Strikes Against Automakers Spread to 38 Locations in 20 States
Workers walked out of General Motors and Stellantis parts distribution centers. read more >
Workers walked out of General Motors and Stellantis parts distribution centers. read more >
It's the first increase since October. Meanwhile, Arkansas’ labor force participation rate was unchanged. read more >
The company hopes to start construction on what it calls its South West Arkansas project sometime in 2025. read more >
Wholesale prices are still rising more slowly than consumer costs, a sign that inflation may continue to cool as the weaker wholesale price gains translate into smaller price increases for the consumer. read more >
Envirotech Vehicles Inc. said it's secured a final assembly facility in the Clark Free Trade Zone that, with five productions lines, would produce more than 2,000 vehicles annually. read more >
JM Smucker agreed to purchase the snack maker, which has invested more than $120 million in a "bakery of the future" in Clark County. read more >
Our annual list of engaging young leaders who are doing great things for Arkansas' people and economy. read more >
Vancouver-based Standard Lithium predicts commercial production will start in 2026. An even bigger project could come soon afterward. read more >
A possible buyout of U.S. Steel Corp. promises complications both political and regulatory. read more >
The cuts left 59 farmers left with unrenewed contracts with Tyson Foods Inc. after it announced multiple plant closures this year. read more >
It raises the likelihood that the Fed will leave interest rates unchanged when it next meets in late September. read more >
The government had previously estimated that the economy expanded at a 2.4% annual rate last quarter. read more >
The new rule, shared with The Associated Press ahead of the announcement, would require employers to pay overtime to so-called white collar workers who make less than $55,000 a year. read more >
The Little Rock equity firm purchased the luxury furniture maker in 2014 and recently invested $20 million in a restructuring of the company. read more >
In a letter to shareholders Tuesday, U.S. Steel said it had entered into confidentiality agreements with "numerous" third parties. read more >
The number of job vacancies dropped to 8.8 million last month, the Labor Department said Tuesday, the fewest since March 2021. read more >
An awards ceremony will be held Nov. 2 at the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock read more >
Much of the world's population is aging, and older people are less likely to keep working. Those trends could act as supply shocks, similar to the shortages of goods and labor that accelerated inflation during the rebound from the pandemic recession. read more >
A historic heat wave that began blasting the Southwest and other parts of the country this summer is shining a spotlight on one of the harshest, yet least-addressed effects of U.S. climate change. read more >
South Arkansas offers advantages beyond its mineral-rich underground water, Standard Lithium Ltd. CEO Robert Mintak says. read more >
