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Talk Business & Politics, The City Wire to merge in new statewide company
FORT SMITH – The owners of Talk Business & Politics and The City Wire have agreed to merge their two media companies into a new entity that will become a statewide platform providing reporting and...
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Walmart gears up for baby-related sales in effort to win Millennial dollars
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comIn recent months Walmart Stores has made a big effort toward introducing expanded baby departments in select supercenter and neighborhood market stores. After...
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Rockline returns facial wipe production to the U.S. as part of Wal-Mart...
story by Jamie Smithjsmith@thecitywire.comRockline Industries and Wal-Mart Stores announced a re-shoring effort that creates 50 jobs and brings production of facial wipes from Germany and Italy to...
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Wal-Mart to cut 450 home office jobs, become ‘more agile’ company
story by Michael Tilleymtilley@thecitywire.comWal-Mart Stores CEO Doug McMillon on Friday announced 450 corporate job cuts at the home office in Bentonville. The cuts have been rumored for several...
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Sam’s Club announces top level job shifts, new focus on merchandise
Sam’s Club CEO Rosalind Brewer on Friday (Oct. 2) announced broad personnel and strategy changes that include nine top level organizational moves for the club division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The Sam’s...
View ArticleNanoMech launches a transport division
Springdale-based NanoMech has recently launched its own transport division to address the trucking and railroad industry requirements for increased sustainability, performance, reliability and...
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Arkansas September tax revenue dips, but collections up 3% year-to-date
story by Wesley Brown, courtesy of Talk Business & Politicswesbrocomm@gmail.comArkansas revenue collections hit a minor blip in September as general tax revenues were slightly below a year ago, but...
View ArticleAmerica’s Car-Mart opens its 144th dealership
America's Car-Mart Inc. announced the opening of its 144th dealership. The dealership is located in Brunswick, Ga.This marks the company’s eighth dealership in Georgia and the third new dealership...
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Arkansas severance tax revenue down 50%, natural gas drilling hits wall
story by Wesley Brown, with Talk Business & Politicswesbrocomm@gmail.comMonthly and quarterly severance tax collections in Arkansas at the end of September have declined to levels not seen in...
View ArticleDowntown Bentonville focuses on disability rights, hosts mobile museum
Downtown Bentonville Inc. is working with the U.S. Business Leadership Network to bring a mobile version of the Disability Rights Museum to the city’s Downtown Activity Center on Oct. 20 and the...
View ArticleMetova Inc. opens new Fayetteville office, creating 30 new jobs
Metova Inc., a technology development company, announced the opening of its new Fayetteville location bringing 30 new technology jobs to the region.The Franklin, Tenn.-based company said it’s expanding...
View ArticleWorkMatters selects Elise Mitchell, Mike Roetzel as new board members
Non-profit WorkMatters announced the addition of two new directors – Elise Mitchell, CEO of Mitchell Communications, and Tyson Foods exec Mike Roetzel – effective in later September."We are honored to...
View ArticleDollar General to cut 255 from its corporate ranks
Dollar General is the latest retailer to announce its paring down the home office ranks with plans to eliminate 255 positions in a corporate restructuring plan. The jobs elimination was effective...
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Arkansas poultry industry eager for increased trade with Cuba
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comWhile most U.S. businesses have been shut out of Cuba for 55 years, Arkansas’ poultry industry has exported broiler meat to the tiny island nation for more than...
View ArticleThird quarter income up 44% for Bank of the Ozarks
Bank of the Ozarks reported third quarter earnings of 52 cents a share, easily besting year ago results of 40 cents. However, the fast-growing Little Rock regional bank came in a penny below Wall...
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Wal-Mart grocery savings widen against Target, narrow for Publix
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comWinning on everyday low prices is a major focus for Walmart’s grocery business and the level of competition from major players like Publix, Kroger, Target,...
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J.B. Hunt Transport quarterly income up 12.4%, revenue misses target
story by Kim Souza ksouza@thecitywire.comNet income at Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services rose 12.4% to $115.1 million for the third quarter of 2015 ending Sept. 30. Net income compared to...
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Wal-Mart lowers earnings guidance 6% to 12% on investments, share price falls
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comWall Street did not like what Wal-Mart execs had to say on Wednesday (Oct. 14) about the heavy investments in people, technology and supply chain changes. The...
View ArticleFormer Arkansas Governor one of four to enter Arkansas Business Hall of Fame
Former Arkansas Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller (R) joins William Dillard II, Dr. George Mitchell and Patricia Upton to be inducted into the 2016 class of the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame. The four join 70...
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Arkansas Children’s Hospital taps Montague to lead new Springdale campus
Arkansas Children’s Hospital CEO Marcy Doderer has named Trish Montague of San Antonio, Texas, to oversee the leadership positions and the on-site construction of the recently announced hospital campus...
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