America's Car-Mart 4Q Profit Down 9 Percent
William H. "Hank" Henderson, president and CEO of America's Car-Mart Inc. of Bentonville.

America's Car-Mart 4Q Profit Down 9 Percent

by Lance Turner
2 days ago

America's Car-Mart Inc. of Bentonville reports fourth-quarter net income of $8.8 million, down about 9 percent from the same quarter last year. Meanwhile, fourth-quarter revenue reached $126 milion, beating analysts' estimates of $119 million and rising 11 percent from the same time last year.
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Mike Duke Among Top 50 Highest-Paid CEOs As Ranked by AP

3 days ago

Mike Duke, CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville, is ranked among The Associated Press' 50 highest-paid CEOs of 2012, as calculated by executive pay research firm Equilar. He is the only CEO of an Arkansas-based public company to rank in the top 50.
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Murphy Oil to Buy Back $250 Million in Shares

Murphy Oil to Buy Back $250 Million in Shares

2 days ago

Murphy Oil Corp. of El Dorado today announced it would buy back $250 million of its common stock from Merrill Lynch International.
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Bloomberg Gun Control Group Targets Mark Pryor in TV Ad Invoking Bill Gwatney

2 days ago

A gun control group is invoking the 2008 shooting death of Arkansas' Democratic Party chairman with a new television ad questioning Sen. Mark Pryor's vote against expanded background checks. (Includes video.)
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Rank Name City 2012 Revenue
1 Stephens Inc. Little Rock 1,835,000,000
2 Mountaire Corp. Little Rock 1,824,000,000
3 Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield Little Rock 1,310,166,950
4 Simmons Foods Inc. Siloam Springs 1,291,000,000
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Rod Bigelow on Keeping a Full Palette at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Rod Bigelow was promoted to executive director of the Bentonville museum in February upon the promotion of former Executive Director Don Bacigalupi to the new position of museum president. Read more >