Arkansas Business News
Farmers are covering their crops in anticipation of a frigid cold front later tonight.
by Nathan Owens - April 20, 2021Arkansas utility companies plan to spread the costs they incurred from the huge spikes in natural gas and power prices during February's historic winter stor...
by Ashton Eley - April 19, 2021As economic activity returns, with more businesses and schools opening, the evolution to online doctor visits, school lessons and work-from-home Zoom meeting...
by Andrew Moreau - April 18, 2021The measure of Arkansas' unemployed continues to improve as the state's joblessness rate dropped again in March, inching closer to pre-pandemic levels.
by Andrew Moreau - April 17, 2021Walmart Inc. is increasing its efforts to support bees and other pollinators with new initiatives to expand their habitats and reduce their exposure to pesti...
by Serenah McKay - April 17, 2021Home BancShares Inc. opened the year with record quarterly earnings, reaching new highs for net income and earnings per share.
by Andrew Moreau - April 16, 2021J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. on Thursday reported first quarter 2021 earnings of $146.6 million, up 40% from a year ago.
by Nathan Owens - April 16, 2021JB Hunt Transport Services Inc. on Thursday reported first-quarter profit of $146.6 million.
by The Associated Press - April 15, 2021Walmart Inc. is losing its global chief ethics and compliance officer.
by Serenah McKay - April 15, 2021Tyson Foods said Wednesday that it will follow federal and state guidance and will "pause" the use of the Johnson & Johnson covid-19 vaccine for its workers.
April 15, 2021Walmart and some institutional investors have joined the latest investment in Cruise, bumping the capital influx into the General Motors autonomous vehicle s...
by The Associated Press - April 15, 2021In a move that Walmart Inc. workers have sought for years, the retailer said Wednesday that it will shift more of its store employees from part-time to full-...
by Serenah McKay - April 15, 2021The Federal Reserve reported Wednesday that economic conditions in the region that includes Arkansas are continuing to improve as vaccinations chip away at c...
by Andrew Moreau - April 15, 2021Tyson clinics pause 1-shot vaccine's use
April 15, 2021Walmart is moving more of its workers full time, with the goal of having two-thirds of its U.S. store hourly jobs be full time with more consistent work sche...
by The Associated Press - April 14, 2021