by - August 8, 2016 3:53 pm
The Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM) is a year away from opening its doors to its inaugural class of 150, but there is already activity on the sprawling 227-acre…
by - August 8, 2016 3:28 pm
The Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI), a research center on the Arkansas Children’s Hospital campus, has received a $9.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to create a…
by - August 8, 2016 3:07 pm
Wal-Mart’s $3.3 billion pending acquisition of Jet.com includes new leadership for the retail giant’s e-commerce business in the coming months, according to Wal-Mart Stores CEO Doug McMillon. McMillon said during…
by - August 8, 2016 11:22 am
After 72 years of ownership, the Witt Stephens family is selling Fort Smith-based Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corp. to Summit Utilities, a company founded in 1996 that has operations in Colorado,…
by - August 8, 2016 11:00 am
Thousands of travelers on Delta Airlines’ inbound and outbound flights in Little Rock, Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) and Fort Smith faced uncertainty and were left scrambling to find other…
by - August 8, 2016 9:57 am
The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA) will soon have its first location in Arkansas as the Bentonville-Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce will offer its first YEA class this fall. The Chamber…
by - August 8, 2016 8:29 am
CenterPoint Energy, which reported a second quarter loss of $2 million, announced on Friday that it has completed its six-month evaluation and decided not to pursue forming a Real Estate…
by - August 8, 2016 8:29 am
CenterPoint Energy, which reported a second quarter loss of $2 million, announced on Friday that it has completed its six-month evaluation and decided not to pursue forming a Real Estate…
by - August 8, 2016 6:54 am
Editor’s note: Story updated with numerous additions and changes throughout. –––––––––––––––– Wal-Mart Stores is expediting its move into e-commerce and its pursuit of Amazon with a $3.3 billion deal to…
by - August 8, 2016 6:32 am
Fiscal third quarter earnings for Tyson Foods blew past market expectations and some of the company’s records with $484 million in net income and $9.403 billion in revenue. The company’s…
by - August 8, 2016 5:55 am
Editor’s note: Each Monday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Money Talk,” a wrap-up of banking and financial news. –––––––––––––––– IRS NOTES UPCOMING CHANGES TO INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS The Internal Revenue…
by - August 7, 2016 4:34 pm
Editor’s note: Justin Allen is a partner with the Little Rock-based law firm of Wright Lindsey Jennings. He leads the firm’s governmental relations group. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted…
by - August 7, 2016 8:53 am
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., says he’s unsure if Iran is owed more money from the U.S. government and the first-term GOP senator defended Donald Trump as a better potential…
by - August 7, 2016 6:59 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. –––––––––––––– MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF MANAGERS IN 2015 WERE WOMEN…
by - August 6, 2016 10:37 am
A death call led Shelby Armstrong to her calling in life. Her father, Dr. Larry Armstrong, wanted her to sit-in while he consulted with a family that was about to…
by - August 6, 2016 7:06 am
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 - August 5, 2016 7:24 pm
Arkansas Children’s Hospital has officially launched a $70 million capital building campaign for the new hospital under construction in Springdale. The campaign, “Care Close to Home,” has already garnered $53…
by - August 5, 2016 4:51 pm
A proposed constitutional amendment that would allow the Legislature to set limits on non-economic damages and would limit attorneys’ fees has collected enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. In…
by - August 5, 2016 3:32 pm
Trump, Obama, Iran and federal Graduate Medical Education (GME) funding were topics Friday (Aug. 5) as U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., toured the newly constructed Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine…
by - August 5, 2016 1:47 pm
The office of Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday (Aug. 5) announced the following appointments: Matthew Flemister, Little Rock, to the Child Welfare Agency Review Board. Appointment expires March 3, 2019….
