by August 20, 2014 6:39 pm
-Tyson again extends the Hillshire tender deadline
Tyson Foods has again extended the period for its tender offer to buy Hillshire Brands at $63 per share. The new deadline is Aug. 26, and was extended as the…
by August 20, 2014 6:39 pm
-Tyson Foods has again extended the period for its tender offer to buy Hillshire Brands at $63 per share. The new deadline is Aug. 26, and was extended as the…
by August 20, 2014 6:30 pm
-America’s Car-Mart management says its work to stem the onslaught on competition is paying off as the buy here, pay here used car company posted quarterly revenue of $127.376 million,…
by August 20, 2014 5:52 pm
-The Arkansas Lottery Commission voted Wednesday (Aug. 20) to close its three regional claim centers in Springdale, Jonesboro and Camden, a savings measure expected to free as much as $381,000…
by August 20, 2014 5:51 pm
-The 2012 Republican presidential nominee paid a visit to Northeast Arkansas, endorsing fellow Republican Asa Hutchinson in this year’s gubernatorial election. During an afternoon press conference at the Arkansas State…
by August 20, 2014 5:34 pm
-Arvest Bank filed suit against its former bank president, H. Dennis Smiley Jr., his wife Cynthia and their business interest, Design for the Home LLC. The complaint filed Monday (Aug….
by August 20, 2014 5:22 pm
-A majority of legislators from Northwest Arkansas and Fort Smith who responded The City Wire’s question about the future of the Lt. Governor’s office oppose an existing proposal to do…
by August 20, 2014 4:06 pm
-More visitor traffic in Northwest Arkansas’ four largest cities helped push hospitality tax collections up 7% in the second quarter, compared to year-ago period. From Bentonville down to Fayetteville the…
by August 20, 2014 3:22 pm
-Highland Pellets LLC, an Arkansas company, will build a $130 million, 500,000 metric ton wood pellet facility in Pine Bluff creating 35 jobs. Highland Pellets is a privately held company…
by August 20, 2014 12:53 pm
-Arkansas’ blue collar manufacturing base was once again the main workhorse in the state’s 3% economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to new state Gross Domestic Product…
by August 20, 2014 12:39 pm
-Gasoline prices in Arkansas are nearing a seven-month low and should continue to see a gradual decline through Labor Day until the end of the year, the Energy Information Administration’s…
by August 20, 2014 9:54 am
-The board of directors of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences announces the election of three new members from Northwest Arkansas. The…
by August 19, 2014 7:28 pm
-The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved three items related to infrastructure improvements at the site of the planned Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine. The two resolutions and one ordinance…
by August 19, 2014 6:52 pm
-At the first Fort Smith Library Board of Trustees meeting following the failed millage increase election on Aug. 12, the board and management of the library are expecting budget cuts…
by August 19, 2014 6:45 pm
-Wal-Mart Stores management has expressed no public interest in acquiring Family Dollar, which has takeover offers from Dollar Tree and Dollar General. The lack of interest by Wal-Mart doesn’t mean…
by August 19, 2014 4:25 pm
-Three broad reports note year-over-year tonnage and expenditure increases during July and the second quarter of 2014 in the U.S. freight industry, and suggest continued modest growth in the overall…
by August 19, 2014 4:06 pm
-U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., said during a visit to Fort Smith Tuesday (Aug. 19) that while he is against higher taxes, the gasoline tax that funds the Highway Trust…
by August 19, 2014 12:09 pm
-Don Foster has joined Arvest Bank in Berryville as a community lender. Foster joins Arvest Bank after 25 years with Tyson Foods and is the owner and operator of a…
by August 19, 2014 8:32 am
-Wal-Mart Stores, a self-proclaimed low cost retailer, is investing in a new private label brand aimed at wooing bottom-dollar customers from ALDI and Dollar General. Price First is a new…
by August 18, 2014 11:40 pm
-Amazon recently removed the pre-ordering option for several DVD releases of Walt Disney Co. over a pricing dispute. But competitor Wal-Mart wasted no time in promoting pre-orders for the same…
by August 18, 2014 9:13 pm
-Bonds that will pay for construction of the new Crawford County jail were issued Monday (Aug. 18), with rates coming in lower than expected saving the county about $50,000, according…