Stories by Steve Painter

  • Tyson income jumps in 3rd quarter

    Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale on Monday reported sharply higher yearover-year third-quarter net income, citing strong sales in its chicken and beef segments a…

    by Steve Painter August 6, 2013

  • Growers of cattle: ’13 grass greener

    Arkansas cattle ranchers, in the wake of the 2012 drought that dried up pastures and shrank hay supplies, turned increasingly this year to management technique…

    by Steve Painter July 31, 2013

  • Lindsey plaintiffs sent to U.S. court

    A lawsuit against Lindsey Management Co. Inc. of Fayetteville has been moved, at least for now, from Saline County District Court to the U.S. District Court fo…

    by Steve Painter July 24, 2013

  • Business pluses, minuses observed

    Business owners and leaders were treated to a mixed bag of optimism and pessimism when they gathered Wednesday at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith.

    by Steve Painter July 11, 2013

  • Forage testing pushed by UA

    University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture researchers are cautioning beef and other livestock producers to test and monitor their forage supplies for nitr…

    by Steve Painter July 9, 2013

  • LR sign slaps poultry industry

    A new billboard put in place Wednesday in Little Rock targets Tyson Foods Inc. and the poultry industry in general for what critics claim are unsanitary and un…

    by Steve Painter July 4, 2013

  • 50-year-old fruit station still branching out

    CLARKSVILLE — It all started more than six decades ago when the University of Arkansas’ agriculture division established a research station to help farmers sup…

    by Steve Painter June 23, 2013

  • FarmAid says meat contracts favor packers

    A new report by FarmAid, the farmer advocacy group founded by country music legend Willie Nelson, takes Tyson Foods Inc. and other large meat companies to task…

    by Steve Painter June 16, 2013

  • Meat origin-label rule riles industry

    U.S. meat and livestock groups this week sharply objected to newly implemented U.S. Department of Agriculture requirements on country-of-origin labeling, sayin…

    by Steve Painter May 25, 2013

  • Wal-Mart cuts Bangladesh suppliers

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Tuesday that it has barred dozens of apparel factories in Bangladesh from supplying goods to the retailer.

    by Steve Painter May 15, 2013

  • Wal-Mart touts career prospects

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville has begun a national television and online marketing campaign focusing on how the company not only helps customers save mon…

    by Steve Painter May 12, 2013

  • Tyson’s 2nd quarter uneven

    Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale on Monday reported mixed results for the second quarter of its fiscal year, with revenue rising slightly to $8.4 billion compare…

    by Steve Painter May 7, 2013

  • UA centers partner on retail technology

    Two centers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville are partnering on research to implement new and emerging visual identification technology in retail s…

    by Steve Painter May 6, 2013

  • Wal-Mart tests policy in Fort Smith

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Wednesday that it is fulfilling a commitment that Bill Simon, president and chief executive of the company’s U.S. stores division, ma…

    by Steve Painter April 25, 2013

  • Wal-Mart: Energy goals on track

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville on Monday reaffirmed its goal of eventually being powered 100 percent by renewable energy such as solar and wind power, out…

    by Steve Painter April 16, 2013

  • News reports of scant stock irk Wal-Mart

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville has come under scrutiny — and not in a favorable way — for being out of stock on some items and for customers facing long w…

    by Steve Painter April 13, 2013

  • Internet sales tax gaining headway

    Congress is now debating legislation, dubbed the Marketplace Fairness Act, that would add state sales taxes to many items shoppers now buy from Internet retail…

    by Steve Painter March 31, 2013

  • Exec: Wal-Mart needs suppliers’ ideas

    ROGERS — A top executive at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. urged suppliers Tuesday to “keep on bringing us ideas” as the retailer and its vendors navigate a challenging …

    by Steve Painter March 27, 2013

  • Report: Wal-Mart curtails efforts in India

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville has slowed its expansion in India amid allegations of bribery as the retailer sought to expand its presence in one of the w…

    by Steve Painter March 24, 2013

  • River system braces for cuts

    Businesses that rely on barge traffic on the 440-mile McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System to move fertilizer, grain and other commodities are raisi…

    by Steve Painter March 17, 2013

  • Wal-Mart CFO’s report mostly upbeat

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s chief financial officer delivered a mostly upbeat report Tuesday on the company’s performance in its U.S. operations as well as its grow…

    by Steve Painter March 13, 2013

  • Retailer to add smaller outlets

    Wal-Mart is signaling that its smaller-format stores — Neighborhood Market and Express, primarily — will play a larger role in the company’s future growth.

