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Drive-By Shooting Reported
SPRINGDALE — Police are investigating a drive-by shooting reported on Braxton Drive on Friday night.
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Wal-Mart focus: Recouping sales
Making progress but wish it were faster, CEO says in Rogers
LITTLE ROCK — When Wal-Mart Stores Inc. embarked on a major destocking effort two years ago, it created a gap in both selection and price-point of which smart competitors took advantage, the company’s head of U.S. sales said Thursday. Continue reading...
Spring sogginess bogs down meat business as grillers cool heels
Cool, wet weather, a later Easter and a rise in corn and beef prices have some meat retailers worried about their profits at a time when they usually are increasing revenue. Continue reading...
Poultry firms face antitrust suit
Justice Department says sale of Tyson plant to George’s illegal
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit Tuesday challenging the sale of a Tyson Foods Inc. poultry processing facility in Virginia to George’s Inc. Continue reading...
Tyson revenue up, but profit flat
Higher grain costs mute effects of rise in meat prices
Higher meat prices played a tug-of-war with rising grain costs to keep Tyson Foods Inc.’s profits flat in a second quarter in which the Springdale meat processor’s revenue hit a new record. Continue reading...
Wal-Mart again tops Fortune 500
Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. repeated its appearance Thursday at the top of Fortune magazine’s list of the 500 American companies that generated the most revenue in the previous year. Continue reading...
Fort Smith firm must pay $14.51 million in ’02 suit
Fort Smith-based O.K. Industries Inc. must pay a $14.51 million judgment to Oklahoma poultry farmers after the U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear the company’s appeal of a class-action lawsuit. Continue reading...
First Federal puts finishing touches on Bear State deal
First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas Inc. said the closing of the agreement between it and the Little Rockbased financial group pouring a planned $46.3 million into the savings-and-loan holding company was finalized Tuesday. Continue reading...
Demand for corn propels price
Costlier livestock feed likely to show at supermarket
LITTLE ROCK — The United States’ corn crop — valued at $66.7 billion in 2010 — is in higher demand both in this country and around the world this year, driving up its market price and costs for companies that use it to feed poultry, cattle and hogs. Continue reading...
