by - July 30, 2015 10:46 pm
Bank of Fayetteville, Fayetteville’s oldest hometown bank, is being acquired by Farmers and Merchants Bankshares of Stuttgart to form a $1 billion financial institution with equity capital exceeding $142 million….
by - July 30, 2015 6:02 pm
As Congress continues its never-ending debate about Obamacare and Arkansas legislators consider alternatives to the private option, two government health care programs marked their 50th anniversaries on Thursday. On July…
by - July 30, 2015 5:34 pm
A long-time area provider of free and affordable healthcare services has a new name as part of an expanded effort to offer medical services to a broader audience. The Northwest…
by - July 30, 2015 5:29 pm
Analysts predict Tyson Foods will earn $387 million in fiscal third quarter net income, a gain of 45% from the year-ago period. That equates to 93 cents per share, a…
by - July 30, 2015 4:21 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced the hiring of Lee Rudofsky as the state’s solicitor general on Thursday. Rudofsky comes to the Attorney General’s Office from Wal-Mart where he has…
by - July 30, 2015 4:04 pm
A short-term highway bill drew the support Thursday of 91 U.S. Senators, including Arkansas’ Republican U.S. Sens. John Boozman and Tom Cotton. The Senate voted 91-4 Thursday to approve HR…
by - July 30, 2015 2:08 pm
Sean Rochelle is stepping down as executive director of the Razorback Foundation effective Sept. 1, 2015, to become the new executive director of Vold Vision, PLLC, a privately owned company…
by - July 30, 2015 1:27 pm
Two national freight reports paint a picture of a “tepid” U.S. economy hampered by a strong U.S. dollar and struggling retail sales. And, in a somewhat counterintuitive twist, one report…
by - July 30, 2015 12:37 pm
Dr. Mohammad Al Madani has joined Sparks Health System and will work as an interventional cardiologist at the Cardiology Center at Sparks. He recently completed his training and fellowship in…
by - July 30, 2015 12:01 pm
The nation’s economy gained momentum in the second quarter as real gross domestic product in the U.S. rose 2.3% in the second quarter of 2015, according to the “advance” estimate…
by - July 30, 2015 9:55 am
Dawson Meadows reports that the same crack staff who selected the name for Fort Smith’s Parrot Island Waterpark has been appointed to find a new mascot for Southside High School….
by - July 29, 2015 7:58 pm
The Federal Highway Administration has accepted a recommendation by the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department to expand Interstate 30 to 10 lanes through downtown Little Rock, a project that includes…
by - July 29, 2015 7:43 pm
Health care spending is projected to increase as a percentage of the U.S. gross domestic product from 17.4% in 2013 to 19.6% in 2024, according to a report released Tuesday…
by - July 29, 2015 7:25 pm
Northwest Arkansas homebuilders and commercial contractors slowed their pace of work during the second quarter of 2015 compared to a year ago. This comes on the heels of a flat…
by - July 29, 2015 6:48 pm
Arkansas oil giant Murphy Oil Corp., now a pure play oil and gas explorer, saw its second quarter earnings fall deeper into the well as benchmark international crude prices on…
by - July 29, 2015 6:24 pm
Business and tourism travel through Arkansas’ three largest commercial airports slowed in June, with only one of the three airports posting a positive enplanement number for the month. However, two…
by - July 29, 2015 3:32 pm
Boeing on Wednesday (July 29) broke ground on a new 290,000 square-foot facility in Oklahoma City that will house 800 employees. The new structure, the third in Boeing’s existing campus,…
by - July 29, 2015 3:11 pm
A Wall Street-based nonprofit initiative funded and chaired by billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Clinton administration Treasurer Hank Paulson released a report Tuesday that…
by - July 29, 2015 3:02 pm
I have a particular dislike for bookkeepers and accountants who commit fraud and embezzle from their employers. The act is vile and the person committing the fraud betrays their employer’s…
by - July 29, 2015 2:48 pm
The Northwest Arkansas job market continues its record-setting pace of growth, with the region in June topping the 250,000 mark for the workforce size and topping the 240,000 mark for…
