by - November 17, 2008 12:00 am
The Financial Accounting Standards Board hoped to create additional consistency and comparability in fair value measurements and to expand disclosures about fair value measurements for the users of the financial statements. Did they miss the mark? Or did
by - November 17, 2008 12:00 am
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal has consistently opposed the idea of a state lottery for all the usual reasons: It is simply not the proper job of government to promote gambling, and particularly not a form of gambling that amounts to a regressive
by - November 17, 2008 12:00 am
Foster Files and Harris Land Development and Construction Management recently purchased a building permit valued at $2.8 million to construct a 56-unit multi-family development in Fort Smith; Mathias Storage Buildings in Springdale recently sold for $1.3
by - November 17, 2008 12:00 am
As wells continue to pop up in the Fayetteville Shale Play’s primary region, more landowners will find themselves engaged in this argument between two tenets of society: the right to own land and manage it as wanted and the government’s responsibility to
by - November 17, 2008 12:00 am
Wal-Mart International has been the Bentonville retailer’s fastest growing division for years and is projected to top $100 billion in sales for the first time during the 2009 fiscal year that ends Jan. 31.
by - November 16, 2008 4:48 pm
Author contends that using ethanol makes diesel fuel more expensive. Ironic, considering how much diesel is burned by corn farmers.
by - November 16, 2008 4:12 pm
Ed Dell Wortz, of Fort Smith, and Helen Walton formed the Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in 1989. It’s been supporting artistic Arkansas women ever since.
by - November 14, 2008 7:48 pm
Joy Spicer Internationally Recognized Artist (Solo Art Exhibition) Rock House Coffee 3501 Greenwood Rd. Fort Smith, AR 479-452-2404 BOUNDLESS FREEDOM Through this exhibited body of work, it…
by - November 14, 2008 4:18 pm
Ken O’Donnell, director of the Bi-State Metropolitan Planning Organization, says trust and the formation of partnerships between the freight and business communities and the public are essential for this to be a successful endeavor.
by - November 14, 2008 3:47 pm
Bartlesville wants you. Especially if you are one of the thousands in the Fort Smith area recently laid off by Whirlpool, Rheem, Riverside, The Times Record or Arkansas Best Corp….
by - November 14, 2008 3:33 pm
The City Wire economic review for the week of Nov. 10 – Nov. 14: • Fort Smith-based Riverside Furniture announced 250 layoffs at its operations in Fort Smith and Russellville….
by - November 14, 2008 1:16 pm
Regional real estate sales for the first nine months of the year indicate that the area is not completely immune from the national housing downturn. According to the Arkansas Realtors…
by - November 14, 2008 11:46 am
During the first two weeks of November, the city of Fort Smith issued 233 permits valued at $6.14 million. That is slightly off the October pace of 644 permits valued…
by - November 14, 2008 10:04 am
Many of the points and issues raised by the task force were part of previous state studies and reports. And that’s not to fault the Task Force. It speaks more to the sometimes slow pace at which change happens in Arkansas.
by - November 14, 2008 9:15 am
It begs the question, "Is the family worth it?"
by - November 14, 2008 8:11 am
R. Nick Remy is the new director of the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) located at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Remy, who will begin…
by - November 14, 2008 7:56 am
The Web site of the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services (DWS) contains much information about job numbers, industry sectors, career guidance publications and other labor market related stuff. Included in…
by - November 13, 2008 10:12 pm
T.V Recycling Event to be held in Fort Smith and Fayetteville Dec. 6, 2008. Bedford Camera & Video and Channel Five KFSM are sponsoring a TV recycling drive titled “The…
by - November 13, 2008 4:04 pm
The Associated Press reported earlier today that Fort Smith-based Riverside Furniture will lay off 250 employees in Fort Smith and Russellville and will combine two of its operations in Fort…
by - November 13, 2008 2:56 pm
Come learn how to keep your children safe from the dangers of the web at the Child Internet Safety Summit hosted by Congressman John Boozman. Special guests to speak include Hoyt…
