Laurice Hachem just wanted to dip her toe into the northwest Arkansas real estate market, but she found Pinnacle Hills in Rogers too enticing to resist.
Walmart is rolling out an unlimited grocery delivery subscription service this fall as it races to gain an advantage in the competitive fresh food business.
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale names John R. Tyson chief sustainability officer, effectively immediately.
Walmart said Friday that it will stop selling electronic cigarettes at its namesake stores and Sam's Clubs following a string of mysterious illnesses and deaths related to vaping. read more >
The Business Roundtable, a group of CEOs of America's top companies, says Walmart CEO Doug McMillon has been named chairman, succeeding JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon. read more >
A sharply divided Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for a second time this year while saying it's prepared to continue doing what it deems necessary to sustain the U.S. economic expansion. read more >
Plans are still taking shape to move 977 state employees into the six-story building at 1 Verizon Drive in the Riverdale area. read more >
When Verizon was ready to move 150 or so office workers to a new Little Rock headquarters, Silver Development Co. saw a golden opportunity. read more >
Walmart announced Tuesday that Nuala O'Connor has been appointed to a new senior vice president and chief counsel of digital citizenship role. read more >
When Walmart announced last week that it would end sales of short-barrel rifle and handgun ammunition, it's safe to assume that it was a cautious, deliberate business decision. Walmart doesn't do impulsive. read more >
The proposed sale of Wynne's First National Bank to First Financial Bank of El Dorado represents a $60.2 million cash transaction. read more >
Butch Rice doesn't believe the doom and gloom bandied about in some quarters about the trucking industry. "I feel the economy is OK," said Rice, the president and CEO of Stallion Transportation in Beebe. "Right now the market is back to normal. We're back to doing the daily grind." read more >
We're proud to introduce the 2019 class of New Influentials and the possibilities these 20 in their 20s offer our state in the decades to come. read more >
Murphy USA, the gas and convenience retail chain based in El Dorado, announced Wednesday that it will offer $500 million in senior unsecured notes, with plans to use the debt plus cash on hand to redeem previous 6% notes coming due in 2023. read more >
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale said Thursday that its corporate venture subsidiary, Tyson Ventures, has invested in New Wave Foods of San Francisco, which makes plant-based shellfish. read more >
America's Car-Mart Inc. of Bentonville names Leon Walthall as the company's new COO. read more >
Shares of Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale traded down by more than 5% on Wednesday after the meat processor cut its outlook for the fiscal year. read more >
Walmart says it will discontinue the sale of handgun ammunition and also publicly request that customers refrain from openly carrying firearms in stores even where state laws allow it. read more >
Although the percentage of women in the U.S. workforce now stands at 46.8%, it remains much lower than that in the technology sector. read more >
After nearly four years fighting a battle of attrition as managing editor of the Pine Bluff Commercial, John Worthen is done with what he called “the madness” of leading a skeleton crew delivering news to Jefferson County. read more >
AT&T cable TV and DirecTV viewers in Arkansas and around the nation got their Nexstar stations back on screen Thursday after Nexstar Media Group Inc. and AT&T reached a new multi-year deal for retransmitting programming in 97 American markets. read more >
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale says it will buy a 40 percent stake in the the foods division of Grupo Vibra, a Brazilian producer and exporter of poultry products. read more >
The economy slowed in the spring, and many analysts think the weakness will continue in the months ahead. Yet consumer spending, which drives about 70% of growth, accelerated in the April-June quarter. read more >
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale partners with John Brown University of Siloam Springs to offer a 10 percent tuition discount to Tyson employees. read more >
Big box stores which once housed bankrupt retailers are getting filled by snazzy companies like Trader Joe's while new construction continues to build in west Little Rock. read more >
North Little Rock has 17 acres to offer to Amazon for a permanent facility or expansion. A permanent or expanded facility would require at least 10-15 acres and could create up to 300 jobs, according to the Mayor Joe Smith. read more >
Go Forward Pine Bluff's innovation hub, The Generator, is in for a busy September. Mildred Franco, executive director of The Generator, hopes renovations will begin then on its physical location: the three-story building formerly known as the Merrill Civic Center. read more >
It's almost like the Business Roundtable heard Olivia Farrell's speech when she accepted the Little Rock Rotary Club's Business & Professional Leader of the Year award in June and decided to get on board. read more >
Seventy-two percent of U.S. business economists surveyed predict a recession next year or in 2021, with 38% forecasting a downturn in 2020, and 34% putting it in 2021. read more >
Nelson Peacock, president and CEO of the Northwest Arkansas Council, says the area's greatest need is talented workers to fill 10,000 jobs. read more >
Walmart announced Thursday the addition of Emma Waddell and Joe Rodriguez to its Global Governance division. read more >
Walmart says it will reopen its El Paso store where 22 people were killed in a mass shooting this month, but only after the entire interior of the store is rebuilt. read more >
While big-box stores and off-price retailers have responded faster to shoppers' increasing shift online, many mall-based clothing chains and department stores continue to suffer weak sales. read more >
