by Associated Press 5/24/2013 01:17 pm
A gun control group is invoking the 2008 shooting death of Arkansas' Democratic Party chairman with a new television ad questioning Sen. Mark Pryor's vote against expanded background checks. (Includes video.)
by Luke Jones 5/24/2013 10:47 am
Murphy Oil Corp. of El Dorado today announced it would buy back $250 million of its common stock from Merrill Lynch International.
by Lance Turner 5/24/2013 08:08 am
America's Car-Mart Inc. of Bentonville reports fourth-quarter net income of $8.8 million, down about 9 percent from the same quarter last year. Meanwhile, fourth-quarter revenue reached $126 milion, beating analysts' estimates of $119 million and rising 11 percent from the same time last year.
by Chris Bahn 5/23/2013 03:41 pm
The University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees approved a 3.5 percent increase in tuition and fees beginning with the fall 2013 semester. Arkansas State University's board approved a 3.3 percent increase.
by Associated Press 5/23/2013 01:30 pm
Arkansas' two largest university systems are opting out of a new state law allowing faculty and staff to carry concealed handguns on campus.
by Associated Press 5/23/2013 11:34 am
Mike Duke, CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville, is ranked among The Associated Press' 50 highest-paid CEOs of 2012, as calculated by executive pay research firm Equilar. He is the only CEO of an Arkansas-based public company to rank in the top 50.
by Associated Press 5/23/2013 11:29 am
CEO pay, which fell two years straight during the Great Recession but rose 24 percent in 2010 and 6 percent in 2011, has never been higher.
by Associated Press 5/23/2013 11:26 am
U.S. sales of new homes rose in April and nearly matched the fastest pace in five years, driving the median price to a record high. The gains suggest the housing recovery is strengthening.
by Associated Press 5/23/2013 11:15 am
State police have identified a man accused of scaling a fence at the Arkansas Governor's Mansion and entering the grounds.
by Lance Turner 5/23/2013 10:39 am
James Welch, CEO of YRC Worldwide Inc., is done talking about his firm's offer to take over ABF Freight Inc., the largest subsidiary of Arkansas Best Corp. of Fort Smith.
by Lance Turner 5/23/2013 09:25 am
Local NBC affiliate KARK-TV, Channel 4, reports today on more trouble at Plaza Towers. Anyone familiar with Arkansas Business' reporting on Henry's Henry Management Inc., won't be surprised.
by Associated Press 5/23/2013 07:57 am
An historic building in downtown Fort Smith that appeared to be headed for demolition is now to be renovated by a transportation and warehouse company.
by Arkansas Business Staff 5/23/2013 07:54 am
Michael A. Gealt, dean of the College of Science and Mathematics and professor of biology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has accepted a new position at Central Michigan University, according to UALR Provost and Vice Chancellor Zulma Toro-Ramos.
by Associated Press 5/23/2013 07:28 am
The former Majestic Hotel in Hot Springs is up for sale. The hotel closed in 2006 after serving customers for more than a century and through the bathhouse heyday.
by George Waldon 5/23/2013 07:23 am
Glendell Jones Jr. has been named chairman of Southern Bancorp Inc. of Arkadelphia, a $1.1-billion asset community development bank holding company. He replaces Walter Smiley, who held the post for more than 20 years.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 5/22/2013 11:44 am
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe said he hopes to name a replacement in the next several days for the state treasurer, who resigned over accusations she took cash bribes from a bond broker. The governor would not say who he's considering for the post, added that he wants to find someone "relatively apolitical."
by Associated Press 5/22/2013 11:33 am
Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to end its extraordinary stimulus programs.
by Associated Press 5/22/2013 11:32 am
West Memphis is to receive a $10.9 million grant to expand the city's port. The grant from the U.S. Transportation Department will go toward rail improvements.
by Associated Press 5/22/2013 09:27 am
Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm will be the headline speaker at the Democratic Party of Arkansas' annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner this year.
by Mark Carter 5/22/2013 09:05 am
University of Arkansas startup HomeDx won the elevator pitch portion and finished second overall in the graduate-level division of the 2013 Donald W. Reynolds Tri-State Governor's Cup business-plan competition Tuesday in Las Vegas.
