by - April 16, 2015 4:43 pm
The city of Caraway could one day become a “computer mecca,” with students learning the skills of computer coding and computer science, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Thursday. Hutchinson, who attended…
by - April 16, 2015 3:56 pm
Mike Duke, the former CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., has joined the global consumer and retail group of private equity firm The Carlyle Group. He will began work at Carlyle…
by - April 16, 2015 3:55 pm
Arkansas foreclosure activity continues to slow and is part of a national trend in which first quarter foreclosures were their lowest rate in 8 years, according to Irvine, Calif.,-based RealtyTrac.com….
by - April 16, 2015 3:51 pm
Northwest Arkansas apartments reached a new high in occupancy as 2015 began with apartment communities nearly full, reporting a 98% occupancy rate, according to the CBRE year end-2014 apartment market…
by - April 16, 2015 3:20 pm
Representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency regional office in Dallas spent an entire day in Little Rock listening to comments from Arkansans on the pros and cons of the federal…
by - April 16, 2015 9:34 am
Acquisition hungry Home Bancshares, parent company of Centennial Bank, on Thursday reported record first quarter profits of $31.1 million, or 46 cents per share, up 13.9% from first quarter profits…
by - April 16, 2015 9:28 am
Southwest Power Pool (SPP) announced Thursday that longtime local media relations executive David Avery has been appointed director of corporate communications for the local grid operator. Avery has more than…
by - April 16, 2015 7:09 am
Oral arguments in the case of State of West Virginia vs. Federal Environmental Protection Agency will begin at 9:00 a.m. today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District…
by - April 16, 2015 5:46 am
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free…
by - April 16, 2015 5:37 am
The local and regional executives of Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield presented a $250,000 grant to the Arkansas State University College of Nursing and Health Professions Wednesday morning in…
by - April 15, 2015 9:11 pm
Jacob Kauffman with our content partner, KUAR FM 89.1 News, reports: The Little Rock Port Authority decided Wednesday it will formally weigh-in on the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma’s attempt to…
by - April 15, 2015 8:36 pm
Former and current Arkansas Highway Commissioners Bobby Hopper and Dick Trammel, respectively, were part of a group of area officials who gathered Wednesday morning (April 15) to formally break ground…
by - April 15, 2015 5:56 pm
With Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Mike Preston, his new jobs boss, in attendance, the mood was celebratory at the formal groundbreaking for the $30-plus million new corporate headquarters for Fort Smith-based ArcBest.
by - April 15, 2015 4:34 pm
Southwind Milling, which is building a $32 million rice mill complex at the Port of Pine Bluff, said it has closed a deal with Luther King Capital Management, a Fort…
by - April 15, 2015 3:45 pm
The Arkansas Career Pathways Initiative announced a first of its kind study on Wednesday in an effort to analyze student data and the power of education to break the poverty…
by - April 15, 2015 3:44 pm
Analysts and retail experts say Wal-Mart, while focused on fresh grocery, customer service and employee relations, could also do better with its stagnant apparel division that represents about 7% of…
by - April 15, 2015 7:19 am
Entergy Arkansas announced plans Wednesday to add the state’s largest solar power plant to Arkansas’ growing energy mix by the end of the decade – if approved by the Arkansas…
by - April 15, 2015 7:18 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. ARKANSAS PRIVATE…
by - April 14, 2015 7:07 pm
Lt. Governor Tim Griffin on Tuesday announced details of the nine listening tour stops and five Little Rock hearings for the Governor’s Council on Common Core Review. The meetings are…
by - April 14, 2015 4:30 pm
Talk Business & Politics Business Editor Wesley Brown and Editor-in-Chief Roby Brock discuss the top business headlines of the last few weeks. Topics on this week’s agenda include: The start…
