by - March 8, 2016 9:20 am
Preformed Line Products Company, which has a manufacturing facility in Rogers, Ark., has released both fourth quarter and full year financial results for 2015. The Ohio-based company posted a net…
by - March 8, 2016 9:20 am
Preformed Line Products Company, which has a manufacturing facility in Rogers, Ark., has released both fourth quarter and full year financial results for 2015. The Ohio-based company posted a net…
by - March 8, 2016 8:59 am
Editor’s note: The Arkansas Energy Report is produced monthly and is sponsored by the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/Associated Industries of Arkansas, and MISO (Midcontinent Independent System Operator). Talk Business…
by - March 8, 2016 8:39 am
BHP Billiton’s Fayetteville Shale operations posted a loss of $102 million in the second half of fiscal 2015 as the mining giant suspended its drilling operations and announced plans for…
by - March 8, 2016 8:30 am
Ozarks Electric Cooperative has reached five years without a lost workday accident. The milestone equates to more than 1.8 million working hours for a company that logs more than one…
by - March 8, 2016 8:30 am
Ozarks Electric Cooperative has reached five years without a lost workday accident. The milestone equates to more than 1.8 million working hours for a company that logs more than one…
by - March 8, 2016 7:51 am
The March/April issue of Talk Business & Politics magazine – with great features, interviews and commentaries – is hot off the press and headed to a mailbox near you. On…
by - March 7, 2016 7:54 pm
Editor’s note: This commentary is part of a collaboration between the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith and Talk Business & Politics. Dr. Eric Baker joined the UAFS faculty in…
by - March 7, 2016 7:46 pm
The Department of Human Services should be reorganized so that it takes an integrated approach rather than one marked by separate divisions that fail to communicate with each other or…
by - March 7, 2016 6:52 pm
Craighead County Election Commission Chairman Jeannette Robertson said Monday (March 7) that the fate of two ballots cast by convicted felons will be decided at a meeting Friday (March 11)…
by - March 7, 2016 6:43 pm
A divided Health Reform Legislative Task Force on Monday (March 7) could not agree on whether to endorse a managed care model or a “managed fee for service” model for…
by - March 7, 2016 6:27 pm
With industry wage pressures growing, Fort Smith-based OK Foods is raising its base pay rate to $10 per hour impacting more than 2,500 workers in its poultry processing plants. The…
by - March 7, 2016 5:58 pm
Timothy J. O’Donnell was named vice chancellor for finance and administration at the University of Arkansas effective March 1, after leading the division in an interim capacity since July 1,…
by - March 7, 2016 5:58 pm
Timothy J. O’Donnell was named vice chancellor for finance and administration at the University of Arkansas effective March 1, after leading the division in an interim capacity since July 1,…
by - March 7, 2016 4:58 pm
Grocery continues to be the hot spot for retail giant Walmart in the U.S. comprising an estimated $167.048 billion in sales revenue last year, and 56% of Walmart U.S. sales…
by - March 7, 2016 3:59 pm
The transportation and logistics sectors are often viewed as bellwethers for the overall economy and if that’s the case 2016 doesn’t look so rosy – which an Arkansas-based logistics company…
by - March 7, 2016 3:25 pm
The American Farm Bureau Federation and a host of other agricultural stakeholders recently unveiled a new data repository that supporters say will give farmers ultimate control over the ever-increasing business…
by - March 7, 2016 3:22 pm
The Health Reform Legislative Task Force voted 10-2, with four abstaining, Monday to endorse Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s continuation of the private option, known as “Arkansas Works.” Legislators voted on a…
by - March 7, 2016 10:09 am
The loss of the private option would have a $757 million impact on the state budget from 2017-21, legislators were told Monday morning. Stephen Palmer with The Stephen Group, the…
by - March 7, 2016 6:31 am
Gary Dowdy has been selected to lead the FinTech Accelerator program at the Venture Center in Little Rock, which kicks off its inaugural program this year. The FinTech Accelerator is…
