by Associated Press 6/14/2013 03:21 pm
Stocks are ending a choppy week lower after disappointing reports on the U.S. economy. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 105 points, or 0.7 percent, to 15,070 Friday. The Dow fell 1.2 percent this week.
by Associated Press 6/10/2013 11:04 am
Wal-Mart's final shareholder vote for its board of directors is showing dissent against key executives and directors, including its CEO Mike Duke, as the company deals with the fallout from overseas bribery allegations.
by George Waldon 6/10/2013 12:00 am
Events during the past five years have administered a fiscal stress test for residential developer Rick Ferguson, and 2013 has been a year of restructured debt and real estate holdings.
by Associated Press 6/7/2013 11:23 am
Former Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner is due in court later this month over charges she accepted cash payments from a bond broker to whom she steered state investments.
by Associated Press 6/7/2013 11:20 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced a $15 billion share buyback program at its annual meeting on Friday, as the world's largest retailer faces increasing scrutiny from investors.
by Associated Press 6/7/2013 07:52 am
Wal-Mart executives are expected to make the case it is improving the way it does business overseas and outline new growth opportunities at the world's largest retailer's annual shareholder meeting Friday at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville. Wal-Mart's annual meeting attracts thousands of investors and has historically had the air of a giant pep rally.
by Associated Press 6/5/2013 04:02 pm
A Federal Reserve survey says economic growth increased throughout the United States from April through late-May, fueled by home construction, consumer spending and steady hiring.
by Associated Press 6/5/2013 04:01 pm
The New York City Pension Funds plans to vote against nine of Wal-Mart's 14 board nominees at the retailer's annual shareholder meeting Friday.
by Mark Carter 6/5/2013 01:24 pm
A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences BioVentures startup has licensed technology that enables parents of babies in neonatal intensive care units to monitor their children 24 hours a day through a camera placed at the baby's bedside.
by Associated Press 6/4/2013 08:19 am
The White House is taking steps to encourage innovation in high tech patents that it calls "a key driver of economic growth."
by Luke Jones 6/3/2013 12:00 am
While the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery seeks to compensate for slumping sales, the state's colleges and universities are struggling to help incoming freshmen compensate for a decrease of $2,500 in their lottery-funded scholarships.
by Mark Friedman 6/3/2013 12:00 am
A recent study by the Arkansas Research Center in Conway shows that students who completed even a few college courses will make more money than if they never went to college.
by Arkansas Business Staff 6/3/2013 12:00 am
Even a very small college fund is associated with a significant increase in the likelihood that a child will enroll in and complete college, according to research by the Assets & Education Initiative at the University of Kansas.
by Jan Cottingham 6/3/2013 12:00 am
Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken seemed to be living up to the “World Famous” designation last week in Little Rock's River Market District. The place was jumping with lines occasionally snaking out the door.
by Arkansas Business Editors 6/3/2013 12:00 am
The adjective that keeps being used to describe Arkansas' new state treasurer, Charles Robinson, is “solid.” We like the sound of that, mainly because it's a word that was never used to describe his disgraced predecessor, Martha Shoffner.
by Arkansas Business Staff 6/3/2013 12:00 am
Chris Wyrick spent six months as head of the Razorback Foundation before being picked in April by Chancellor G. David Gearhart to take over as vice chancellor for advancement after the discovery of millions of dollars in overspending by his predecessor, Brad Choate.
by Gwen Moritz 5/31/2013 02:32 pm
In an unexpected move that "embarrassed" her attorney, former Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner withdrew a planned guilty plea Friday afternoon because she said she didn't demand the bribes she admitted taking.
by Associated Press 5/28/2013 11:06 am
Americans are more confident in the U.S. economy than at any point in the past five years, thanks to surging home prices, a brighter job market and record-setting stock prices.
by Gwen Moritz 5/27/2013 12:00 am
No. 2 VCC of Little Rock nearly caught up with No. 1 Nabholz Construction Corp. of Conway in 2012. Meanwhile, Clark Contractors more than doubled its revenue in 2012.
by Chris Bahn 5/27/2013 12:00 am
University of Arkansas view a $30 million full-service hotel and conference center as a way to expand the school's executive education programs, especially in business.
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