by Arkansas Business Staff 2/25/2013 12:00 am
Angela Sewall, dean of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock College of Education, will be recognized with the 2013 Edward C. Pomeroy Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teacher Education from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.
by Arkansas Business Staff 2/22/2013 09:52 am
Finalists have been named for the 25th annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards, presented by Centennial Bank and Arkansas Business and scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 26.
by Arkansas Business Staff 2/18/2013 12:00 am
As a federal lawsuit against ConAgra Foods' Russellville plant gets started, 768 current and former hourly employees of the food manufacturer have decided to participate.
by Arkansas Business Staff 2/18/2013 12:00 am
Once again, Arkansas Business is honoring the state's top executives, small businesses and nonprofits with the annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards. You can meet each of this year's finalists right here.
by Mark Friedman 2/15/2013 03:43 pm
John Tyson of Springdale resigned from the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees on Feb. 8, but the UA System didn't know about the resignation until Arkansas Business informed it of the move on Friday.
by Lance Turner 2/15/2013 10:58 am
Tyson Mexican Original Inc., a subsidiary of Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale, acquires the assets of Don Julio Foods of Clearfield, Utah.
by Mark Friedman 2/11/2013 12:00 am
The Midwestern drought of 2012 nearly closed barge traffic on parts of the Mississippi River.
by Jan Cottingham 2/11/2013 12:00 am
After five lean years, architectural and engineering firms are seeing business pick up, even in the once-moribund private sector.
by George Waldon 2/11/2013 12:00 am
An apartment complex in west Little Rock tipped the scales at $3.2 million. Asbury Park Apartments Ltd. of Knoxville, Tenn., purchased its namesake 106-unit complex at 8500 Keller Drive from Kanis Properties Ltd. of Atlanta.
by Chris Bahn 2/8/2013 04:07 pm
Arkansas will enjoy steady economic growth in 2013, but is not likely to hit pre-recession levels, economists say.
by Lance Turner 2/4/2013 10:44 am
NPR checks in on the world's largest retailer's plan, announced in 2010, to double its sales of local product by 2015.
by Chris Bahn 2/4/2013 12:00 am
There is reason to believe that the town of Mulberry will soon become the centerpiece of edamame production in the United States.
by Mark Friedman 2/4/2013 12:00 am
Cypress Valley first started processing deer meat at its Vilonia facility in October 2010 and then expanded to processing beef and pork products in August 2011.
by Kate Knable 2/4/2013 12:00 am
Compared with 2011, the year 2012 was steadier for Arkansas manufacturing employment. The 156,400 manufacturing jobs the state reported in December 2012 represented a 2 percent increase in manufacturing employment year over year versus December 2011's 3 percent year-over-year drop.
by Arkansas Business Staff 2/4/2013 12:00 am
The Arkansas Teacher Retirement System purchased a 436-acre organic citrus farm in central Florida for $5.8 million. We're told that produce from this operation supplies juice for Uncle Matt's Organic of Clermont, Fla.
by George Waldon 2/4/2013 12:00 am
A John Deere dealership in the Otter Creek area of Little Rock tipped the scales at $3.85 million. Stribling Equipment LLC of Richland, Miss., bought the 47.25-acre Warrior of Arkansas Inc. spread at 10601 Otter Creek East Blvd.
by Arkansas Business Staff 2/4/2013 12:00 am
Robby Edwards will work to improve marketing and branding of the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences.
by Arkansas Business Staff 2/1/2013 01:00 pm
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale says it has made $40 million in capital investments at four plants in four states that could create as many as 490 jobs.
by Arkansas Business Staff 2/1/2013 07:45 am
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale says first-quarter net income reached $173 million, up 11 percent from $156 million during the same quarter last year.
by Arkansas Business Staff 1/24/2013 11:42 am
Gov. Mike Beebe names Preston Scroggin of Vilonia as director of the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission and Ricky Belk of Alma as director of the Arkansas Labor Department.
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