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AT&T Hiring 120 New Positions In Arkansas

AT&T said it will hire 120 new workers across that state for primarily technician and retail sales jobs. AT&T said the jobs can be full-time and part-time and will include…

Startup Talk: Where Startup Funding Originated In 2014

Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive…

WattGlass Lands $150,000 Science Grant For R&D

WattGlass has received a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to further develop a nano-particle coating for glass, which makes the glass anti-reflective, self-cleaning and highly transparent. The company…

Home Bancshares $30 Million Q4 Leads To Record Annual Profits

Home Bancshares, parent company of Centennial Bank, reported fourth quarter net income of $29.9 million, which led to full year earnings of $113.1 million – a 70% increase over the…

Buddy Wray Says Mistakes Are Necessary For Business Success

Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the January-February 2015 issue of Talk Business & Politics magazine. Wray is one of four inductees in this year’s UA Walton College of…

Arkansas River Tonnage Dips 3% In 2014, But Inbound Tonnage Up 11%

Big reductions in the amount of coal, wheat and farm products shipped on the Arkansas River were primary reasons for a 3% drop in tonnage shipped in 2014 compared to…

A Private Option Primer

No two words could define this year’s legislative session more than these: “private option.”

Fourth Grocery Store In Four Months Opens In Jonesboro

There may indeed be a market for markets as the fourth one in the past four months opened in Jonesboro Wednesday. About 50 people attended the opening early Wednesday of…

Capitol Notebook: Bill To Repeal ‘Outcome Measures Testing’ Filed

A testing program used by healthcare providers and the state to determine behavioral problems may not be reaching its desired effect, a state representative said Wednesday. Rep. Dan Sullivan, R-Jonesboro,…

Tolbert: Rep. Kim Hendren Asks Salary Commission Not To Raise His Pay

The Independent Citizens Commission met again today at the UALR Law School to continue its consideration of whether or not to raise salaries for statewide elected officials. The commission heard…

Buddy Wray says mistakes are necessary for business success

Buddy Wray does not fear mistakes or weaknesses. They are essential to the growth of any company, he says. But there is a caveat. “Now, don’t make the same mistake…

Arkansas River tonnage dips 3% in 2014, but inbound tonnage up 11%

Big reductions in the amount of coal, wheat and farm products shipped on the Arkansas River were primary reasons for a 3% drop in tonnage shipped in 2014 compared to…

Arkansas teen pregnancy costs exceed $143 million annually

Female leaders and a few brave men packed the room at the University of Arkansas Global Campus in Rogers on Wednesday (Jan. 14) to discuss teen pregnancy and the impact…

Community Educator Volunteer Training

Gov. Hutchinson outlines tax cut plan, freezes state hiring

On Wednesday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson disclosed more details of his proposed middle-class tax cut plan, which included an adjustment at the low end of his proposal to account for a…

Umarex to sell limited edition U.S. Marshals Museum commemorative airgun

Umarex USA has teamed with the U.S. Marshals Museum to offer a limited edition U.S. Marshals Museum commemorative airgun of the Colt Single Action Army® Revolver, also known as the…

Neurosurgeon added to the roster at Sparks Neurosurgical Associates

Dr. Timothy Maryanov has joined Sparks Neurosurgical Associates located inside Sparks Plaza on Dodson Avenue. Among the diseases he treats are spinal degenerative diseases, spinal cord injuries, spinal and cranial…

Hutchinson Rolls Out Tax Cut Details, Revises $20,000 Floor Due To Inflation Adjustment