Regions

New RIA Firm Opens in Rogers

Five-year run ends with pursuit of separate ventures.

Arkansas jobless rate dips to 8.2%

Arkansas’ jobless rate fell to 8.2% during October, with the number of employed increasing an estimated 7,424 from the September report, according to figures released Tuesday (Nov. 22) by the…

Accounting decoded

The more you know about accounting for your business, the more you will be able to steer your company in the right direction.

Hardwood Tree Museum set for Chaffee Crossing

Announcing the placement of a Hardwood Tree Museum at Chaffee Crossing is a move to begin preserving the artifacts and other history related to the numerous economies built around the…

Super Committee fails to reach debt deal

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] A bipartisan, bicameral “super committee” of Congressional leaders announced today (Nov….

Ben Geren agreement pushed to early December

Sebastian County Quorum Court members said Monday they want to see a 2012 county budget before approving a plan to work with the city of Fort Smith on building and…

Market, staff expansion underway at The City Wire

The City Wire has begun an aggressive and strategic expansion phase that includes the addition of investors, staff and the development of a new web platform. Prominent Fort Smith businessmen…

Former 84 Lumber Co. Development Sells for $2.5 Million

Wisconsin company acquires 13.5-acre development.

Philpot’s BottomLineTips: Business succession

The hand off of a business is emotionally important and vital to the financial success of the owner or owners.

BHP exec discusses Fayetteville Shale

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Earlier this year Australia-based BHP Billiton’s acquired Chesapeake Energy’s and Petrohawk’s…

Quarterly, annual income down for Tyson Foods

An $82 million loss in the chicken segment pulled fourth-quarter earnings for Tyson Food down to $95 million, well below the $208 million earned during the 2010 period. For the…

Generous deductions

It’s important to follow IRS rules in the “giving” season.

Frankly speaking

Riff Raff, by Michael Tilley [email protected] There has been a lot to witness, consider and attempt to understand in recent months. We’ve had Whirlpool announce they are shutting down and…

Razorback football player dies

story submitted by the University of Arkansas Public Relations office A University of Arkansas student-athlete, Garrett Uekman, was found unconscious and unresponsive in his room in the Northwest Quad residence…

Columbus’ ships end stay in Fort Smith

Hundreds of area school children experience a living history lesson on the most accurate caravel reproductions ever built.

Soup Sunday

Soup Sunday is 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Feb. 26, 2012 at Northwest Arkansas Convention Center in Springdale. Sample soups, breads and desserts from more than 30 local restaurants. Cost…

The cuisine of Crystal Bridges

Editor’s note: This is the fourth story about the opening of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. The City Wire will in the next few weeks post several…

‘Pasture Poultry’ farm study funded

story submitted by the University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Center for Food Safety is participating in a grant project that will determine the food…