UPS Strike Looms in a World Grown Reliant on Delivery
UPS delivers millions more packages every day than it did just five years ago and its 350,000 unionized workers, represented by the Teamsters, still seethe about a contract they feel was forced on them...
View ArticleNick Stevens Appointed Executive Director of Creative Institute
He co-founded the Conway institute in 2020.
View ArticleUS Applications for Jobless Benefits Highest Since October 2021
The Labor Department reported Thursday that U.S. applications for jobless claims were 261,000 for the week ending June 3, an increase of 28,000 from the previous week's 233,000. Weekly jobless claims...
View ArticleArkansas' Last Drive-Ins Are Keeping it in the Family
After decades of attrition that saw most of their peers fall to the cutting-room floor, two north Arkansas drive-ins continue to light up the outdoor silver screen. Mountain View’s Stone Drive-In and...
View ArticleGive a Day. Give a Dollar. Give. (Margaret Dobson Commentary)
The Arkansas Bar Association urges Arkansans to remember those hurt by the March 31 tornadoes.
View ArticleThe Great Grift: How Billions in COVID-19 Relief Aid Was Stolen or Wasted
An Associated Press analysis found that fraudsters potentially stole more than $280 billion in COVID-19 relief funding; another $123 billion was wasted or misspent.
View ArticleNWA Economy Got $159M Boost From Cycling Last Year, Report Says
One event in particular, the 2022 Walmart UCI CycloCross World Championship, drew 17,500 attendees.
View ArticleCases of Check Fraud Escalate Dramatically, with Americans Warned Not to Mail...
Banks issued roughly 680,000 reports of check fraud to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, also known as FinCEN, last year. That's up from 350,000 reports in 2021.
View ArticleConsumer Price Growth Slowed Last Month as Inflation Shows Signs of Steady...
Measured year over year, inflation slowed to just 4% in May — the lowest 12-month figure in over two years and well below April's 4.9% annual rise.
View ArticleThe Venture Center to Host Biannual Pitch Competition June 28
Entrepreneurs will pitch products and business ideas and compete to win $3,000.
View ArticleWilson Marseilles Named Next CEO of Harrison Chamber
Bob Largent is retiring after more than four years leading the organization.
View ArticleInflationary Pressures Continue to Ease, Producer Prices Drop 0.3% From April...
On a month-to-month basis, overall producer prices have now dropped three of the last four months.
View ArticleRoller-Chenal’s Miracle, and Building Back After the Storm
When the March 31 tornado ripped through the Roller-Chenal Funeral Home in Little Rock and the company’s office building, President Bill Booker “didn’t have time to get scared.”
View ArticleArkansas Business Announces 2023 'Best Places to Work' Honorees
Fifty companies will be recognized at an event Sept. 12 at the Statehouse Convention Center and in a supplement of Arkansas Business.
View ArticleFour R Marketing Finds Success in Smackover
The addition of wax to the company's offerings boosts its revenue, placing it on Arkansas Business' list of top 75 private companies for the second consecutive year.
View ArticleBuilding Resilience as an Entrepreneur (Sabrina Starling Commentary)
It’s time for entrepreneurs to take care of ourselves so that we can take care of others.
View ArticleFormation of New US Businesses Dips From Pandemic Peak
The number still remains at historic highs.
View ArticleSPONSORED: Many Businesses Qualify For The ERTC Tax Credit, Even If They've...
The rules of the program have evolved over the last 12 months and many of the changes in the program have actually expanded the number of Arkansas businesses that qualify for the benefit.
View ArticleFed's Powell: More Rate Hikes are Likely This Year to Fight Still-High Inflation
The contrast between the Fed's stated concern over still-high inflation and its decision to skip a rate hike has heightened uncertainty about its next moves.
View ArticleMarion McCollum, CEO of Mack's Prairie Wings, Dies at 81
He helped transform his family's sporting goods store in Stuttgart into a mecca for waterfowlers.
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