by - March 29, 2015 8:22 am
On Thursday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson officially named Mike Preston as the new executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, the state agency charged with recruiting and retaining jobs. What’s on his to-do list?
by - March 29, 2015 12:54 am
The likely last week of this year’s regular legislative session starts Monday with lawmakers facing a boatload of issues and negotiations involving the state’s budget and national pressure over a…
by - March 29, 2015 12:31 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a wrap-up of manufacturing news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here. FED…
by - March 28, 2015 10:46 pm
Editor’s note: Guest contributor Scott McClymonds, founder of Fayetteville-based strategic consulting firm CEO Velocity, recently interviewed several regional and community banking executives across Arkansas about corporate strategy and their management…
by - March 28, 2015 9:41 am
The bankruptcy trustee of Quantum Foods, a former Tyson Foods customer, is suing the Springdale-based meat company to recover $25.7 million. The trustee claims the money was a preferential debt…
by - March 28, 2015 9:39 am
Tyson Foods announced the closure of a poultry processing facility in Buena Vista, Ga., and discontinuation of the third shift at its Dawson, Ga., plant as it works to streamline…
by - March 28, 2015 9:36 am
Walmart will hire up to 95 employees to work at the new Walmart Neighborhood Market slated to open this summer in Bentonville located along N. Walton Boulevard. A temporary hiring…
by - March 28, 2015 8:58 am
This week, lawmakers in the nation’s capital dealt with everything from budgets and environmental issues to foreign policy in Iran, Afghanistan and Africa.
by - March 28, 2015 5:30 am
TV PREVIEW: MEET THE NEW AEDC DIRECTOR On this week’s edition of Talk Business & Politics, which airs Sundays at 9 a.m. on KATV Ch. 7, tune in for the…
by - March 27, 2015 11:18 pm
The bankruptcy trustee of Quantum Foods, a former Tyson Foods customer, is suing the Springdale-based meat company to recover $25.7 million. The trustee claims the money was a preferential debt…
by - March 27, 2015 6:58 pm
A bill that supporters say will protect religious freedom and opponents say will allow for discrimination easily passed the Arkansas Senate on Friday (March 27). The 35-member body passed House…
by - March 27, 2015 5:03 pm
Recently appointed to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Colette Honorable warned Friday that Arkansas regulators should not get “caught flat-footed” and wait until the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…
by - March 27, 2015 4:01 pm
Tyson Foods announced the closure of a poultry processing facility in Buena Vista, Ga., and discontinuation of the third shift at its Dawson, Ga., plant as it works to streamline…
by - March 27, 2015 3:33 pm
The Lowell-based company will retain its distribution center, operations and financial offices in Arkansas, but its merchandise, marketing and creative offices will relocate in June.
by - March 27, 2015 3:31 pm
Walmart will hire up to 95 associates to work at the new Walmart Neighborhood Market slated to open this summer in Bentonville located along N. Walton Boulevard. A temporary hiring…
by - March 27, 2015 12:31 pm
Despite bird flu implications in Tyson Foods’ home state of Arkansas, Wall Street analysts with Stephens Inc. have raised their fiscal second-quarter earnings forecast for the Springdale-based meat giant. Farha…
by - March 27, 2015 12:03 pm
An estimated year-over-year gain of 8,700 jobs in Arkansas’ tourism sector and 7,200 jobs gained in the trade, transportation and utilities sector pushed the state’s February jobless rate down to…
by - March 27, 2015 11:59 am
A bill that supporters say will protect religious freedom and opponents say will allow for discrimination easily passed the Arkansas Senate on Friday. The 35-member body passed House Bill 1228…
by - March 27, 2015 11:35 am
This week, based on what’s happening in the General Assembly, Arkansas made some clear statements on what we think about rich and poor folks in our state. First, if you’re…
by - March 27, 2015 10:42 am
An estimated year-over-year gain of 8,700 jobs in Arkansas’ tourism sector and 7,200 jobs gained in the trade, transportation and utilities sector pushed the state’s February jobless rate down to…
