by George Waldon 12/8/2014 12:00 am
The sale of a 45,117-SF hangar at Clinton National Airport weighed in at $9.2 million while down the street, a 75,100-SF industrial facility in east Little Rock changed hands in an $800,000 deal.
by Arkansas Business Staff 12/8/2014 12:00 am
Development of a 311,684-SF FedEx Corp. distribution center is officially in motion in southwest Little Rock near the northwest corner of Alexander and Loop roads.
by George Waldon 12/8/2014 12:00 am
The valuation of large commercial projects underway in Arkansas approached $2.2 billion, nearly double the tally from a year ago. The big leap was thanks in no small measure to the $700 million construction contract for the Big River Steel Mill manufacturing facility near Osceola.
by Arkansas Business Staff 12/5/2014 11:36 am
The North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce is partnering with Arkansas Business Publishing Group of Little Rock to launch a new program to honor the significant contributions of Arkansas women in business, politics, philanthropy and other fields.
by Arkansas Business Staff 12/3/2014 10:35 am
The Arkansas State Highway & Transportation Department has announced three promotions at its Little Rock office.
by Mark Friedman 12/2/2014 11:07 am
A U.S. District Court judge last week slapped Ralph Bradbury, former president of the defunct Continental Express of Little Rock, with a judgment of $823,166 for the company's unpaid payroll tax bill.
by Craig Douglass 12/1/2014 12:00 am
The consequence of low prices at the pump is a gasoline dividend, which is being paid to Arkansas motorists and their households every time a tank is filled. In addition to general retail spending and the state sales tax collections that go with it, here are three specific outcomes of the dividend we should be looking for.
by Mitch Bettis 12/1/2014 12:00 am
Arkansans and Americans in general seem to be feeling blue these days. Maybe a deluge of negative political advertising bludgeoned us into sadness. Perhaps I'm a “glass half-full” guy because I keep noticing that, nationally and within Arkansas, there are positive economic indicators.
by Sean Beherec 12/1/2014 12:00 am
Rachel Chaney, the newspaper's business editor, said Cyd King, who has covered Wal-Mart and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art out of the northwest Arkansas office, will move to Little Rock to cover the city's downtown development. Chaney said King had been wanting to move to Little Rock and was excited to start the new beat this week.
by Arkansas Business Staff 11/26/2014 11:03 am
Arkansas Business will not send the Daily Report, Morning Report or weekly industry e-newsletters on Thursday and Friday in recognition of the Thanksgiving holiday.
by Lee Hogan 11/26/2014 09:29 am
Kirk Thompson, chairman of the board at J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell, has been appointed to the board of directors at Rand Logistics Inc. of New York City.
by Arkansas Business Staff 11/24/2014 12:00 am
Cameron Smith, whose efforts to place women on corporate boards of directors was the subject of a front-page story last week, says it's not always easy persuading denizens of New York and Silicon Valley to move to Vendorville, the Bentonville-Rogers-Springdale-Fayetteville metroplex that's home to 1,390 suppliers to Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
by Arkansas Business Staff 11/24/2014 12:00 am
Dan Cushman became CEO of PAM Transport in 2009 after the company had reported nearly $19 million in annual losses in 2008. During the past three years, PAM entered positive territory, earning $5.91 million in 2013, and it's headed to another profitable year in 2014.
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 Arkansas Business Staff 11/20/2014 01:46 pm
The DRA estimates the eight Arkansas investments can help create and retain 1,050 local jobs for local residents. The projects include water and sewer improvements for the Big River Steel project in Osceola.
by Arkansas Business Staff 11/20/2014 10:53 am
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) has reached an agreement with Pinsly Railroad Co. to acquire Pinsly's subsidiaries in Arkansas for $40 million, GWI announced Thursday.
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 Marty Cook 11/17/2014 12:00 am
Chaffee Crossing, the 7,000-acre Army surplus property in Fort Smith, continues to be a popular development destination in its new civilian life, playing host to a spate of expansion and relocation announcements during the past year.
Wal-Mart Cuts About 50 Positions at Bentonville Headquarters 
