by Marty Cook 11/24/2014 12:00 am
Car-Mart announced in its quarterly earnings report in August that it had invested in the GPS technology and the devices were now in about 67 percent of the cars it had sold. It should be no shocking news flash that many car buyers at dealerships such as Car-Mart have little credit or not the best of credit and thus are considered high risk.
by Marty Cook 11/21/2014 11:27 am
USA Truck Inc. of Van Buren names Greg Lutes vice president and general manager of the company's dedicated freight team.
by Sean Beherec 11/21/2014 07:35 am
New Media Investment Group Inc. of New York City has announced plans to purchase Halifax Media, the newspaper chain partially owned by Warren Stephens, for $280 million.
by Sean Beherec 11/20/2014 03:31 pm
Windstream Holdings Corp. of Little Rock announced Thursday that the company is cutting 350 positions by Dec. 1, including 38 jobs in Arkansas. The cuts represent about 2.5 percent of the company's workforce of about 13,000.
by Lee Hogan 11/20/2014 11:58 am
One of the Little Rock-based Dillard's Inc. investors is advising the company to split into a real-estate investment trust and an operating company.
by Marty Cook 11/20/2014 09:20 am
America's Car-Mart Inc. of Bentonville reports second-quarter earnings of $7.5 million, a 29.5 percent increase from the same quarter a year ago.
by Marty Cook 11/19/2014 01:17 pm
Donnie Smith, CEO and president of Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale, said Wednesday that it's an exciting time to be in the food business, especially as the company moves forward after its $8.55 billion acquisition of Hillshire Brands Inc. of Chicago.
by Lance Turner 11/17/2014 08:59 am
Chuy's will open a new restaurant in North Little Rock in March, according to its local owner and operator Dallas Hagar.
by Lance Turner 11/17/2014 07:51 am
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale reports a 47 percent decline in quarterly net income on record sales of $10.1 billion as the meat processor continues to integrate the biggest acquisition of its history, Hillshire Brands Inc. of Chicago.
by Arkansas Business Staff 11/17/2014 12:00 am
Arkansas Business talks with Johnelle Hunt, who, along with her late husband, J.B., founded J.B. Hunt Transport Services of Lowell.
by Gwen Moritz 11/17/2014 12:00 am
The second-wealthiest family in northwest Arkansas, the Tysons, saw their stock holdings increase by nearly $1 billion over the past year — an increase of more than 40 percent.
by Jan Cottingham 11/17/2014 12:00 am
Diversity on corporate boards has been an issue for years. Most companies recognize that having directors from varied backgrounds isn't simply a theoretical matter of equity; it's a matter of performance. Cameron Smith wants to use the contacts built up over 20 years of helping to put women on corporate boards. And women — particularly in Arkansas — could use his help.
by Lance Turner 11/13/2014 07:19 am
Dillard's Inc. of Little Rock on Thursday reported third-quarter net income of $55.2 million, up 8.4 percent from the $50.9 million it reported in the same quarter last year.
by Arkansas Business Staff 11/10/2014 12:00 am
As senior VP of small and medium-sized business sales and marketing, Sarah Day will oversee all aspects of Windstream's relationship with small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers, including sales, customer care and product marketing.
by Arkansas Business Staff 11/10/2014 12:00 am
Arkansas accounting professionals took an unaccustomed turn at center stage last Wednesday at the Arkansas Business CFO of the Year Awards luncheon at the Embassy Suites in west Little Rock.
by Lance Turner 11/6/2014 11:33 am
Windstream reports a 74 percent decline in third-quarter earnings as the firm continued to work toward spinning off assets into a separate, publicly traded company.
by Arkansas Business Staff 11/6/2014 09:56 am
Murphy USA Inc. of El Dorado on Thursday announced third-quarter income from continuing operations of $67.2 million, or $1.36 per diluted share, on revenues of $4.68 billion.
by Lance Turner 11/4/2014 01:14 pm
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville is close to another milestone: its 5,000th store. The store, a Neighborhood Market, will open at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in Greenbrier.
by Lance Turner 11/3/2014 04:52 pm
Acxiom Corp. of Little Rock reported a $1.5 million second-quarter loss on Monday, down from a $9.8 million profit in the same quarter last year.
by Marty Cook 11/3/2014 10:02 am
USA Truck Inc. of Van Buren reported its most profitable quarter in eight years Monday.
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