Business in Arkansas
State’s April home sales drop 10%
posted: 05/25/2012 4:29 a.m. Discuss
Home sales in Arkansas fell 10 percent in April compared with April last year, continuing a slow start to the real estate market for 2012, the Arkansas Realtors Association said Thursday.
State banks’ assets up 17% in 4 years, topping U.S. pace
posted: 05/24/2012 3:23 a.m. Discuss
Assets at Arkansas banks have jumped more than 17 percent in the past four years, outpacing the 6.5 percent growth of banks in the United States, according to statistics from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
Joplin walk honors 161 dead a year after tornado
posted: 05/23/2012 4:06 a.m.
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They walked for Skyular Logsdon, who barely had time to learn how to walk himself.
UA to use $1 million in gifts for display honoring Walton
posted: 05/23/2012 3:47 a.m. Discuss
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville will use a combined $1 million in private gifts to fund a new display featuring Wal-Mart Stores Inc. founder Sam Walton in the building that houses the college of business that bears his name.
New-vehicle registrations slip 18%
posted: 05/23/2012 3:31 a.m. Discuss
Registration of new vehicles in Arkansas declined in April, the first time in 19 months, a Kentucky automotive research firm says.
Dillard's moves online operation to Arkansas
posted: 05/22/2012 10:31 a.m. Discuss
Department store owner Dillard's is laying off 125 workers in Nashville as it moves online fulfillment to a central Arkansas center.
Studies: Graduates’ job outlook nicer
posted: 05/22/2012 2:02 a.m. Discuss
Good news for the class of 2012: Reports show a friendlier job market than the one college graduates faced a few years ago.
$1 million donation to fund UA Sam Walton display
posted: 05/21/2012 8:22 a.m. Discuss
A University of Arkansas display honoring Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton will be renovated and expanded using a $1 million donation from the retail giant and the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation, officials said Monday.
Bankruptcy watch
posted: 05/21/2012 2:37 a.m. Discuss
ALEXANDER Michael David and Leigh Ann Hartwick (aka Leigh Horn), 14516 Parkway Meadows Drive, May 16, 2012, Chapter 13. Teri Ann and Thomas Elmer Fry Jr., P.O. Box 82, May 14, 2012, Chapter 13.
Locally produced food finds a place at the table
posted: 05/20/2012 3:50 a.m. Discuss
Locally produced foods are finding their way into more and more restaurants and retail stores across the state.
Patent rummaging connects inventors and entrepreneurs
posted: 05/20/2012 3:41 a.m. Discuss
For would-be inventors and savvy marketers, mining the extensive U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has become common.
State jobless rate falls to 7.2%, lowest since ’09
posted: 05/19/2012 3:35 a.m. Comment 1
Arkansas’ unemployment rate continued its decline in April, dropping two-tenths of a percentage point from the previous month to 7.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday.
NEWS IN BRIEF
posted: 05/19/2012 3:15 a.m. Discuss
Bank of Ozarks rated No. 1 for second year The ABA Banking Journal, a publication of the American Bankers Association, named Little Rock-based Bank of the Ozarks the best-performing midsize public bank in the country.
2 allege retailer stalling in probe
posted: 05/18/2012 3:13 a.m. Discuss
Two Democratic House leaders said Thursday that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is not cooperating with their investigation into allegations that the company used bribes to gain market share in Mexico.
Wal-Mart profit tops expectations
posted: 05/18/2012 2:38 a.m. Discuss
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported fiscal first-quarter profit and sales Thursday that surpassed its own guidance and retail analysts’ expectations.
