by - October 14, 2015 4:07 pm
Economic development can go hand in hand with agriculture serving as a key part of the region’s future, several farm capital business owners said Wednesday (Oct. 14). U.S. Rep. Rick…
by - October 14, 2015 3:51 pm
The fact that Arkansas State University owns an undivided one-half interest in any or all oil, gas and other minerals that may be under the ground at a proposed convention…
by - October 14, 2015 2:07 pm
A new report from the Federal Reserve shows that Arkansas borrowers have shown a willingness to take on more risk, but are still acting more cautiously in today’s environment than…
by - October 14, 2015 1:14 pm
Imagine walking through Park Plaza Mall in Little Rock and receiving an alert on your smart phone. It seems the shirt you were wanting at the Gap is on sale….
by - October 14, 2015 11:33 am
Former Arkansas Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller (R) joins William Dillard II, Dr. George Mitchell and Patricia Upton to be inducted into the 2016 class of the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame….
by - October 14, 2015 9:42 am
Editor’s note: Story updated with changes and additions throughout. Wall Street did not like what Wal-Mart execs had to say on Wednesday (Oct. 14) about the heavy investments in people,…
by - October 14, 2015 7:17 am
Net income at Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services rose 12.4% to $115.1 million for the third quarter of 2015 ending Sept. 30 compared to $102.4 million earned in the year-ago…
by - October 14, 2015 12:09 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. KAISER FOUNDATION…
by - October 13, 2015 9:07 pm
A Talk Business & Politics story that ran Oct. 7 headlined, “Legislators learn Medicaid, private option serving out-of-staters, dead,” incorrectly reported that The Stephen Group consulting firm had found that…
by - October 13, 2015 6:15 pm
Arkansas Education Commissioner Johnny Key said Tuesday that a department of education announcement last week saying end-of-the-year testing showed a majority of students being “on track for college and career…
by - October 13, 2015 6:08 pm
The state is appealing to the Arkansas Supreme Court a decision by Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffin staying the executions of eight death row inmates whose appeals have been…
by - October 13, 2015 6:05 pm
Bank of the Ozarks reported third quarter earnings of 52 cents a share, easily besting year ago results of 40 cents. However, the fast-growing Little Rock regional bank came in…
by - October 13, 2015 4:30 pm
While most U.S. businesses have been shut out of Cuba for 55 years, Arkansas’ poultry industry has exported broiler meat to the tiny island nation for more than a decade….
by - October 13, 2015 4:19 pm
The table was filled with city and county officials Tuesday (Oct. 13) as a deal between officials on a solution for district court funding remains on the table for now….
by - October 13, 2015 1:23 pm
In a presentation to Wall Street investors last month, the head of BHP Billiton’s global petroleum operations said the Australian mining giant’s dry gas assets in the Fayetteville Shale play could support production for another 50 years.
by - October 13, 2015 12:52 pm
A long-simmering financial dispute over how two of the nation’s largest grid operators use available capacity on each other’s energy transmission systems has finally come to an end after several…
by - October 13, 2015 7:37 am
Monthly and quarterly severance tax collections in Arkansas at the end of September have declined to levels not seen in several years as wellhead prices for natural gas have brought drilling activity in the Natural State to a virtual standstill.
by - October 13, 2015 6:33 am
Editor’s note: Each Tuesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Campus Talk,” a recap and deep-dive into education topics in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here….
by - October 12, 2015 7:44 pm
The money invested as part of an economic development corporation will help the city of Jonesboro compete in a larger worldwide economic playing field, supporters of a proposed one-cent sales tax say.
by - October 12, 2015 7:03 pm
Craighead County officials will begin Tuesday building a financial roadmap with officials hoping not to face any proverbial potholes. County Judge Ed Hill announced Monday (Oct. 12) that five justices…
