by - August 11, 2014 4:59 pm
Experts: Broadband Can Reach Schools With Existing Funds
Arkansas should be able to connect all of its schools to high-speed fiber optics broadband networks within a few years using $15 million it already spends.
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by - August 11, 2014 10:36 am
Arkansas CEOs optimistic about improving economy
The latest survey of more than 150 Arkansas company leaders indicates an improved outlook for the rest of 2014 on the sales and hiring front, as well as expectations that…
by - August 11, 2014 10:05 am
Africa Holds Promising Growth Amid Wal-Mart, U.S. Investment
Over the past decade, six of the 10 fastest growing economies are in Africa, which has already prompted some of America’s largest firms like Wal-Mart to step up its investments.
by - August 11, 2014 9:44 am
Fort Smith Airport Receives $4.9 Million Grant
The Fort Smith Regional Airport will receive a $4.9 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), according to members of the state’s Congressional delegation. The funding will be used…
by - August 10, 2014 8:40 pm
Bank experts applaud Arvest settlement of major Smiley debts
Arvest had plenty of reasons to settle claims with 18 of 20 banks who were owed money by former Arvest group president Dennis Smiley. The Fayetteville-based Arvest Bank reached private…
by - August 10, 2014 8:32 pm
Africa holds promising growth amid Wal-Mart, U.S. investment
Wal-Mart took part during the past week in a three-day U.S.-African Business Forum in Washington, D.C. where business and government leaders discussed investment and economic opportunities. Wal-Mart CEO Doug McMillon…
by - August 10, 2014 8:17 pm
The Pryor and Cotton disconnect
Are we allowing the manipulation of past voting records to be the reason to elect or not elect a future U.S. Senator for our state? Arkansans, especially those watching the…
by - August 10, 2014 9:07 am
Business Leader Confidence Survey: Optimism On Improving Economy
Our latest business confidence survey of 150 Arkansas CEOs and company leaders. What do they see happening in the next six months with employment, sales, and business investment?
by - August 9, 2014 5:57 pm
Northeast Arkansas A ‘Battleground’ In 2014 Races
There is one thing that Republicans and Democrats in Arkansas might agree on: Northeast Arkansas could make or break both parties’ 2014 fortunes.
by - August 9, 2014 4:43 am
Weekend Digest: The American Bandstand Edition
For our weekend business and political readers: THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MUSICAL PROGRAM IN HISTORY It started locally in Philadelphia and spread across the nation. Hosted by the late Dick Clark,…
by - August 8, 2014 8:45 pm
2014 Junior Auxiliary of Rogers-Bentonville Presents “A Night at the Speakeasy”
All you mugs and dolls, grab your glad rags and ankle on over to our juice joint for a lollapalooza of a time. You don’t have to be an…
by - August 8, 2014 7:46 pm
Cotton and Pryor visit Fort Smith, talk jobs, farms and Iraq
The two leading Arkansas candidates in the U.S. Senate race were in Fort Smith on Friday (Aug. 8) with one talking about a jobs plan and the other pledging to…
by - August 8, 2014 5:51 pm
Election Central: Senate Candidates Discuss Iraq Air Strikes
Roby Brock with Talk Business & Politics delivers Friday’s Election Central Daily Brief. CONGRESSIONALS SPEAK TO IRAQ AIR STRIKES Sen. Mark Pryor and Cong. Tom Cotton, both on the campaign trail…
by - August 8, 2014 3:09 pm
APEX Tool Group Closing Springdale Plant
The tool manufacturing facility is moving operations to South Carolina.
by - August 8, 2014 2:13 pm
Corps officials talk river priorities during three-hour Arkansas River tour
Fort Smith area business leaders, politicians and other local stakeholders got a first hand glimpse of the United States' largest diesel tugboat as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers brought…
by - August 8, 2014 11:26 am
First Security forecloses on Dennis Smiley home
The Pinnacle Country Club home of former Arvest Bank president Dennis Smiley will soon go on the auction block, with mortgage lenders First Security Bank and Arvest claiming rights to…
by - August 8, 2014 10:42 am
Arvest Settles with 18 of 20 Smiley Creditors
Arvest Bank has settled with 18 of the 20 lenders that claimed former Arvest-Benton County president and CEO Dennis Smiley owed them money on toxic loans granted to him on the bogus pledge of stock and stock options.
by - August 7, 2014 6:22 pm
APEX moving Springdale operations to South Carolina, 250 jobs lost
For the second time in a week, Northwest Arkansas’ manufacturing sector was handed a slap in the face as jobs are being moved elsewhere amid corporate consolidations. APEX Tool, formerly…
by - August 7, 2014 5:35 pm
National voter ‘engagement’ for GOP may not play out in Arkansas
A recent Pew Research study said Republicans nationwide have a clear electoral engagement advantage going into the November mid-term elections, but enthusiasm among likely Republican voters is lower than in…
by - August 7, 2014 5:14 pm
UAMS lands $2.1 million to study Marshallese community
A research team at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been approved for nearly $2.1 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study how to…