by - May 20, 2015 5:42 pm
More than 7.7 million people worldwide are now employed by the renewable energy industry, with solar photovoltaic (PV) being the largest renewable energy employer with 2.5 million jobs worldwide. What does it mean for Arkansas?
by - May 20, 2015 2:48 pm
Acxiom Corp. announced that it is getting out of the IT services business as the Little Rock technology company continues to streamline its operations to focus on its core marketing…
by - May 20, 2015 1:33 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson today made the official call for legislators to meet in special session beginning May 26 to vote on helping lure the military’s new Joint Light Tactical Vehicle production facility to Camden. But there will be more to discuss.
by - May 20, 2015 8:16 am
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge joined with the Federal Trade Commission and 58 law enforcement partners from every state and the District of Columbia charging four sham cancer charities and…
by - May 20, 2015 12:49 am
Four in 10 Americans are spending savings from lower gasoline prices on necessities such as groceries or rent, according to Bankrate.com’s monthly Financial Security index released Monday, echoing recent state…
by - May 20, 2015 12:45 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. REPORT: EMPLOYER-SPONSORED…
by - May 20, 2015 12:42 am
Paige Gibson was one of about 50 people to show up at the Cooper Alumni Center at Arkansas State University Tuesday night to talk about Common Core. Gibson and several…
by - May 19, 2015 8:15 pm
The latest podcast edition of Talk Business & Politics is available. On this week’s agenda: Memorial Day economics Camden superproject session Wal-Mart’s Q1 earnings Gov. Hutchinson’s Silicon Valley trip The…
by - May 19, 2015 7:14 pm
KATV’s Marine Glisovic reports: $4.8 million of our tax dollars has been wasted by the Department of Human Services with no product to show for it. Following an audit in…
by - May 19, 2015 5:44 pm
The Iron Yard aims to develop new candidates for Arkansas’ tech workforce in just 12 short weeks. What’s on tap for the new Little Rock school?
by - May 19, 2015 5:22 pm
Faced with the expiration of the federal highway funding law and the impending insolvency of the federal Highway Trust Fund, the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday passed the stopgap Highway…
by - May 19, 2015 5:19 pm
Five Arkansas companies were winners of the 2015 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Global Trade. The award honors companies for their leadership in exporting goods and services worldwide. This year’s…
by - May 19, 2015 4:04 pm
Regnat Populus, the citizens group whose efforts led to the passage of the so-called ethics amendment in 2014, and other groups will attempt to pass an initiated act requiring Arkansas…
by - May 19, 2015 11:43 am
In the 1950’s, American schools began to offer college-level courses and exams to high school students with the idea that such academic challenges would provide students with an idea of…
by - May 19, 2015 9:01 am
The Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. (AECC) has secured another long-term agreement for more wind power, this time purchasing 108 megawatts of wind energy from the planned Drift Sand Wind Farm….
by - May 19, 2015 6:21 am
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by - May 19, 2015 5:22 am
Improved comp store sales and a 17% increase in global e-commerce sales were just about the only highlights of the first quarter earnings report from Wal-Mart Stores. First fiscal quarter…
by - May 18, 2015 8:02 pm
Rising pump prices apparently won’t deter Arkansas travelers and other vacationers across the nation from hitting the busy roads heading into the upcoming Memorial Day weekend.
by - May 18, 2015 5:48 pm
There should be little doubt Arkansas’ travel and tourism industry is doing well. Sector employment set a new record high in February and collections of the state’s 2% tourism tax set new collection records in January and February.
by - May 18, 2015 5:38 pm
KATV Ch. 7’s Marine Glisovic reports: A Pulaski County judge is asking the Bureau of Indian Affairs to reject a request from the Quapaw Tribe. The Tribe submitted an application…
