by - April 11, 2016 10:36 am
Editor’s note: Each Monday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Money Talk,” a wrap-up of banking and financial news. –––––––––––––––– STUDENT LOAN DEBT HITS NEARLY $1.32 TRILLION, UP 6.8% FROM A…
by - April 11, 2016 10:10 am
Editor’s note: John Burris is a former member of the Arkansas Legislature. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted in this space are wholly the view of the author(s). They may…
by - April 10, 2016 8:59 am
U.S. Sen. John Boozman expects either Donald Trump or Ted Cruz to be the GOP nominee, will wait until a new President is sworn in to consider a Supreme Court…
by - April 10, 2016 8:58 am
The Arkansas State Senate Majority Leader said he expects to reach the 75% threshold for funding the governor’s Arkansas Works plan passed last week in a special session, and he…
by - April 10, 2016 7:34 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. –––––––––––––– CHINA MOST COMPETITIVE MANUFACTURING NATION, BUT U.S. TO TAKE…
by - April 9, 2016 9:49 am
The governor loves a good game of basketball and the sport provides an appropriate metaphor for his legislative week that included the special session on Arkansas Works. Early in the…
by - April 8, 2016 4:28 pm
SUNDAY 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 now in Northeast…
by - April 8, 2016 3:59 pm
A decision by a Northwest Arkansas poultry company to consolidate its front half deboning operation will bring 400 new jobs to Northeast Arkansas, company officials said Friday (April 8). Officials…
by - April 8, 2016 3:27 pm
With the U.S. House out of town, Senate members spent this week discussing telecommunications and a Supreme Court nomination, and an Arkansas lawmaker traveled to Cuba this week on a…
by - April 8, 2016 1:00 pm
NewRoads Capital Partners of Bentonville has partnered with Los Angeles-based Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors to form Kayne NewRoad Ventures II that will build on the prior success of the two…
by - April 8, 2016 10:30 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed his Arkansas Works bill into law Friday. Now he just has to find five votes in the House and two votes in the Senate to fund…
by - April 8, 2016 8:18 am
Editor’s note: Each Friday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Energy In-depth,” a round-up of energy and regulatory news. ––––––––––––––––– CENTERPOINT SUBSIDIARY CLOSES DEAL TO ACQUIRE HOUSTON RETAIL ENERGY SERVICES FIRM CenterPoint Energy…
by - April 8, 2016 7:55 am
Logistics and shipping giant J.B. Hunt Transport has expanded job recruitment onto 11 military bases with a new hiring initiative known as Hunt’s Heroes. The company said the program offers…
by - April 8, 2016 7:55 am
Logistics and shipping giant J.B. Hunt Transport has expanded job recruitment onto 11 military bases with a new hiring initiative known as Hunt’s Heroes. The company said the program offers…
by - April 7, 2016 7:15 pm
Several farming experts from across the state said Thursday (April 7) during a panel discussion in Pine Bluff that the Arkansas Delta has a unique chance to capture opportunities in…
by - April 7, 2016 7:02 pm
Brian Monahan, the head of marketing for Walmart’s U.S. online business, exited the company April 1, after three years to return to NewCo, a company he co-founded in 2012. “We’re…
by - April 7, 2016 7:02 pm
Brian Monahan, the head of marketing for Walmart’s U.S. online business, exited the company April 1, after three years to return to NewCo, a company he co-founded in 2012. “We’re…
by - April 7, 2016 6:17 pm
Arkansas could soon become a hotspot for wedding destinations after a new study from The Knot revealed it to be the No. 4 most affordable state in the U.S. for…
by - April 7, 2016 6:00 pm
Barring any unusual legal moves, an almost five-year saga of discrimination and sexual harassment is over related to an odd two-year term of Republican Ken Blevins as Sebastian County Circuit…
by - April 7, 2016 5:36 pm
Rising from the East, online marketplace retailer Alibaba said its fiscal 2016 sales surpassed that of Wal-Mart Stores making it the world’s largest retailer by sales volume of merchandise. Alibaba…
