by - November 14, 2016 3:04 pm
Southwest Airlines begins flights to Cuba
Southwest Airlines of Dallas on Sunday (Nov. 13) began service between South Florida and Cuba, with aims to offer several flights per day between the two regions by the end…
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by - November 14, 2016 2:50 pm
E-commerce continues to play a larger role in retailers’ Black Friday, holiday game plans
Retail giant Walmart U.S. will kick off its digital Black Friday sales in Arkansas at 11:01 p.m. the night before Thanksgiving Day, three hours earlier than last year. On the…
by - November 14, 2016 2:03 pm
Tax Foundation recommends Arkansas tax code overhaul, House Speaker Gillam says ready for reform
After the release of a university research report backed by the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation, Arkansas House Speaker Jeremy Gillam said Monday (Nov. 14) he looks forward to addressing meaningful…
by - November 14, 2016 1:37 pm
Wall Street expects Wal-Mart to report reduced third quarter earnings, 1% revenue gain
Margin compression and increased spending on e-commerce capabilities is expected to dampen Wal-Mart Stores’ third quarter earnings by about 7% compared to a year ago. The retail behemoth is expected…
by - November 14, 2016 10:55 am
CS&L expands into Latin America, announces third quarter loss of $4.1 million
Communications Sales & Leasing on Monday announced plans to expand its wireless tower network into Latin America even as the Little Rock-based real estate investment trust (REIT) reported another quarterly…
by - November 14, 2016 12:21 am
Money Talk: Kansas bank expands into Arkansas with acquisition of Harrison’s Community First Bank
Editor’s note: Each Monday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Money Talk,” a wrap-up of banking and financial news. –––––––––––––––– KANSAS COMMUNITY BANK EXPANDS FOOTPRINT INTO ARKANSAS WITH ACQUISITION OF HARRISON’S…
by - November 13, 2016 9:05 pm
Tusk to Tail: With politics and football … sometimes all you can do is move forward
story by David Rice Editor’s note: Welcome to the fifth season of Tusk to Tail – the sport of tailgating as organized, performed and perfected by a group of Hog…
by - November 13, 2016 5:14 pm
Volunteering should be part of the business plan
Editor’s note: Ruth Whitney is founder and CEO of InVeritas, a global public affairs firm. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted in this space are wholly the view of the…
by - November 13, 2016 9:47 am
Lt. Gov. Griffin: 2016 election ‘completing the picture’ of desire for change
Lt. Governor Tim Griffin, R-Ark., said the 2016 election cycle can be viewed as the completion of a wave of voter discontent that began in 2010. Griffin, appearing on Sunday’s…
by - November 13, 2016 7:43 am
Made in America: Lockheed completes successful test of U.S. military’s new tactical missile system, made in Camden
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. –––––––––––––– LOCKHEED COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL TEST OF U.S. MILITARY’S NEW TACTICAL…
by - November 12, 2016 9:58 am
Weekend Digest: The No Vacancy, Dak for MVP, TrumpWorld edition
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 - November 11, 2016 4:57 pm
Wal-Mart welcomes veterans to its Bentonville headquarters in honor of Veterans Day
Wal-Mart Stores CEO Doug McMillon on Friday asked Hoyt Williams, a 93-year-old World War II veteran who works as a greeter in Trion, Ga., if he had any advice for…
by - November 11, 2016 3:43 pm
Buffalo River council to seek public input on watershed plan
A series of public meetings are planned to gain feedback on the development of a Buffalo River Watershed Management Plan. It’s the first step taken by the Beautiful Buffalo River…
by - November 11, 2016 3:26 pm
Bentonville, Fayetteville architecture firms “joining forces”
AFHJ Architects, the oldest active architecture firm in Fayetteville, has joined with Bentonville-based Harrison French & Associates (HFA), the largest architecture and engineering firm in Northwest Arkansas, according to…
by - November 11, 2016 3:02 pm
Former Arkansas State University chancellor reimburses school for double dip travel expenses
Embattled former Arkansas State University Chancellor Tim Hudson charged the university for expenses during his trips to Queretaro, Mexico, to establish an ASU branded campus there. An audit revealed he…
by - November 11, 2016 2:57 pm
Top logistics exec at Walmart U.S. to retire in January
Chris Sultemeier, executive vice president of logistics for Walmart U.S., will retire Jan. 31 – the end of the company’s fiscal year. The announcement was made by Wal-Mart Stores CEO…
by - November 11, 2016 1:55 pm
Start-ups pitch businesses to angel investors at the Natural State Angel Association meeting
Four entrepreneurs pitched investment in their companies to about 30 angel investors and others at the Natural State Angel Association (NSAA) gathering on Thursday (Nov. 10). The NSAA, a program…
by - November 11, 2016 11:42 am
Bentonville Plaza, surrounding land sold to Oklahoma City investor for $56.8 million
An Oklahoma-based investor has paid $56.8 million to acquire the nine-story Bentonville Plaza office building and 16 additional acres, near the the headquarters of Wal-Mart Stores. Square Deal Capital Inc.,…
by - November 11, 2016 11:09 am
Gov. Hutchinson tells plans to advance state cycling industry
Five-hundred cyclists from throughout the world landed in Bentonville on Thursday (Nov. 10) for the International Mountain Bicycling Association World Summit, and Gov. Asa Hutchinson took the opportunity to announce…
by - November 11, 2016 8:16 am
Riff Raff: A Veterans Day remembrance
Editor’s note: This essay about my grandfather, Raymond Evans, was first published November 2002. Raymond Evans died Dec. 6, 2008. There is no expiration on the need to remember Veterans…