Walmart Launching New Fintech Startup
Walmart announced Monday the creation of a new fintech startup designed to develop and offer “modern, innovative and affordable financial solutions.” read more >
Walmart announced Monday the creation of a new fintech startup designed to develop and offer “modern, innovative and affordable financial solutions.” read more >
Tim Thorne will retire after 31 years with ArcBest Corp. of Fort Smith, the last 7 of which he spent as president of the company's ABF Freight less-than-truckload subsidiary. read more >
When 70-year-old Magnolia defense contractor Amfuel needed rescue from bankruptcy a little over a year ago, turnaround investors in Los Angeles swooped in like one of the military choppers the Arkansas manufacturer equips with bullet-resistant fuel tanks. read more >
Clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments are underway at two Arkansas hospitals, while a third is distributing a new treatment and all three are distributing vaccines. Their goal? To keep the infected from overwhelming the health care system. read more >
Two University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences employees who hold national roles critical to the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines say their development was quick but thorough and is the result of massive collaboration. read more >
Lackie Drug Store of Lonoke is suing six of the largest pharmacy benefit managers in the country, saying it won't be able to survive because the drug reimbursement rates it receives from the PBMs are often below its cost. read more >
Entegrity of Little Rock is building a solar array for the Central Arkansas Library System to provide electricity and savings of a million dollars over 25 years. read more >
A U.S. District Court judge recently awarded $1.6 million to a North Little Rock company after the company it sued failed to talk to its own attorneys or be involved in court proceedings. read more >
Apartments, a commercial redevelopment, Lake Maumelle watershed land, a coffeehouse and commercial mail carrier facility kick off 2021 with a six-pack of million-dollar real estate transactions. read more >
The family of America's Car-Mart Inc. founder Bill Fleeman recently sold several of the auto dealer's locations in northwest Arkansas. read more >
Encore Banchares Inc. is in the process of raising $90 million. read more >
PCA Technology Solutions in Little Rock has come to an agreement with Hazel Hart of Hart & Co. in Fordyce that expands its reach into south Arkansas. read more >
If this is the very best the Republican Party has to offer, it's time for a new conservative party. read more >
The latest COVID-19 relief package includes some notable components for health care providers. read more >
Tyson Foods is battling multiple civil lawsuits in Iowa filed by family members of employees who died of COVID-19 causes. read more >
In the second quarter of 2020, health services spending fell by 8.6% compared with the second quarter of 2019. read more >
The 200th anniversary celebration of the Rose Law Firm on Nov. 1 wasn't exactly how its managing member planned it. read more >
A 160-SF clean room for biomanufacturing is set to open this quarter or next at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, spurred by NuShores Biosciences LLC opening one of its own in west Little Rock a few months back. read more >
An affiliate of Property Resource Associates of Wellington, Florida, sold its 232-unit apartment project in west Little Rock. read more >
Dr. Jennifer Dillaha, the state epidemiologist, has come to know the “terrible consequences of the current pandemic in a deeply personal way.” read more >
