by - April 17, 2017 9:19 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services saw first-quarter earnings rise 2% as load volume and contracts increased across its business segments. But income was affected by low customer rates as a result…
by - April 14, 2017 1:44 pm
Arkansas Children’s Research Institute received a $500,000 gift from the Ryan Gibson Foundation on Friday (April 14) to further cancer research within the precision medicine program. ACRI needed about $1.7…
by - April 14, 2017 11:34 am
A new Pinnacle Hills office building for upscale real estate firm Portfolio Luxury Real Estate is one of the agenda items to be considered Tuesday (April 18) at the next…
by - April 14, 2017 8:18 am
Chuck Hyde, CEO of Soderquist Leadership in Siloam Springs since 2010, is leaving the leadership development organization to pursue other opportunities, effective June 30. Hyde, 47, told Talk Business &…
by - April 13, 2017 6:25 pm
News of job cuts during 2017 from the region’s largest employer Wal-Mart Stores may become as familiar to Northwest Arkansas residents as orange barrels and interstate construction. The retail giant…
by - April 13, 2017 3:22 pm
Connie Guild, 52, pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday (April 13) to stealing more than $1 million from the Benton County government, and filing a false tax return. U.S. District…
by - April 12, 2017 2:41 pm
The now famous IBM Watson has helped connect cancer research at Fayetteville-based Highlands Oncology Group with research at Mayo Clinic, M.D. Anderson and other research capable clinics. Earlier this year…
by - April 11, 2017 5:04 pm
Visit Rogers is now working with destination digital marketers Miles Partnership of Sarasota, Fla., the organization announced March 24 at a Tourism Talk event at Pinnacle Hills Promenade mall. In…
by - April 11, 2017 3:35 pm
Willie Nelson & Family will headline a concert July 6 at the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion in Rogers, the AMP announced Tuesday (April 11). The Outlaw Music Festival Tour also…
by - April 11, 2017 12:25 pm
Pinnacle Country Club, the private club in Rogers whose core clientele is the executive set, has had a shakeup in its management team. Longtime golf professional Paul Eiserman left the…
by - April 11, 2017 10:58 am
The Center for Business and Economic Research in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas will host a quarterly economic update May 23 in Fayetteville….
by - April 11, 2017 10:33 am
Longtime Tyson Foods executive Doug Ramsey has been promoted to president of the company’s poultry division. He succeeds Noel White, who was who promoted to chief operations officer in February….
by - April 10, 2017 7:32 pm
The primary tenant of the culinary hub known as 8th Street Market in Bentonville has long been touted. “Brightwater: A Center for the Study of Food” is the culinary school…
by - April 10, 2017 3:53 pm
Members of Northwest Arkansas Young Entrepreneurs Academy competed in a pitch contest on April 5 at the Center for Collaboration in Bentonville. Eighth-grader Andres Villalobos of St. Vincent de Paul…
by - April 10, 2017 3:11 pm
Kelli Parker and Lisa Quinn shared their personal experiences as metastatic breast cancer patients at the second annual Metsquerade on Saturday (April 8). The women asked the 600 people in…
by - April 10, 2017 2:49 pm
More than 12,000 attended the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Northwest Arkansas Heart Walk on Saturday (April 8) at the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion in Rogers, according to the AHA. The…
by - April 10, 2017 2:38 pm
Fayetteville is working to develop an Energy Action Plan to “encourage and foster continued improvements in the climate and energy sector,” according to a news release. On Feb. 7, the…
by - April 6, 2017 5:53 pm
The new senior leadership team at Tyson Foods is tasked to build on the momentum of three years of record growth. President and CEO Tom Hayes is betting big on…
by - April 6, 2017 8:22 am
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the April 3 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
by - April 5, 2017 4:32 pm
Wal-Mart Stores is once again tiptoeing toward expansion plans in India, after pausing the past couple of years since the breakup of its partnership with Bharti. IGD Retail recently noted…
