by - June 17, 2015 3:07 pm
Home BancShares, Inc., parent company of Centennial Bank, and Florida Business BancGroup, Inc., parent company of Bay Cities Bank headquartered in Tampa, Florida, announced merger plans in a transaction valued…
by - June 17, 2015 1:28 pm
As part of his trade mission to Europe, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday visited Düsseldorf, Germany where he attended the METEC Trade Fair. During his time in Düsseldorf, the governor…
by - June 17, 2015 8:37 am
The San Jose, Calif., area was named the top advanced manufacturing hub in the U.S. for its deep engagement with research and development and STEM workers to drive the city’s…
by - June 17, 2015 8:33 am
Devon Ramsey, 19, has a great job. He’s just barely one year out of high school, making well over $75,000 a year, has a new truck, no student loan debt and is investigating retirement plans. But he’s frustrated by an education system he says needs more emphasis on skilled trades.
by - June 17, 2015 7:39 am
The Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub and Startup Junkie Consulting announced Wednesday that they have entered into a collaborative partnership to work with early-stage startup business ventures across the state. Through…
by - June 17, 2015 5:28 am
A proposal for the city of Jonesboro to adopt a property maintenance code heads back to the drawing board with people on both sides of the debate wanting something different…
by - June 17, 2015 5:25 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. SUPREME COURT…
by - June 17, 2015 4:29 am
Beth Hunt with our content partner, KATV Ch. 7 News, reports: Rep. Justin Harris, R-West Fork, will not seek re-election for another term in the Arkansas legislature. You may remember…
by - June 16, 2015 7:18 pm
The work of a Jonesboro entrepreneurial group will be featured Wednesday at Little Rock’s weekly 1 Million Cups series. Officials with Forge Arkansas will talk at the 9 a.m. Wednesday…
by - June 16, 2015 3:36 pm
Arkansas may score another superproject coup if a full-scale gas-to-liquids (GTL) processing refining facility developed by two former top Clinton administration officials – Gen. Wesley Clark and Rodney Slater –…
by - June 16, 2015 1:42 pm
Executives with Clean Line Energy Partners LLC and the Paris-based Seves Group recently announced a deal to locate a glass insulator manufacturing plant in West Memphis that would support a…
by - June 16, 2015 1:08 pm
Best Association Management, an association management company located in Little Rock has been awarded the contract to manage the Arkansas Society of Association Executives (ASAE). The ASAE board began a…
by - June 16, 2015 11:04 am
A regional group of investors will meet Thursday night to discuss issues and hear from a fellow inventor. Jim Melescue, president of The Inventors Club of Northeast Arkansas said Tuesday…
by - June 16, 2015 12:15 am
The Arkansas Lottery Scholarship program may be struggling to make ends meet, but in the the past five years the 43 Arkansans who were million dollar winners through the program should have been able to tie up all loose financial ends.
by - June 16, 2015 12:10 am
Although the Great Recession is in the rear view mirror, there are still more than 4 million U.S. homeowners who owe the bank at least 20% more than their homes…
by - June 16, 2015 12:06 am
Only a half dozen years after the Great Recession, the auto industry is experiencing a strong resurgence in payrolls, and the industry is larger than you might realize in Arkansas.
by - June 16, 2015 12:05 am
Wal-Mart’s corporate reputation lags almost all of its competitors according to a new report published by the Reputation Institute for U.S. retailers in 2015. The Bentonville-based retailer has never been…
by - June 16, 2015 12:01 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 - June 15, 2015 4:51 pm
Environment & Energy Publishing reports that former Arkansas Public Service Commission chairwoman Colette Honorable wants to see her current employer, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), play a supportive role…
by - June 15, 2015 4:31 pm
Editor’s note: Bruce Johanson, co-owner with his twin brother Blair of Johanson Consulting Inc. of Fayetteville, recently sat down with Talk Business & Politics contributor Scott McClymonds of CEO Velocity…
