It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (by the Numbers)
The forecast for holiday sales this year shows an increase of between 8.5% and 10.5% — and a potential record — compared with the pandemic year of 2020.
View Article'It’s a Total Mess': Best Quotes of 2021
They said it, we only quoted them. Here are some of the best things said in 2021.
View ArticleArkansas Year in Review: Best & Worst of 2021
High times and low moments noted from Arkansas Business subjects in 2021.
View ArticleArkansas Year in Review: Top 10 Business Stories of 2021
The cost of COVID-19 repercussions top a busy year in Arkansas news.
View ArticleTV Stunt, Mall Default Drove Web Traffic in 2021
The rise and fall of leaders in Arkansas media, manufacturing and retail, along with some high-dollar residential deals and the foreclosure on a commercial landmark in Little Rock, caught the attention...
View ArticleGoodwill Donation Location Sells for $2M
Big homes account for six out of 10 in this week’s lineup of million-dollar real estate sales.
View ArticleEXPLAINER: Must Employers Follow Biden's Vaccine Mandates?
Tens of millions of workers across the U.S. are in limbo as federal courts have issued different rulings related to the mandate.
View ArticleRestaurants Anxious as Omicron, High Food Costs Take Toll
Staffing remains a challenge, as well.
View ArticleSPONSORED: Businessman & Former NBA Player Junior Bridgeman: The Secret to...
He has turned a career in basketball into a business empire that has put his estimated net worth at more than $600 million.
View ArticleOmicron Casts a New Shadow Over Economy's Pandemic Recovery
Sporting events have been postponed, Broadway is canceling some shows, and a sense of anxiety is rising.
View ArticleFederal Watchdog: Trump's USDA Overpaid Corn Farmers by $3B
Farmers in the South were paid more for the same crops than those elsewhere in the country.
View ArticleUS Consumer Confidence Rises Despite Omicron, Higher Prices
It reached the highest rating since July.
View ArticleConsumer Prices Up 5.7% Over Past Year, Fastest in 39 Years
Personal incomes, which provide the fuel for future spending increases, rose 0.4%.
View ArticleUS Jobless Claims Unchanged at 205,000
The weekly claims numbers, a proxy for layoffs, have fallen steadily most of the year.
View ArticleLong COVID and the Americans With Disabilities Act (In the Workplace 2022)
Questions about how to accommodate employees suffering from long-term effects of the virus are increasing.
View ArticleDollar General Plans $140M Distribution Center in North Little Rock
The project could create as many as 600 jobs.
View ArticleRecreational Marijuana Stands a Real Chance Next Year (In the Workplace 2022)
There are at least three ballot proposals on the issue.
View ArticleUS Unemployment Claims Drop to 198,000
The numbers suggest that the fast-spreading omicron variant has yet to trigger a wave of layoffs.
View ArticleThe Year in Executive Q&A: 2021
Week after week, we approach executives from businesses large and small, nonprofits and even government agencies, and we ask them to answer questions about their organizations, their industries and...
View ArticleBiden to Meet With Farmers as he Seeks to Cut Meat Prices
The administration is targeting meat processing plants, which can shape the prices paid to farmers and charged to consumers.
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