Lance Turner has been with Arkansas Business since 1999 and has been Interactive Editor since 2000. Turner oversees content for ABPG sites, including ArkansasBusiness.com, where he edits the Daily Report enewsletter.
He appears regularly on CBS affiliate KTHV-TV, Channel 11, providing business news reports on "Today's THV This Morning." He is also a panelist on AETN's weekly public affairs program, "Arkansas Week."
Donald Tankersley, who retired last year as CEO of White Dairy Ice Cream Co. Inc. of Van Buren, waived indictment and pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Thursday to two counts of tax fraud. 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 >
The boards of directors of Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. (AECC) and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc. (AECI) have named Vernon "Buddy" Hasten of Rogersville, Missouri, president and CEO. read more >
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale names John R. Tyson chief sustainability officer, effectively immediately. 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 >
University of Arkansas System President Donald R. Bobbitt names Christina Drale acting chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. 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 >
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 >
Walmart Inc. said Wednesday that it had hired global architecture firm Gensler of San Francisco to oversee its new headquarters project in Bentonville. read more >
Walmart Inc. of Bentonville on Thursday turned in second-quarter earnings that beat analysts' expectations and included a 37% increase in e-commerce sales the retailer said was powered by grocery purchases. read more >
