by - April 12, 2013 5:01 pm
Cameron Smith, a director at America’s Car-Mart Inc., recently added to his company holdings with three open market transactions totaling 2,450 shares, an investment of nearly $107,000. The average price…
by - April 12, 2013 11:42 am
Dr. Ricky Tompkins, who now serves as associate vice president of research and planning, will assume many of the responsibilities associated with the vice president for learning come Monday (April…
by - April 11, 2013 10:51 pm
• Heinz gets new CEO Bernardo Hees will become CEO of the H.J. Heinz Co. after the completion of Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital’s acquisition of the company. Hees serves…
by - April 11, 2013 9:05 pm
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. announced that net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 was $20.0 million, an 11.1% increase from $18 million for the first quarter of…
by - April 11, 2013 8:15 am
Tyson Foods Inc. has named 18 of its vendor carriers as “Premier Carries of the Year” for 2013. This is the second year the company has selected carriers for the…
by - April 10, 2013 9:46 pm
Butterball has named Zero Mountain Inc. as the Warehouseman of the Year for 2012. The Lowell, Ark., operation of Zero Mountain Inc., has worked with Butterball as a vendor partner…
by - April 10, 2013 6:21 pm
Winners of the 2013 Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition were announced today at a luncheon hosted at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. The event…
by - April 10, 2013 5:19 pm
Multiple news sources in New Delhi report that a retired judge leading the probe into Wal-Mart’s Indian retail investments needs more time to investigate the matter. Justice Mukul Mudgal, named…
by - April 10, 2013 3:23 pm
Ann Ayres, librarian and teacher in Bentonville Schools, was chosen to act in a feature film that a former student wrote and directed. “CAMP” is playing in limited release beginning…
by - April 10, 2013 2:33 pm
Arvest Bank announced that Ruthanne Whitehead has accepted a position as a commercial lender at the bank’s downtown Bentonville location. Whitehead most recently served as a specialist with the Special…
by - April 10, 2013 1:57 pm
Jerry Murray, a mid-level executive at Wal-Mart Stores, left his position as chief financial officer for Logistics, last week. He was executive cited in the infamous email leaked to Bloomberg…
by - April 9, 2013 7:30 pm
Melody Trimble, the former CEO of Sparks Health System, has been named the recipient of the Jack White Leadership Fort Smith award. The award for Trimble and six other community…
by - April 8, 2013 4:40 pm
Former Apple executive Ron Johnson was outsted from his CEO role at Dallas-based J.C.Penney on Monday, (April 8), according to CNBC. J.C.Penney said Mike Ullman, will step in as interim…
by - April 8, 2013 3:07 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe on Monday (April 8) announced the following appointments to boards and commissions: Mary Anne Salmon, North Little Rock, to the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Council. Appointment expires…
by - April 8, 2013 2:13 pm
A companion bill to an already approved Senate measure that would provide a bond issue and the terms of the agreement for the Big River Steel Mill superproject passed the…
by - April 8, 2013 12:40 pm
Springdale-based George’s Inc. has appointed Carl George and Charles George as co-CEO and presidents for the chicken processing company. Chief executive Gary George is stepping aside from the day-to-day operations,…
by - April 5, 2013 4:38 pm
JBS S.A. announced plans to complete its acquisition of Brooks, Alberta-based XL Foods' US beef processing operations. The plant located in Brooks was formerly owned by JBS USA competitor, Tyson…
by - April 5, 2013 3:59 pm
Rich Products Corp. is recalling more than 10.5 million pounds of products produced at its Waycross, Ga., facility due to possible contamination with E. coli O121. This recall is rated…
by - April 5, 2013 2:33 pm
Transport Topics reports a loss of 6,900 trucking industry jobs during March, despite adding 5,700 jobs in February. Trucking remains a somewhat volatile industry fiercely dependent on retail orders, manufacturing,…
by - April 5, 2013 1:42 pm
Tyson Foods has agreed to pay almost $4 million in civil penalties to settle alleged violations related to eight accidental releases of anhydrous ammonia that happened over a four-year span…
