Northwest Arkansas

by The City Wire staff -

Pinnacle Foods acquires Wish-Bone brand

Pinnacle Foods said it will pay $580 million for the Wish-Bone salad dressings business from Uniever. “The acquisition of Wish-Bone is a perfect fit with our successful strategy of ‘Reinvigorating…

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UA lands top 10 in royalty revenue

For the first time in school history, the University of Arkansas has finished in the Collegiate Licensing Company’s (CLC) top-10 selling institutions based on royalties generated from officially licensed products….

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Mowers, bullets and jobs

I've participated in lots of job announcements as Governor. The ones that seem to generate the most buzz and excitement are those that welcome a new business to Arkansas. I…

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Lottery ticket turmoil

The next step in the embarrassing theft scheme unearthed at the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery looks like an outdoor fracas between two drunken red-necks. Lots of yelling or posturing for action….