by - June 12, 2016 8:22 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. –––––––––––––– ARKANSAS TO RECEIVE $200,000 IN GRANTS TO EXPAND, EXPEDITE…
by - June 10, 2016 6:52 pm
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 - June 10, 2016 4:42 pm
An electric cooperative in Northwest Arkansas is preparing to lay what it calls a 7,000-mile, “future-proof” fiber optics line, but the president and chairman of Aristotle says no technology is future…
by - June 10, 2016 4:33 pm
The office of Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced on Friday (June 10) the following appointments to state boards and commission. Dr. Deborah Mack, Bentonville, to the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy….
by - June 10, 2016 4:33 pm
The office of Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced on Friday (June 10) the following appointments to state boards and commission. Dr. Deborah Mack, Bentonville, to the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy….
by - June 10, 2016 9:31 am
It’s customary for directors for publicly traded companies to own stock in the business. But Wal-Mart Stores requires board members to own stock up to five-times the value of their…
by - June 10, 2016 6:07 am
Editor’s note: Each Friday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Energy In-depth,” a round-up of energy and regulatory news. ––––––––––––––––– U.S., MEXICO AND CANADA MOVE FORWARD ON NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY PACT…
by - June 9, 2016 9:33 pm
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is about to embark on a critical time for revenue, Dr. Dan Rahn, the school’s chancellor, told members of a newly formed…
by - June 9, 2016 7:50 pm
Dassault Systèmes, a unit of Paris-based aviation giant Dassault Group, announced Thursday (June 9) that rival Airbus Group is extending its use of the company’s 3D platform to its additive…
by - June 9, 2016 7:45 pm
An in-depth article in this week’s Wall Street Journal reports on how U.S. policymakers are coming up with new strategies to accelerate jobs and investment in the nation’s manufacturing infrastructure….
by - June 9, 2016 7:21 pm
Southwestern Energy Co. on Thursday announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Antero Resources Corp. to sell approximately 55,000 net acres of dormant natural gas acreage in…
by - June 9, 2016 6:39 pm
The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board has awarded scholarships to three students who will be attending Arkansas universities. The recipients were high school seniors and members of the Arkansas Association of Future Farmers…
by - June 9, 2016 6:39 pm
The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board has awarded scholarships to three students who will be attending Arkansas universities. The recipients were high school seniors and members of the Arkansas Association of Future Farmers…
by - June 9, 2016 12:53 pm
Despite concerns over the Zika virus in Brazil, the 2016 Summer Olympics must go on, said the state’s Department of Human Services director, who helped organize the 2002 Salt Lake…
by - June 9, 2016 12:50 pm
To combat a nationwide opioid epidemic, Arkansas should encourage or require e-prescribing of controlled substances, legislators were told Wednesday. Rory Rickett with The Stephen Group consulting firm told the Health…
by - June 9, 2016 7:25 am
Former President Bill Clinton will speak at the Democratic Party of Arkansas’ 35th Annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner July 15 at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock. The DPA made the announcement…
by - June 9, 2016 6:54 am
Michael Poore has packed up his office in Bentonville where he served as superintendent since 2011. He will soon transition into the role of superintendent for the academically challenged Little…
by - June 9, 2016 5:34 am
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news. ––––––––––––––– KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION STUDIES ECONOMIC IMPACT OF HIGH-GROWTH STARTUPS, ‘GAZELLES, CHEETAHS AND UNICORNS’…
by - June 8, 2016 7:38 pm
The last of two downtown buildings that were purchased by the Little Rock Technology Park Authority with a $17.1 million taxpayer-based financing package is expected to be demolished over the…
by - June 8, 2016 5:05 pm
The Department of Human Services is ending contracts at the end of this fiscal year that would have cost more than $174 million over the next seven years, though the…
