by - June 20, 2012 4:29 pm
Shane Acosta, complex general manager of Cargill in Springdale was named the “2012 Industry Leader of the Year” by The Poultry Federation during the 53rd Annual Poultry Festival. The festival…
by - June 20, 2012 4:24 pm
BLOOMBERG — On four separate occasions last year, Horst Paulmann, the billionaire supermarket mogul who controls Santiago-based Cencosud SA, sat down with members of the Cunha family of Rio de…
by - June 20, 2012 3:54 pm
Enplanements at Arkansas’ three largest commercial airports are trending higher in 2012, mirroring a federal report issued Wednesday (June 20) showing a 3.4% gain during the first quarter in total…
by - June 20, 2012 3:23 pm
Beef U.S. beef packer margins averaged nearly $21 per head last week, but had risen to $47 by Wednesday (June 20) on lower cattle prices, according to Hedgers Edge. June…
by - June 20, 2012 2:42 pm
BLOOMBERG — The Federal Reserve will expand its program to replace short-term bonds with longer-term debt by $267 billion through the end of 2012 as policy makers lowered their outlook…
by - June 20, 2012 2:20 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — It would be interesting to know how many concertgoers at the Daughtry show Tuesday night (June 19) know or remember that lead singer and frontman Chris Daughtry was an…
by - June 20, 2012 1:56 pm
The first ARK Challenge garnered 83 applicants seeking one of 15 positions in a 14-week entrepreneurial boot camp, according to a statement from the Northwest Arkansas Council. “We’re seeing some…
by - June 20, 2012 9:31 am
Entrepreneurship is alive and well in Arkansas, but it is requiring a more dynamic entrepreneurial mentality and environment to develop the next generation of start-ups. From traditional businesses in new…
by - June 20, 2012 7:26 am
Summer is upon us and many families will be heading out on their annual vacations. As a kid, we did not take true vacations … we never went out of…
by - June 20, 2012 12:12 am
There’s nothing sexy about selling dependable cars to hardworking people in small- to medium-size towns across the South. But one Bentonville-based company is raking in record profits by doing just…
by - June 19, 2012 6:35 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — In the days when Fayetteville’s vibrant live music scene was dominated by locals, Jed Clampit was a marquee performer. On any given weekend, you could see him at George’s…
by - June 19, 2012 6:14 pm
The U.S. prides itself as the beacon of democracy, but it’s very likely no U.S. president has ever been elected by a majority of American adults. It’s our own fault…
by - June 19, 2012 5:38 pm
BLOOMBERG — Donations to the arts in the U.S. rose about 4.1% in 2011, to $13.1 billion, according to a report released June 18 by the Giving USA Foundation. Such…
by - June 19, 2012 5:26 pm
Richard “Dick” Bell, Arkansas’ Secretary of Agriculture, will leave his post on June 30. In a letter to Gov. Mike Beebe, Bell says he is leaving because he has accomplished…
by - June 19, 2012 5:23 pm
BLOOMBERG — Builders broke ground on more single-family houses for a third consecutive month in May and rising construction permits pointed to further gains, showing the residential real-estate market is…
by - June 19, 2012 4:50 pm
A sentence from the Cass Freight Index well summarizes a collection of reports that track economic health through trucking industry activity: “Overall, still positive growth, but many ups and downs.”…
by - June 19, 2012 4:30 pm
NorthWest Arkansas Community College Board of Trustees Chairman Alex Vasquez has named Randy Lawson, a former chairman of the Arkansas State Board of Education, to lead the search committee seeking…
by - June 19, 2012 9:45 am
Duane Highley was named as the new CEO of the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas in November 2011. Since coming on board with the state’s second largest electric utility, Highley has…
by - June 19, 2012 9:13 am
The Bridgewater Estates home of Bobby Petrino sold for $1.7 million.
by - June 19, 2012 8:58 am
The classical depiction of “getting an education” meant finishing high school, going to college, and picking up, at the very least, a bachelor’s degree. But a Georgetown University Center on…
