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AFL-CIO to push ‘Bring Jobs Home Act’

Labor unions formed in the United States during the 1870s. Close to 150 years later, the Democratic Party has been credited as the political party that champions their cause. But…

Walgreens buys PIne Bluff-based USA Drug

Walgreen Co. announced Thursday (July 5) that it has entered into an agreement to purchase USA Drug Stores, a regional drugstore chain in the mid-South owned by Stephen L. LaFrance…

UA asks A&P for $1 million to help with performance hall

FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas is asking the Fayetteville Advertising & Promotions Commission for $1 million, payable over three years, to help convert its historic field house into a much-needed…

Founding Fathers’ debt

As Americans pause this Fourth of July to reflect on their independence, it’s worth casting a thought across the Atlantic. One story from America’s founding era, in particular, keeps reminding…

Wal-Mart’s Castro-Wright retires amid bribery probe

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Vice Chairman Eduardo Castro-Wright, a key figure in a bribery probe at the company’s Mexico operations, retired on July 1. The Justice Department and U.S. Securities and…

Agribusiness Weekly Update: Drought drives corn higher and pressures packers

Beef U.S. beef packer margins averaged $77 per head last week, but had fallen to $60 by Tuesday (July 3), according to Hedgers Edge. Cattle prices have weakened as drought…

USA Truck receives award from Anheuser-Busch

Van Buren-based USA Truck Inc. has been recognized by Anheuser-Busch as its Truckload Carrier of the Year (high volume) award for 2011. USA Truck transported more than 22,000 loads for…

U.S. auto sales remain strong (Updated)

Arkansans are doing their part to spur on auto sales in 2012. Through the first half of this year there were 58,494 new auto registrations logged with the Arkansas Office…

Wal-Mart, Target seek expansion in Canada

BLOOMBERG — Target Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plan to hire tens of thousands of workers in Canada over the next two years, increasing pressure on domestic retailers from Sears…

The Fresh Market opens in Rogers July 25

ROGERS – The Fresh Market, Inc. is opening its second store in Arkansas. The new location, at the Pinnacle Hills Promenade, opens July 25. The Rogers store will house…

Internet manager keeps U.S. contract

BLOOMBERG — The U.S. Commerce Department awarded a new contract to the nonprofit managing the Internet’s address system four months after saying the group hadn’t met revised requirements that include…

IMF Lowers U.S. GDP Forecast to 2%

BLOOMBERG — The U.S. economy will grow by 2% this year and about 2.25 percent in 2013 amid a “tepid” recovery and the European debt crisis, the International Monetary Fund…

A few fast facts about the Fourth

On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress, setting the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation. As always, this…

Cabela’s to open Rogers store on Aug. 30

Cabela’s will officially open the doors to its Rogers store – its first retail location in Arkansas – at 9 a.m., Aug. 30. A ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by Cabela’s executives…

State ends fiscal year with $145.6 million surplus

Arkansas ends its fiscal year with a $145.6 million surplus from gross revenues totaling $5.924 billion, or 4.4% higher than fiscal year 2011 and 2.2% above forecast. June also marked…

Tim Nutt: Are You Arkansavvy?

FAYETTEVILLE — When people think about the Fourth of July, they think about tending to the grill outside with family and friends. But some prefer the cool and dark of…

275 members of 188th deploy to Afghanistan

Approximately 275 Airmen with the Fort Smith-based 188th Fighter Wing deployed on Monday (July 2) for Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Airmen will be deployed approximately three…

Launch event held for automated trash petition

Supporters of automated solid waste collection met at Sweet Bay by Creekmore Park on Monday (July 2) to sign the petition for a November ballot initiative that would move Fort…

Fort Smith sewer rates to decline

Fort Smith officials announced Monday (July 2) that the sewer rate will decline 12 cents per ccf per month beginning in July — or a little more than $14 a…

Herraka and Wood join Sparks Health System

Herraka will begin seeing patients July 9 at Sparks Gastroenterology Center on the second floor of the Ambulatory Surgery Center at 1001 Towson Ave. in Fort Smith. In addition to…