by July 17, 2006 12:00 am
-Flanders Industries Announces Closing
Flanders Industries was the second Fort Smith manufacturer in June to announce a plant closing.
by July 17, 2006 12:00 am
-Flanders Industries was the second Fort Smith manufacturer in June to announce a plant closing.
by July 17, 2006 12:00 am
-Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville tops the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s annual list of the region’s largest employers.
by July 3, 2006 12:00 am
-Superior Industries International Inc. announced on June 16 that it will cut 225 jobs on its chrome-plating line in the Fayetteville plant, leaving the factory with about 1,000 employees.
by July 3, 2006 12:00 am
-The Morning News reports on its June 21 front page that the proposed minor league baseball stadium was “a proposed $33 million baseball stadium,” then the following day calls the project a “proposed multibillion dollar ballpark” in a Page 1 story.
by July 3, 2006 12:00 am
-OK Industries of Fort Smith tops the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s annual list of the region’s largest private companies, with revenue of about $900 million in 2005.
by May 22, 2006 12:00 am
-The University of Arkansas is planning to launch an intensive advertising and marketing campaign to help beef up minority enrollment.
A deal between the UA and Advantage Communications Inc. of Little Rock is still in the works, according to the univers
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-Rheem Manufacturing Co.?s Air Conditioning Division in Fort Smith partners with ServiceMagic Inc. to provide contractors with real-time Internet leads.
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-Baldor Electric Co. in Fort Smith announced on April 13 that it had $11.3 million in net earnings for the first quarter of 2006, up 26 percent from the same time period last year, according to a press release.
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-Rheem Manufacturing Co.?s Air Conditioning Division in Fort Smith partners with ServiceMagic Inc. to provide contractors with real-time Internet leads.
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-Baldor Electric Co. in Fort Smith announced on April 13 that it had $11.3 million in net earnings for the first quarter of 2006, up 26 percent from the same time period last year, according to a press release.
by April 10, 2006 12:00 am
-Arkansas lawmakers should raise the minimum wage to $6.25 from $5.15 to keep up with the rest of the country.
by March 27, 2006 12:00 am
-So much has been written about diversity in the workplace that some business executives feel it is a trend that will eventually fade away, only to be replaced by another hot management nuance. Those executives are wrong.
by March 27, 2006 12:00 am
-Character that builds trustworthiness, that leads to integrity is what will sustain you in relationships and place you in a position to have incredible influence.
by March 27, 2006 12:00 am
-Regardless of what company eventually purchases Huntsville?s Butterball plant, it?s likely that the largest employer in Madison County will still be talking turkey when the sale goes through.
by March 27, 2006 12:00 am
-Nonfarm payroll in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metropolitan Statistical Area increased 3.3 percent from 190,800 in September 2004 to 197,100 in September 2005, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
by March 27, 2006 12:00 am
-American Decorative Concrete Supply Corp. of Springdale recently took a $2 million order from one of the five largest concrete manufacturers in the world.
by March 13, 2006 12:00 am
-Simmons Foods Inc. of Siloam Springs has invented Pro-Cal, which allows the poultry to convert a byproduct of poultry processing into a feed for chickens and cows. Its new $10 million, 125,000-SF plant in Missouri will manufacture Pro-Cal.
by March 13, 2006 12:00 am
-Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale tops the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s list of largest poultry firms in the state.
by February 13, 2006 12:00 am
-We agree the minimum wage should be raised. We?re not convinced it should come in the form of a constitutional amendment.
by February 13, 2006 12:00 am
-Growth in Northwest Arkansas and in all economies provides a rise of new jobs, new income, new tax revenue, and higher property values. But too much of a good thing can turn counterproductive.