by - January 26, 2009 12:00 am
Wal-Mart was best positioned to take advantage of an economic downturn with its lean model, low-price credibility and newly remodeled stores, but has been hit with several blows in the last few weeks.
by - January 12, 2009 12:00 am
Northwest Arkansas legislators plan to address a state law that requires some cities to continue to pay their mayors 50 percent of their salaries at the time of retirement.
by - January 12, 2009 12:00 am
Working one’s way from an entry level position to the top of the company ladder is the American dream. Few, if any, corporations can trot out as many such stories as Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
by - January 12, 2009 12:00 am
In periods of rapid growth in stock prices and in periods of rapidly falling stock prices, the concept of dividends seems to fall by the wayside.
by - January 12, 2009 12:00 am
EquityNet of Fayetteville looks to 2009 as a growth year because investors will want its services.
by - December 15, 2008 12:00 am
Twenty-one banks doing business in Benton and Washington counties had a combined $332.3 million worth of loans on their books that were not accruing interest as of Sept. 30.
by - December 15, 2008 12:00 am
Unlike the weather, the local economic forecast is these days affected quite directly by events around the globe, as well as national and state trends. Implications and responses to these are therefore important as one seeks to plan.
by - December 15, 2008 12:00 am
The U.S. economy has been in the doldrums for some time now. So the National Bureau of Economic Research finally said recently what most of us already knew: we’ve been in a recession for a year, since last December.
by - December 15, 2008 12:00 am
Like its Bentonville-brother Wal-Mart Stores Inc., America’s Car-Mart Inc. managed to outperform the broader economy even during a brutal second quarter ended Oct. 31 that encompassed the full brunt of the stock market collapse.
by - December 15, 2008 12:00 am
In some ways, the Northwest Arkansas economy resembled Little League baseball year after year.
by - December 15, 2008 12:00 am
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s Top 10 Business Stories of 2009.
by - December 1, 2008 12:00 am
The initial excitement around the world markets on Nov. 10 when China announced a $586 billion stimulus wore off like a sugar rush as optimism quickly turned to skepticism.
by - December 1, 2008 12:00 am
Diamond State Ventures II will invest between $75 million and $90 million in the next five years.
by - December 1, 2008 12:00 am
Bath Junkie has grown from a small kiosk to over 70 stores nationwide with successful custom blending concept.
by - December 1, 2008 12:00 am
As the country has signaled by a large margin that they are ready for change in Washington, so too have investors signaled a stark change in their risk appetite.
by - November 17, 2008 12:00 am
Area banks are letting customers know loans are still available even amidst the current financial turmoil.
by - November 3, 2008 9:43 am
Deposits in the six-county region that make up Northwest Arkansas shrank to $10.5 billion as of June 30, off 12.5 percent compared with the same period a year earlier.
by - November 3, 2008 12:00 am
What do Wall Street investors and Wal-Mart shoppers have in common? Both are bargain hunting nowadays.
by - October 20, 2008 12:00 am
As people weigh their financial futures against true uncertainty, many wealth managers in Northwest Arkansas said they have faith the system will stabilize.
by - October 20, 2008 12:00 am
With the equity markets hopping around (but mostly going downhill) and credit tighter than bark on a tree, how is it that I can be writing to you while traveling to help a client plan the expensive market entry of a new and high-priced consumer product?
