Seeing Demand for Pork Exports, Tyson Bans Ractopamine Use
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale will prohibit the use of the drug ractopamine in the market hogs it buys from farmers beginning in February.
View ArticleThree Banks Offering $30M in Loans for Springdale Projects
Arvest Bank, United Bank and First Security Bank will work with the Downtown Springdale Alliance to make available a total of $30 million to small businesses and investors for Downtown Springdale...
View ArticleTech After Five Lands in Little Rock
The Arkansas Center for Data Sciences is hosting monthly Tech After Five events in Little Rock.
View ArticleReport: Women Company Owners Say They're Not Taken Seriously
Women business owners can find it hard to be taken seriously even as their companies grow into multimillion-dollar enterprises.
View ArticleNWA Tech Summit Kicks Off With Focus On 'What's Next, After Next'
The four-day Northwest Arkansas Tech Summit kicked off its first full day on Monday amid blown-out windows in the John Q. Hammons Center in Rogers and downed trees in the parking lot, evidence of the...
View ArticleHutchinson Announces Appointments to Boards, Commissions
Gov. Asa Hutchinson makes appointments to boards and commissions.
View ArticleSafe Foods Shows Off New $15M Headquarters
Safe Foods Corp. of North Little Rock marks the grand opening of its new $15 million, 120,000-SF headquarters on 22 acres at 1501 E 8th St.
View ArticleSage Investor Snags South Creekside Apartments (NWA Real Deals)
A Fayetteville apartment complex sold for $8.3 million to a partnership led by a Rogers real estate investor.
View ArticleTyson Beef Plant Fire Passes From Big Fear to Just a Glitch
Fears of economic hardship in the beef industry grew when a Tyson Foods Inc. processing plant just outside of Holcomb, Kansas, burst into flames on the evening of Aug. 9.
View ArticleDavid's Burgers-Express Pharmacy Combo Sold in Cabot
Commercial projects in Lonoke, Saline and Pulaski counties were joined by a Little Rock home to form this week’s five-piece of million-dollar transactions.
View ArticleLyon Students to Study Science by Crafting Suds
A new course set for the spring semester will teach fermentation science at Lyon College, the liberal arts college in Batesville.
View ArticleMary Beth Ringgold Sells Copper Grill to Former Employee
Mary Beth Ringgold is selling her downtown Little Rock restaurant Copper Grill to Dan Kovach, longtime general manager of the now-closed Cajun’s Wharf.
View ArticleUncertainty May Save Money (Craig Douglass On Consumers)
Consumers continually look for convenience and time-savings. Add discounting, and if sales did not grow, a lack of confidence would be replaced by outright fear, and a total lack of economic backbone.
View ArticleXNA Survives Lights Out After October Tornado
When a tornado rumbled through Benton County in the early hours of Oct. 21 and knocked out electricity to the airport, things could have gone bad pretty quickly.
View ArticlePogue: Northwest Arkansas Needs Innovation Push
Northwest Arkansas has an enviable history of entrepreneurial success, but the region will have to embrace changes for continued long-term growth.
View ArticleMaumelle Towne Centre Sells for $3.2M
Maumelle Towne Centre sold for $3.2 million to 12M Commercial LLC.
View ArticleAnna Tucker Ashton Talks China Trade, Risks and Opportunities
Anna Tucker Ashton, a Little Rock native who serves as senior director of government affairs at the U.S.-China Business Council,
View ArticleScott McGhee Contends Culinary Concepts Part of Yellow Rocket Science
Scott McGehee, executive chef and partner in restaurant group Yellow Rocket Concepts, reveals his guilty pleasure snack.
View ArticleHoliday Cheer: Give the Gift of Arkansas
Several old and new friends, people who write knowledgeably and passionately about food, shared some of their favorite gifts to give — and receive.
View ArticleSeat Empty After Former McDonald's CEO Leaves Walmart Board
Steve Easterbrook joined Walmart’s board in 2018 and served on its compensation and management development and strategic planning and finance committees.
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