by Associated Press 6/19/2013 01:04 pm
The Federal Reserve says it will maintain the pace of its program to keep long-term interest rates at record lows, but offered a slightly more optimistic outlook for the U.S. economy and job market.
by Lance Turner 6/19/2013 11:27 am
The Wall Street Journal reports how Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is rethinking its supply and distribution chain to better compete in e-commerce.
by Lance Turner 6/19/2013 11:20 am
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale is taking on a $11 million expansion of its beef, chicken and pork plant in Sherman, Texas.
by Associated Press 6/19/2013 10:49 am
The Central Arkansas Library System is considering a plan to name its new children's library in honor of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
by Associated Press 6/19/2013 08:14 am
Gov. Mike Beebe has sent a letter to President Barack Obama requesting a major disaster declaration for 12 Arkansas counties that were affected by severe storms, tornadoes and floods beginning in late May.
by Associated Press 6/19/2013 08:12 am
A chicken in Scott County is confirmed with avian influenza and state officials have quarantined poultry within a 6.2-mile radius around the infected bird's farm.
by Associated Press 6/19/2013 08:10 am
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has named Paula Casey as its interim vice provost for research and dean of the graduate school.
by Associated Press 6/18/2013 03:18 pm
Arkansas' attorney general filed a brief Tuesday backed by his counterparts in 35 other states asking the Arkansas Supreme Court to uphold a $1.2 billion fine levied against Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary over the marketing of the antipsychotics drug Risperdal.
by Arkansas Business Staff 6/18/2013 02:50 pm
Arkansas State University in Jonesboro is set to implement a program this fall that will require all freshmen to use an iPad as part of a first-year experience course called "Making Connections."
by Chris Bahn 6/18/2013 10:15 am
The University of Arkansas athletic department is projecting $80.6 million in revenue for the 2013-14 fiscal year.
by Arkansas Business Staff 6/18/2013 10:07 am
The Walton Family Foundation said Tuesday that it had given a total of $1.3 million to two organizations working to improve Arkansas' K-12 schools.
by Arkansas Business Staff 6/18/2013 08:26 am
A summer camp by the Arkansas Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators will explore how communication professionals, nonprofits and ad agencies can perform in a business world rocked by globalization and digitalization.
by Associated Press 6/17/2013 04:54 pm
Officials say Arkansas plans to consider using different drugs in lethal injections after the state lost its account with a pharmaceutical company that supplied it with drugs earlier this year.
by Associated Press 6/17/2013 04:39 pm
Several Arkansas counties are opposing a federal designation that names the White River and its watershed part of the National Blueways System.
by Associated Press 6/17/2013 04:37 pm
Nine death row inmates challenging Arkansas' new lethal injection law have amended their lawsuit against the state.
by Associated Press 6/17/2013 04:35 pm
Arkansas state Rep. Andrea Lea says she's seeking the Republican nomination for state auditor next year.
by Associated Press 6/17/2013 11:11 am
State highway officials say maintenance work will require a lane closure on Interstate 630 in Little Rock later this week.
by Associated Press 6/17/2013 07:52 am
In Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and Wyoming, the vast majority of the counties where fracking is occurring are also suffering from drought, according to an Associated Press analysis of industry-compiled fracking data.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 6/17/2013 07:34 am
The conservative Club for Growth tags Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor as President Barack Obama's "closest ally" in the state. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's gun-control advocacy group says Pryor "let us down."
by Associated Press 6/17/2013 07:25 am
A food service company that has been in western Arkansas for 70 years is embarking on a $4 million expansion at a Van Buren facility.