pm
The national economy proved tough for Arkansas-based companies that move goods and information. J.B. HUNTLowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. reported today (Jan. 29) fourth quarter net income of $53.27…
by - January 29, 2009 8:52 am
Van Buren-based USA Truck announced Thursday (Jan. 29) that its 2008 net income was $3.14 million, up over the $140,000 posted in 2007. However, the company has responded by the…
by - January 29, 2009 8:09 am
Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. reported this morning (Jan. 29) that the reduction in freight demand has forced the national trucking company to cut about 2,000 jobs in 2008, with…
by - January 28, 2009 5:04 pm
It was a quiet day in Little Rock, with less than 20 bills filed to be considered at the 87th Arkansas General Assembly. Some of the interesting bills filed Wednesday…
by - January 28, 2009 4:43 pm
El Dorado-based Murphy Oil Corp. announced today (Jan. 28) fiscal 2008 net income of $1.77 billion, up over the $766.5 million in 2007. The energy exploration and production company posted…
by - January 28, 2009 3:15 pm
The board of directors of Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. approved more than $3.79 million in a dividend payment to its shareholders. A 15-cent quarterly dividend — the standard amount…
by - January 28, 2009 2:47 pm
The Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve voted 8-1 Wednesday to hold its prime overnight interest rates between zero and 0.25 percent. The committee indicated that the rates could…
by - January 28, 2009 8:42 am
The U.S. wind energy industry shattered all previous records in 2008 by installing 8,358 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity, or enough to power more than 2 million homes. Wind…
by - January 27, 2009 1:26 pm
Arkansas lost 18,800 jobs between December 2007 and December 2008, according to figures released Tuesday (Jan. 27) morning by the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services. Of that annual dip, 10,000…
by - January 27, 2009 7:14 am
The Arkansas Small Business Profile released Friday (Jan. 23) by the U.S. Small Business Administration shows that the state in 2006 had 51,886 small employers who employ 48.8% of the…
by - January 27, 2009 7:13 am
WestArk RSVP recently received an IRS grant of $23,500 to support its Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. The local organization, a program of Western Arkansas Guidance and Counseling Center,…
by - January 26, 2009 4:29 pm
With more than 125 bills filed prior to 3 p.m. on Monday (Jan. 26), it’s safe to say the introductory period of the 87th General Assembly is over. Some of…
by - January 26, 2009 4:19 pm
With the trucking sector widely regarded as a bellwether for the national economy, Monday’s report that the December national for-hire trucking index fell the most in more than 14 years…
by - January 26, 2009 10:49 am
Expected icy weather will not postpone the Western Arkansas Legislative Gala to be held in Tuesday night in Little Rock and coordinated by several chambers of commerce in western Arkansas….
by - January 26, 2009 10:34 am
A Monday (Jan. 26) bankruptcy filing by Smurfit Stone Container Corp. is not expected to have a negative immediate effect on the 49 employees at the company’s cardboard sheet plant…
