by - July 24, 2012 3:52 pm
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, is asking all merchants to reject the proposed $7.2 billion settlement between credit card issuers and millions of merchants over swipe fees. Retailer Target also…
by - July 24, 2012 9:54 am
FAYETTEVILLE — Arvest Bank tagged Dr. Eli Jones, newly appointed dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas and holder of the Sam M….
by - July 24, 2012 8:58 am
Two tax proposals to raise money for road construction both trail among voters, and public sentiment has not changed dramatically for either measure since March. The latest Talk Business-Hendrix College…
by - July 24, 2012 8:33 am
Homes sales in Arkansas’ largest metro areas are up 2.19% for the first half of 2012, but ended the period with June sales that were down more than 3%. There…
by - July 24, 2012 7:05 am
“This hat cost me $110K.” That was the message a 2012 graduate displayed on her mortarboard at her university commencement. The recent flare-up over huge student-loan balances, especially among jobless…
by - July 24, 2012 12:55 am
Again Monday (July 23) the Bella Vista City Council faced concerned residents who don’t want a Walmart Neighborhood Market built along Oldham Drive. And again the council voted to pave…
by - July 23, 2012 11:30 pm
ROGERS — Everyone’s tired of talking about how hot it is outside. It’s time for folks to start talking about how hot it is inside — inside Victory Theater, that is….
by - July 23, 2012 10:57 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — A bustling scene of heavy machinery and a cloud of dust surrounds a massive 15-floor structure in downtown Fayetteville. The site of the Chancellor Hotel, where a herd…
by - July 23, 2012 7:08 pm
The condition of the U.S. corn crop worsened for the seventh straight week, the longest such streak since September 2000, as the worst Midwest drought in a generation expanded. Soybean…
by - July 23, 2012 5:54 pm
Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates, the parent company of Sparks Health System in Fort Smith and Summit Medical Center in Van Buren, saw total revenue during the second quarter reach…
by - July 23, 2012 5:48 pm
FORT SMITH — One of the most talked-about events in Fort Smith of late is the Fort Smith Little Theater’s production of Titanic: The Musical, book by Peter Stone, lyrics and…
by - July 23, 2012 5:39 pm
Although its revenue is down for the first half of the year, an improving real estate market helped BancorpSouth post higher net income for the second quarter and the first…
by - July 23, 2012 4:31 pm
Ric Cooper, a resident of Northwest Arkansas, felt the clutching at his chest too late to turn back on Trek 4 of the Philmont Boy Scout Camp near Cimarron, N.M….
by - July 23, 2012 4:08 pm
Rheem officials have confirmed more production is being moved from Fort Smith to a plant in Mexico, but it is unclear how the move will change employment levels. The transfer…
by - July 23, 2012 1:09 pm
America's Car-Mart Inc.announced the opening of its 116th dealership which is located in Saint Joseph, Mo., and represents 15 Car-Mart stores in Missouri. "We very proud to be expanding into…
by - July 23, 2012 10:11 am
The worst U.S. drought in a half century is putting pressure on natural-gas drillers to conserve the millions of gallons of water used in hydraulic fracturing to free trapped gas…
by - July 23, 2012 10:03 am
Arkansans continue to oppose the federal health care law’s implementation despite a Supreme Court ruling and shifting national public opinion. Also according to the latest Talk Business-Hendrix College Poll, the…
by - July 23, 2012 8:43 am
Pennsylvania State University was fined $60 million as college sports’ governing body penalized the school for its handling of a child sex-abuse case involving assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. It avoided…
by - July 23, 2012 12:10 am
FAYETTEVILLE — One guest at Sunday’s (July 22) fundraiser for ailing artist Eugene Sargent described the affair as an example of socialized healthcare. Without health insurance, Sargent lacks the money to…
by - July 22, 2012 6:01 pm
Have heard again from Billy, a college friend from thousands of years ago. He’d spent the day with friends at Haw Creek Falls sipping Newton County “spring water” and throwing…
