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Wal-Mart Names Brett Biggs as Next CFO

Wal-Mart Stores named Brett Biggs as the retailer's next chief financial officer. He will replace Charles Holley who is retiring at the end of the year. Biggs has been CFO and executive vice president of Wal-Mart's international unit since 2014. read more >

by Associated Press - October 9, 2015, 9:01am

KEWI-AM, 690, provides local programming that Benton listeners can’t get elsewhere, says owner Grant Merrill.

Tunnels, Dennis Smiley, John Rogers, Wal-Mart Kept Readers Checking Online

A tour of the hidden underground tunnels of Hot Springs was the most-read story on ArkansasBusiness.com in 2014. read more >

by Lance Turner - December 30, 2014, 7:13pm

Martha Shoffner, ex-State Treasurer, walked away from a plea deal in favor of taking her bribery case to trial. (Photo by Mauren Kennedy)

Agriculture & Poultry / Banking & Finance / Business Services

The Top 10 Business Stories of 2014

Politics, white-collar crime, banking acquisitions, Turner Grain and more. Arkansas Business recaps the top 10 stories from the year that was 2014. read more >

by Arkansas Business Staff - December 30, 2014, 7:12pm

An associate of Seiyu, Wal-Mart's Japanese branch. | (Photo provided by Wal-Mart Stores Inc.)

Public Companies / Retail

Wal-Mart’s Japan Stores, Seiyu, Will Close 30 Stores

Wal-Mart says its Japanese unit Seiyu plans to close 30 underperforming stores. read more >

by Associated Press - October 30, 2014, 2:38pm

Wal-Mart CEO Mike Duke, speaking at an investor conference in October in Rogers.

Public Companies / Retail

Mike Duke Among Top 50 Highest-Paid CEOs As Ranked by AP

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. read more >

by Associated Press - May 23, 2013, 11:34am