by - February 22, 2016 3:57 pm
Arkansas Farm Bureau President Randy Veach has been selected as president and chairman of the board of Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company. Veach, a third generation farmer from Manila,…
by - February 22, 2016 3:57 pm
Arkansas Farm Bureau President Randy Veach has been selected as president and chairman of the board of Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company. Veach, a third generation farmer from Manila,…
by - February 22, 2016 3:40 pm
Last week, Talk Business & Politics reported on a $3.7 billion potential liquids-to-gas (LTG) project that could locate in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Energy Security Partners, led by Arkansans Ret. General…
by - February 22, 2016 3:23 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) on Monday (Feb. 22) endorsed U.S. Sen, Marco Rubio for president, a day after the GOP Presidential candidate appeared at a campaign rally in Little Rock….
by - February 22, 2016 3:11 pm
The Hillary for Arkansas presidential campaign Monday announced a Leadership Council consisting of more than 150 members, including former Gov. Mike Beebe, former Sen. David Pryor, former Sen. Mark Pryor,…
by - February 22, 2016 3:11 pm
The Hillary for Arkansas presidential campaign Monday announced a Leadership Council consisting of more than 150 members, including former Gov. Mike Beebe, former Sen. David Pryor, former Sen. Mark Pryor,…
by - February 22, 2016 7:05 am
Editor’s note: Each Monday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Money Talk,” a wrap-up of banking and financial news. –––––––––––––––– WARREN STEPHENS CELEBRATES 30 YEARS AT THE HELM On Feb. 18, Stephens Inc….
by - February 21, 2016 8:39 pm
The firing of Fort Smith’s sanitation boss and the subsequent “discovery” of savings in the sanitation budget once again require us to compare what we hear from city officials to…
by - February 21, 2016 6:47 pm
Fresh off his second place finish in the South Carolina primary, Sen. Marco Rubio told an enthusiastic crowd at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock Sunday that the 2016…
by - February 21, 2016 9:59 am
U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs, says the Fourth Congressional District could benefit greatly from increased trade with Taiwan. He also says he may walk into the voting booth for…
by - February 21, 2016 8:37 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. OBAMA TO LEAD U.S. DELEGATION TO GERMANY INDUSTRIAL TRADE SHOW:…
by - February 20, 2016 9:24 pm
The battle for the White House continued Saturday night as Republican Donald Trump picked up a key primary win in South Carolina, Democrat Hillary Clinton did the same in Nevada…
by - February 20, 2016 3:03 pm
A discussion about appointing a new U.S. Supreme Court Justice, and “dark money” in Arkansas’ Supreme Court race were part of the discussion Saturday (Feb. 20) during a candidate forum…
by - February 20, 2016 11:36 am
Tyson Foods has spent the past three years trying to transform itself from a commodity-based meat protein producer into a global food company. Front and center in this Tyson Foods…
by - February 19, 2016 4:44 pm
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 Arkansas…
by - February 19, 2016 2:42 pm
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker on Friday, Feb. 19) submitted to Congress the first legislative reports required of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). The NNMI annual report…
by - February 19, 2016 1:28 pm
St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard this week criticized the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee’s normalization policy, calling it “unwise” to continue the central bank’s monetary policy for continued…
by - February 19, 2016 12:31 pm
International rig operator Transocean Ltd. has laid off 140 workers after El Dorado-based Murphy Oil Corp. canceled a deepwater rig contract that explores for oil and gas in the Gulf…
by - February 19, 2016 10:48 am
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced this week that the U.S. Department of Agriculture and partners across the nation will direct up to $720 million towards 84 conservation projects around the…
by - February 19, 2016 8:16 am
We are out of words. Out. Of. Words. The Video Wire is a collaboration between Talk Business & Politics and Things To Do In Fort Smith. …
