by - November 30, 2015 1:10 pm
Former Arvest Bank President for Benton County H. Dennis Smiley Jr., will be sentenced Jan. 21 at the Judge Isaac Parker Federal Courthouse in Fort Smith. U.S. District Court Judge…
by - November 30, 2015 9:49 am
Editor’s note: Each Monday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Money Talk,” a wrap-up of banking and financial news. FED CHAIRWOMAN GOES TO WASHINGTON, D.C.: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen will make two…
by - November 29, 2015 9:05 pm
story by David Rice Editor’s note: Welcome to the fourth season of Tusk to Tail – the sport of tailgating as organized, performed and perfected by a group of Hog…
by - November 29, 2015 10:00 am
Fresh off his 8-day trip to Japan and China, AEDC executive director Mike Preston said the announcement of a $1.36 billion agreement with Sun Paper Co. will not likely result…
by - November 29, 2015 10:00 am
On this week’s edition of Talk Business & Politics with Roby Brock, KATV’s Scott Inman and Jessica DeLoach Sabin joined the political roundtable and business editor Wes Brown discussed a…
by - November 29, 2015 8:33 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. MANUFACTURING ALLIANCE SAYS STRONG CONSUMER DEMAND WILL DRIVE JOB GAINS THROUGH 2017: Strong…
by - November 27, 2015 6:56 pm
TV PREVIEW On this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics with Roby Brock, which airs Sunday at 9:30 a.m. on KATV Ch. 7. Arkansas Economic Development Commission Executive…
by - November 25, 2015 12:21 pm
Despite Entergy Corp.’s recent announcement that its plans to take more than 2,000 megawatts (MW) of nuclear generating capacity off the grid by 2019, total U.S. nuclear capacity will increase…
by - November 25, 2015 11:40 am
Northwest Arkansas homebuilders and commercial construction crews were busy in September with building permits totaling $101.713 million in the region’s four largest cities, up 60.8% from the same month in…
by - November 25, 2015 11:38 am
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal office in Springdale will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 26, and Friday, Nov. 27, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. The office will reopen on…
by - November 25, 2015 9:46 am
There will be several Republican primaries in Craighead County, an almost complete reversal from 2014 when there were two Democratic primary races and just one Republican primary contest. The same…
by - November 24, 2015 8:53 pm
Members of the Health Reform Legislative Task Force are considering two options for changing how Arkansas administers its Medicaid system, said the task force’s chairman, Rep. Charlie Collins, R-Fayetteville, during…
by - November 24, 2015 8:38 pm
The Little Rock Technology Park Authority agreed on Tuesday to make a $1,037,000 counter offer to attorney Richard Mays to purchase his firm’s downtown office Tuesday, opening the door for…
by - November 24, 2015 6:33 pm
A proposal involving the property maintenance code for the city of Jonesboro isn’t likely to be on the March 1 primary ballot, a Jonesboro City Council committee voted Tuesday. The…
by - November 24, 2015 5:09 pm
story by Dale Cullins Editor’s note: Welcome to the fourth season of Tusk to Tail – the sport of tailgating as organized, performed and perfected by a group of Hog…
by - November 24, 2015 3:36 pm
Editor’s note: story by Janette Ballman, special to Talk Business & Politics Mentors and school officials say a mentoring program implemented by the Fort Smith Public School System is improving…
by - November 24, 2015 2:40 pm
There was a time when chicken companies like Tyson Foods oversaw the growing of every bird slaughtered in its plants. But that came with an expensive fixed-asset cost, and Tyson…
by - November 24, 2015 2:00 pm
Cheap gasoline prices across Arkansas and the rest of the U.S. will likely result in more traffic on the trip to grandmother’s house as record numbers of travelers are expected…
by - November 24, 2015 1:25 pm
Despite more retailers opening their doors on Thanksgiving Day, consumer sentiment about shopping during the holiday season is mixed, with two closely watched surveys showing different results. The International Council…
by - November 24, 2015 1:05 pm
The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees approved the creation of the Tesseract Center for Immersive Environments and Game Design at its Nov. 20 meeting. Pending approval from the Arkansas…
