by - July 8, 2013 3:50 pm
Building permits in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren were a combined $11.859 million in June, down 18.48% from $14.548 million during the same period last year. The number is…
by - July 8, 2013 1:48 pm
Wal-Mart is treading ever-so-slowly toward its expansion into India despite the loosening of government restrictions to allow foreign ownership. Two sources in Bentonville expect it will be early 2015 before…
by - July 8, 2013 1:35 pm
House Speaker Davy Carter, R-Cabot, made his three selections for the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace board of directors, which rounds out the process for filling the newly created panel. Act…
by - July 8, 2013 1:29 pm
Arkansas Economic Development Commission director Grant Tennille says the state should undo its constitutional restriction on gay marriage. Speaking at a press conference Monday (July 8) to unveil new state…
by - July 8, 2013 12:56 pm
Douglas Dayton, a retail pioneer in his own right, died Sunday (July 7) at the age of 88. He was born into retail and took over the family’s downtown…
by - July 8, 2013 11:35 am
Better pasture conditions have tempered the cattle herd liquidation in the past three weeks after an onslaught of movement between March and June, according to Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University…
by - July 7, 2013 7:44 pm
Some people are just lucky. A couple of weeks ago I went to Alaska to attend a meeting of my peers. I had never been to Alaska, so I went…
by - July 7, 2013 7:37 pm
It was not a swift death. But thankfully, a merciful one, albeit by the hand of a federal appointee. Sally Jewell, the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, pulled the plug…
by - July 5, 2013 5:55 pm
Texas billionaire Gerald J. Ford plans to purchase the majority ownership in Little Rock-based Metropolitan National Bank, according to a bank announcement late Friday (July 5). CEO Lunsford Bridges said…
by - July 3, 2013 6:23 pm
Anyone who has traveled through Van Buren during the last year knows traffic at peak travel times can be challenging at best, and a parking lot at its worst. And…
by - July 3, 2013 5:19 pm
Prepaid cards have become the new currency of choice for more consumers because they offer payment privacy, according to Ben Jackson, senior analyst for Mercator Advisory Group. He estimates $202…
by - July 3, 2013 1:39 pm
The May jobless rate rose in Northwest Arkansas with gains in the workforce size and the number of employed not enough to counter a more than 1% rise in the…
by - July 3, 2013 1:36 pm
The combination of a 0.23% gain in the Fort Smith regional workforce number and a 5.3% increase in the number of area unemployed pushed the regional jobless rate higher in…
by - July 3, 2013 12:46 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe on Wednesday (July 3) announced the following education appointment: Diane Zook, Melbourne, to the State Board of Education. Appointment expires June 30, 2020. Replaces Jim Cooper. Daniel…
by - July 2, 2013 6:22 pm
An official with the U.S. Treasury Department said Tuesday that the Obama administration will delay penalties for large employers who do not provide health insurance coverage to workers under the…
by - July 2, 2013 5:57 pm
The auto sector is firing on all cylinders through the first half of 2013, according to Bob Lutz, former chairman of General Motors. Lutz said Tuesday (July 2) the new,…
by - July 2, 2013 3:28 pm
A new shopping center could soon be setting up shop at the intersection of Arkansas Highways 22 and 59 once the closing of a land deal takes place on Wednesday,…
by - July 2, 2013 2:38 pm
Rep. Andrea Lea, R-Russellville, formally announced her intention to run for state auditor today. Lea, currently the chair of the State Agencies and Governmental Affairs committee, is in her third…
by - July 2, 2013 2:16 pm
The top three executives of Bentonville-based America’s Car-Mart signed contract extensions on Monday, July 1, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. William (Hank) Henderson, Eddie L. Hight…
by - July 2, 2013 12:33 pm
Shares of Tyson Foods continue to rally on lower corn prices and slightly better outlook for the balance of this year. Tyson shares were trading at $26.42 on Tuesday morning…
