by - June 5, 2015 6:29 am
Wal-Mart has hired Greg Hitt as the new lead spokesman and vice president for corporate communications, a role where he is tasked with being the leader in working with media…
by - June 5, 2015 6:24 am
Retail giant Wal-Mart and its Sam’s Club division have spent much of the past two days explaining to the media gathered in Northwest Arkansas for shareholders week the importance of…
by - June 5, 2015 6:11 am
Editor’s note: Each Friday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Energy In-depth,” a round-up of energy and regulatory news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here….
by - June 4, 2015 7:37 pm
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a landmark report on hydraulic fracturing Thursday that the oil and gas industry is hailing as a victory for its environmental stewardship.
by - June 4, 2015 7:26 pm
A company that operates a call center in Jonesboro is looking to hire at least 120 people over the next several weeks to fill a variety of jobs. Officials with…
by - June 4, 2015 7:17 pm
The Arkansas Agriculture Department entered into a cooperative agreement Thursday with the USDA, Agriculture Marketing Service for the allocation of organic certification cost share funds. The USDA National Organic Certification…
by - June 4, 2015 4:27 pm
Lockheed Martin rival Oshkosh Corp. may have received a boost to its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) bid when the U.S. Army announced Wednesday, (June 3) that it plans to…
by - June 4, 2015 4:20 pm
Driven by Millennial needs and desires, a new auto industry alliance will push the limits for how smart a smart car can be.
by - June 4, 2015 4:15 pm
Jacob Kauffman with our content partner KUAR FM 89.1 News reports: Whether or not it is legal to openly carry firearms in Arkansas continues to be mired in uncertainty two…
by - June 4, 2015 3:59 pm
The trade group representing Arkansas county government announced a new hire and shift in job responsibilities. Josh Curtis has been named governmental affairs director of the Association of Arkansas Counties…
by - June 4, 2015 3:58 pm
Last week, Governor Asa Hutchinson’s first special session started off well with a photo-friendly press conference and a large gaggle of elected officials supporting the Lockheed Martin bond proposal. Unfortunately,…
by - June 4, 2015 3:20 pm
Talk Business & Politics latest “pure politics” podcast is out and available for download. This week, TB&P’s Jessica DeLoach Sabin and Roby Brock discuss a variety of topics, including: State…
by - June 4, 2015 1:01 pm
The vast majority of companies in the United States want to be on the Fortune 500 list. And for the second year in a row, an Arkansas-based company is the…
by - June 4, 2015 12:49 pm
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free…
by - June 3, 2015 8:07 pm
If there is a measure for how focused Wal-Mart is on using technology to dig deeper into the pockets of consumers, this may be it: 2,500 Wal-Mart employees at “labs” in California and Bentonville test as many as 100 ideas each day.
by - June 3, 2015 5:35 pm
The new Walmart U.S. executive team told more than 3,000 of its employees that it’s listening to their concerns. In response to thousands of emails Walmart U.S. CEO Greg Foran…
by - June 3, 2015 5:04 pm
Since Entergy Arkansas Inc. (EAI) announced on April 24 that it had filed a request with the state Public Service Commission to raise average electric bills by $13 a month,…
by - June 3, 2015 3:48 pm
There’s tremendous startup activity in Arkansas. In the northwest, the Walmart-fueled economy is generating dozens of shopper marketing services and tech companies every year. UAF researchers are producing innovative science…
by - June 3, 2015 2:50 pm
Content partner KUAR FM 89.1 News reports: The U.S. Coast Guard kept a 2-mile section of the Arkansas River near Little Rock, Ark., closed to navigation Wednesday, following the rupture…
by - June 3, 2015 2:39 pm
Former Gov. Mike Huckabee returned to Northeast Arkansas to talk about his presidential campaign and key issues as part of a fundraising swing he’s making across Arkansas.
