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Compliance Outsourcing Part II: Youre Not off the Hook (OPINION)

Address compliance issues when you begin talks with providers and consultants.

Retail Report: Cage-Free Eggs and SNAP Restrictions

National headlines from the retail world.

Retail Details: Generational Trends in Snacking

Trivia about hot topics in the retail industry.

Robot May Deliver Goods On UA Campus This Fall

A team at the University of Arkansas is working with Starship Technologies to test the robot, with hopes that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will use it for deliveries on campus.

Virtual Scale Coming to Check Big Rigs

The first virtual weight station in Arkansas will be located on Highway 64 near Alma.

App-Enabled Moving Service Sees Potential in Fayetteville Market

Bellhops, based in Tennessee, contracts college students for small- to medium-sized moving and lifting jobs.

Walmart Expands Its Grocery Pickup Service

The retailer says it will add 20 cities at the start of April and intends to add eight new markets by the end of the month.

HOG Clinical Research Advancing Cancer Treatment

Highland Oncology Group has been involved in hundreds of clinical trials over the years, researching treatments for lung, breast, ovarian and Hodgkin lymphoma cancers.

Dunkin Donuts to Add Four NWA Locations

The Northwest Arkansas franchise is under new ownership.

IDK? Caf Expands With Rogers Location

The restaurant is opening in the former Back Yard Burgers property on Pleasant Grove.

Van Buren Firm Hawkins-Weir Opens Office in Fayetteville

The firm was founded in 1980 and also has an office in Little Rock.

NanoMech of Springdale Secures $10 Million in Series C Funding

The investment came from Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, the corporate venturing subsidiary of Saudi Arabias national oil company.

Venture Development Company Plans to Open Office in China

VIC Technology Venture Development focuses on startups with strong technologies and voracious appetites for funding, so its no wonder the firm sees the market as a good fit.

Hotel Developer Invests $1.17M on South 48th Street in Springdale

Krushiker Hospitality Group Inc. operates six hotels, including the $12 million Hilton Garden Inn & Conference Center in Fayetteville.

Nursing Home Planned for Promenade Boulevard in Rogers

The facility will take the place of Bentonville Manor, located on South Main Street in Bentonville, and that property is planned for a four-story mixed-use development.

CPG Recruiter Weighs in on Newell Rubbermaids Jarden Acquisition

The $15.4 billion deal could impact the companies local offices.

Whistleblowers face retaliation, need better protections, summit leaders say

America’s first whistleblower law was passed July 30, 1778. Michael McCray, a Pine Bluff native who worked in President Bill Clinton’s Department of Agriculture, said it didn’t protect him. McCray…

Governor: 75% threshold too high, managed care can ‘simmer’, Kurrus decision won’t be reversed

Editor’s note: A video interview with Gov. Hutchinson appears at the bottom of this post. Gov. Asa Hutchinson says the 75% threshold to pass appropriations bills is too high, traditional…

Made in America: Delta Regional Authority hires four new regional economic development officers

Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. –––––––––––––– BMW OPENS UP NEW VEHICLE DISTRIBUTION FACILITY FOR FOUR-STATE…

Weekend Digest: The Tubman-on-the-$20, Susan B. Anthony and yada yada yada edition

SUNDAY TV PREVIEW On this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics, which airs Sundays at 9:30 a.m. on KATV Channel 7 in Central Arkansas and now in Northeast…

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