    by Steve Painter March 9, 2013

  • Wal-Mart launches female-retailer site

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Thursday launched a new shopping website, Empowering Women Together, aimed at boosting the sales of merchandise at small businesses own…

    by Steve Painter March 9, 2013

  • Animal activists target Wal-Mart over sow stalls

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is being targeted by animal welfare groups seeking to end the pork industry practice of housing sows in gestation stalls that allow little…

    by Steve Painter March 3, 2013

  • Wal-Mart’s medical-clinic fever waning

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in 2007 outlined an ambitious effort to open as many as 2,000 in-store, walk-in medical clinics over the next five years.

    by Steve Painter February 24, 2013

  • Wal-Mart profit up 8.6% for 4th quarter

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Thursday reported an 8.6 percent increase in fiscal fourth-quarter profit but cautioned that shoppers are pressured by high gasoline pr…

    by Steve Painter February 22, 2013

  • Tyson report scores first ‘ A’

    An international monitoring group has given Tyson Foods Inc. an “A” rating in its new corporate responsibility report for a high level of disclosure and transp…

    by Steve Painter February 10, 2013

  • NEWS IN BRIEF

    P.A.M.’s net loss put at $311,010 P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. of Tontitown on Wednesday reported a net loss of $311,010, or diluted loss per share of 4…

    by Steve Painter February 7, 2013

  • Network turning Wal-Mart ‘greener’

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville is partnering with the Mother Nature Network, operator of the websites mnn. com and treehugger.com, to identify and publici…

    by Steve Painter February 3, 2013

  • Tyson’s first-quarter income climbs 11%

    Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale reported Friday that its net income rose 11 percent in the first quarter of its 2013 fiscal year, which ended Dec. 29, reaching …

    by Steve Painter February 2, 2013

  • Arkansas Best net in hole

    Arkansas Best Corp. of Fort Smith on Wednesday reported a net loss of $7.9 million for its fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, citing a continuing weak freight marke…

    by Steve Painter January 31, 2013

  • Partnership offers legal, medical aid

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and its charitable arm are participating in a medical-legal partnership to assist patients from low-income households at Texas Children’s …

    by Steve Painter January 27, 2013

  • J.B. Hunt sets profit records

    J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $84.0 million, or 70 cents per share, for the period ending Dec. 31…

    by Steve Painter January 25, 2013

  • Wal-Mart to favor vets, U.S. labels

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced Tuesday that it intends to boost its purchase of U.S. products by $50 billion over the next decade.

    by Steve Painter January 16, 2013

  • Retailer foresees online rev-up

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. signaled last week that it envisions a larger role in the future for its online operation.

    by Steve Painter December 16, 2012

  • Wal-Mart employees rally, claim retaliation

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. workers staged rallies Friday in several of the retailer’s stores in other nations, claiming workers have been disciplined for seeking cha…

    by Steve Painter December 15, 2012

  • Detail in leak report disputed

    Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale and federal regulatory agencies overseeing workplace safety remained at odds Monday over the cause of a chemical leak at the com…

    by Steve Painter December 11, 2012

  • Social media marketer going to town

    Just off the square downtown, a small, 3 1/2-year-old marketing firm with expertise in the social media arena is undergoing a significant expansion, though not…

    by Steve Painter December 9, 2012

  • Wal-Mart new target in labor suit

    Attorneys acting on behalf of California workers at warehouses that supply Wal-Mart stores filed an amended federal court complaint Friday seeking to add the r…

    by Steve Painter December 1, 2012

  • Past year ‘volatile,’ Wal-Mart officer says

    Wal-Mart supplier representatives from across the region converged on the John Q. Hammons Convention Center on Tuesday morning to hear the latest updates from …

    by Steve Painter November 28, 2012

  • Labor board closes Wal-Mart inquiry

    The National Labor Relations Board has closed its investigation into whether Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and one of its union-funded critic groups violated provisions…

    by Steve Painter November 27, 2012

  • Some cut short Thanksgiving, get in sales line

    Throngs of shoppers in Little Rock were out hunting deals early Friday despite “Black Friday” promotions on the Internet and the fact that some stores had open…

    by Steve Painter , Jessica Seaman November 24, 2012

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