by - October 2, 2016 8:50 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. –––––––––––––– ENTERGY NAMED ONE OF TOP UTILITIES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT…
by - October 2, 2016 8:37 am
Arkansas Senate President Jonathan Dismang, R-Searcy, said it’s too early in the pre-session process to predict how large of a tax cut may be pushed in the next General Assembly,…
by - October 1, 2016 6:44 am
TV PREVIEW On this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics, which airs Sundays at 9:30 a.m. on KATV Channel 7 in Central Arkansas and in Northeast Arkansas on…
by - September 30, 2016 11:19 pm
Editor’s note: Each Friday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Energy In-depth,” a round-up of energy and regulatory news. ––––––––––––––––– EIA: CHINA WILL ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN HALF OF GLOBAL NUCLEAR…
by - September 30, 2016 10:00 pm
For the second year in a row, Arkansans will celebrate Techtober in October. This time, however, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson has put his stamp of approval on the celebration. The…
by - September 30, 2016 5:35 pm
Democrat Conner Eldridge and Libertarian Frank Gilbert see different threats as the biggest one facing the United States. For Eldridge, “radical and radicalized individuals and groups” such as radical Islamists…
by - September 30, 2016 5:07 pm
Northwest Arkansas’ economic growth is amazing. But it’s not without problems. For example, the region is growing jobs faster than the workforce is expanding. And a 2.8% unemployment rate is…
by - September 30, 2016 2:08 pm
Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative officially switched on a 500,000-watt solar array today. Arkansas Valley partnered with Today’s Power Inc. – a subsidiary of Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Corp. to build the…
by - September 30, 2016 2:08 pm
Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative officially switched on a 500,000-watt solar array today. Arkansas Valley partnered with Today’s Power Inc. – a subsidiary of Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Corp. to build the…
by - September 30, 2016 1:51 pm
For the first time since the end of 2015, a natural drilling rig in Arkansas is up and running in the Fayetteville Shale play as natural gas futures bounced around…
by - September 30, 2016 11:11 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday (Sept. 30) appointed five agency heads to coordinate and create an action plan for protecting the Buffalo River, though he said it’s not a regulatory…
by - September 30, 2016 9:59 am
Dustin Serio, a customer service manager at Walmart Store 100 in Bentonville, is happy the hourly bonuses are back. The five-year Walmart employee said it is a morale builder and…
by - September 30, 2016 9:25 am
Editor’s note: The Arkansas Transportation Report is managed by Talk Business & Politics and sponsored by the Arkansas Trucking Association and the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce. Other transportation industry…
by - September 29, 2016 6:26 pm
Editor’s note: Welcome to the fifth season of Tusk to Tail – the sport of tailgating as organized, performed and perfected by a group of Hog fans who have been…
by - September 29, 2016 5:19 pm
Here we go again. With multiple media reports suggesting Wal-Mart Stores may make another big ecommerce and buy Indian-based Flipkart, retail industry watchers say the deal would be good for…
by - September 29, 2016 4:48 pm
Questions hitting the inbox in recent days and weeks have sought opinion on protest by anthem kneeling and amazing depths of Wells Fargo thievery. Let’s throw some marijuana in for…
by - September 29, 2016 4:14 pm
One of three women accused of stealing almost $4 million from The First National Bank of Walnut Ridge was sentenced Thursday afternoon in federal court in Little Rock. Brenda Montgomery,…
by - September 29, 2016 4:14 pm
One of three women accused of stealing almost $4 million from The First National Bank of Walnut Ridge was sentenced Thursday afternoon in federal court in Little Rock. Brenda Montgomery,…
by - September 29, 2016 3:59 pm
Highland Pellet, Arkansas’ first full-scale wood pellet manufacturing facility, recently hired 54 new workers to begin work at the company’s $200 million, 600,000 metric ton manufacturing plant in Pine Bluff…
by - September 29, 2016 3:28 pm
A smiling Johnelle Hunt gracefully took the stage Thursday (Sept 29) at the Summit Luncheon held at Cross Church in Rogers to share her insights on business, life and the…
