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UA Launches Website Documenting Expenses

Site is the result of recently passed legislation.

Program Aids Young Leaders in Family-Owned Businesses

Workshop stresses unity, use of individual talents.

KFSM Stays on Top in Ratings

CBS affiliate maintains lead in local news race.

ABF Enjoys Improved Performance Under McReynolds

CEO sees Asian markets as critical.

Its the Law, For Now (Opinion)

Healthcare fight is just beginning.

Fort Smith Banks on Liquid Highway

City’s prosperity is tied to river projects, many believe.

BlackBat Stakes Industry Claim

Longtime friends looking to establish company as a go-to brand.

Alliances Roadmap is Still Under Construction

Fayetteville and Fort Smith leaders are planning their second meeting in July.

Is the Supreme Court conservative?

Will the real U.S. Supreme Court please stand up? Impeccable liberal sources, including the editorial page of the New York Times, insist that the court is radically activist and conservative,…

Retailers’ sales little changed as luxury, discounters gain

U.S. retailers’ June same-store sales about matched analysts’ estimates, with luxury chains such as Saks Inc. and discounters like TJX Cos. topping expectations and stores targeting middle-income consumers trailing projections….

Visa, MasterCard moving closer on swipe-fee suit

Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc., the biggest payment networks, are prepared to settle a seven-year lawsuit brought by retailers to cut their credit-card costs later this month, three people briefed…

A&E Advisory for July 6-12: Opera and the art of fine living

EUREKA SPRINGS — I’ve jokingly said, “Where two or three gather … there also will be Dick Trammel.” Every occasion involves a good cause or good time. On Saturday, Trammel will…

A&P commission gets early look at hotel and its amenities

FAYETTEVILLE — The Fayetteville Advertising & Promotion Commission will be among the first to tour The Chancellor Hotel, currently undergoing a $16 million overhaul, just off the Fayetteville Square. Commissioners are…

Big Screen Peter: Beasts of the Southern Wild

Beasts of the Southern Wild is a stunning, unruly achievement. The movie bursts from the screen, both haunting and beautiful in ways rarely accomplished in film. And in so doing,…

Fearless at 19, Parker rides bulls

At roughly 5’ 4” tall, the petite, blonde Maggie Parker looks more like a rodeo queen than the fearless cowgirl she’s become. Out of Fort Gibson, Okla., the 19-year-old Parker…

U.S. jobless claims fall as hiring tops estimates

Fewer Americans filed first-time claims for unemployment insurance payments and companies added more workers than forecast, easing concern the labor market is faltering further. Applications for jobless benefits fell 14,000…

Lt. Gov. Darr questions ethics reform motives

Lt. Gov. Mark Darr, a Republican, said Thursday he questions the motives of those pushing a proposed ethics reform ballot initiative. Speaking during the taping of The City Wire Show,…

AFL-CIO to push ‘Bring Jobs Home Act’

Labor unions formed in the United States during the 1870s. Close to 150 years later, the Democratic Party has been credited as the political party that champions their cause. But…

Walgreens buys PIne Bluff-based USA Drug

Walgreen Co. announced Thursday (July 5) that it has entered into an agreement to purchase USA Drug Stores, a regional drugstore chain in the mid-South owned by Stephen L. LaFrance…

UA asks A&P for $1 million to help with performance hall

FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas is asking the Fayetteville Advertising & Promotions Commission for $1 million, payable over three years, to help convert its historic field house into a much-needed…

Arkansas to lead National Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeship expansion

The Supply Side: Boomer generation concedes spending power to young consumers

2nd cohort of new lithium accelerator shows innovations in Bentonville

Weekly wages up 4.2% in Arkansas, Benton County leads with 13.4% wage gain