by - July 8, 2015 8:43 pm
Nathan LaFrance, who won 2% of the vote running for U.S. Senate as a Libertarian in 2014, announced on Facebook Wednesday that he is campaigning for the 3rd District congressional…
by - July 8, 2015 3:25 pm
Wal-Mart officials opened the second day of their manufacturing summit with a video of legendary co-founder Sam Walton saying in a speech years ago that “buying American-made products should be…
by - July 8, 2015 12:15 pm
The American Taekwondo Association International tournament began this week in Little Rock. ATA estimates 20,000 people will generate nearly $5 million for the greater Little Rock economy during the World…
by - July 8, 2015 10:05 am
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services won’t deny doctors’ wrongly coded Medicare claims in a new coding system for a year as long as the claims are in the right family of codes, but Arkansas doctors aren’t out of the woods yet.
by - July 8, 2015 9:48 am
This week, the Department of Labor published a proposed rule to extend overtime protections to nearly 5 million white collar workers, which the Obama administration says is a critical first…
by - July 8, 2015 6:49 am
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by - July 8, 2015 6:31 am
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up of health-related topics in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here. FITCH: U.S….
by - July 7, 2015 9:04 pm
The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal court to accept a consent decree with oil giant ExxonMobil to resolve alleged violations of environmental regulations stemming from the 2013 crude oil spill from the Pegasus Pipeline in Mayflower.
by - July 7, 2015 8:17 pm
It’s the classic right time, right place story. Wal-Mart’s U.S. CEO Greg Foran just happened to be walking past the founders of Jarratt Industries, who didn’t hesitate to perform the classic elevator pitch. The rest is history.
by - July 7, 2015 7:24 pm
Sixty-two percent (62%) of respondents agreed with the U.S. Supreme Court’s King v. Burwell decision, even though many Americans were not paying close attention to the case, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation reported last week.
by - July 7, 2015 6:57 pm
Arkansas ended its fiscal year on June 30 with a nearly $200 million surplus, but lawmakers and the Governor aren’t unified in how to spend it yet.
by - July 7, 2015 4:24 pm
Furniture Factory Outlet is moving its corporate headquarters from Muldrow, Okla. to Fort Smith, locating operations in a 180,000-square-foot part of a former Whirlpool warehouse that is now owned by…
by - July 7, 2015 4:14 pm
TB&P Business Editor Wesley Brown and Editor-in-Chief Roby Brock debated a variety of topics on this week’s business podcast edition of Talk Business & Politics. Those topics include: Arkansas stocks…
by - July 7, 2015 1:16 pm
More economic development officials from around Arkansas are expected to attend the third year of the high-profile Walmart “Manufacturing Summit” now that it is being held in Bentonville.
by - July 7, 2015 1:10 pm
Kyle Tabor is one of the presenters at Wednesday morning’s 1 Million Cups event in downtown Little Rock. Tabor is the owner of Blue Sail Coffee, a popular hang out…
by - July 7, 2015 12:56 pm
When a word means something different to every person who uses it, the word essentially means nothing at all. That’s the plight of “brand” and “branding” these days. Hillary Clinton…
by - July 7, 2015 12:49 pm
Business legends Steve Jobs and Don Tyson did it, and their successors Tim Cook and Donnie Smith also do it. That is they dressed down, so to speak, as CEOs…
by - July 7, 2015 11:31 am
Six of Arkansas’ First Ladies are teaming up to say “yes to the dress.” On Tuesday at the Old State House museum, former Arkansas First Ladies Barbara Pryor, Gay White,…
by - July 7, 2015 10:53 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson Tuesday announced the creation of an interfaith summit to encourage faith-based communities to help find homes for foster care children and help departing inmates re-enter society. The…
by - July 7, 2015 10:49 am
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