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McLaughlin outlines Wal-Mart focus on business responsibility in society
story by Rose Ann Pearce, special to The City WireKathleen McLaughlin, president of the Walmart Foundation, told students at the University of Arkansas that the role of big business is to serve society...
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Arkansas’ jobless average dips below 7% for first time since 2008
Arkansas’ average jobless rate for 2014 was 6.1%, down 1.3% percentage points from the 7.4% average in 2013. It is the first time the annual average dropped below 7% since 2008, according to a report...
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Area telecommuters note productivity, time savings and other benefits
story by Rose Ann Pearce, special to The City WireMary Mann is one of a growing number of workers in the U.S. who finds telecommuting convenient, productive and beneficial in terms of saving time and...
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Arkansas bank officials hope to build on profitable 2014
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comCommunity Bankers across the Natural State enjoyed a profitable 2014 accruing net income of $810 million among the 109 institutions. Profits rose from $707...
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‘Obamacare’ bill advances in Arkansas Legislature, personal finance bill filed
story by Michael Wilkey, with Talk Business & Politicsmwilkey@talkbusiness.netThe state Senate approved a healthcare related bill as debate over the issue was going on nearly 1,000 miles away at...
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The Video Wire: Fairy Tale references and soda taxes
The involvement of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in the effort to change the form of Fort Smith government, improved sales tax revenue for Fort Smith and an effort to reduce the tax on coke – the...
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Tyson, poultry sector supports new antibiotic policy at McDonald’s
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comAntibiotic use in animal production has long been an issue of debate among health officials and agricultural groups. But under consumer pressure, restaurant...
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The Supply Side: Kellogg’s, S.C. Johnson appealing direct to consumers
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comEditor’s note: The Supply Side section of The City Wire focuses on the companies, organizations, issues and individuals engaged in providing products and...
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Irish artists arrive in Fort Smith to preview September murals project
story and photos by Michael Tilleymtilley@thecitywire.comProviding a preview for the September murals event in downtown Fort Smith is the reason why internationally acclaimed Irish artists Maser and...
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Arkansas Tourism Ticker: All measurements positive for inaugural report
Three key measurements of Arkansas’ leisure and hospitality sector ended 2014 in positive territory, with 16 of the 18 Arkansas cities reviewed showing year-over-year hospitality tax gains, according...
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Many Arkansas-based stocks get caught up in market sell off
story by Wesley Brownwesbrocomm@gmail.comU.S. stocks took a hard fall in late trading on Friday as interest rate fears spooked the Dow Jones and S&P 500 indices, dragging down publicly-traded...
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Pietro one of many trying to survive on $9 hourly retail wage (updated)
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comWalking more than a mile to work, Lisa Pietro, a produce handler at a Wal-Mart Store in Winter Haven, Fla., said the $8.95 per hour she earns after two years on...
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Plans pushed to put Gov. and Lt. Gov. on a single ticket, allow guns in...
story by Michael Wilkey, courtesy of Talk Business & Politicsmwilkey@talkbusiness.netThe fact that a governor may cross the bridge at Memphis should not preclude him or her from doing their job,...
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Facebook not friends with social media bills filed in Arkansas Legislature
story from Talk Business & Politics, a content partner with The City WireFacebook doesn’t “like” two bills being considered by state legislators – one that would allow certain employers to require...
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Fort Smith Board, staff discuss budget presentation options
The Fort Smith Board of Directors did not have time to talk about changing the city administrator’s hire-fire authority, but they did have a lively discussion about how the city presents its budget –...
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Arkansas’ large market home sales dip in January, average prices rise
Home sales in Arkansas’ four large markets were down 2.55% in January after posting an almost 4% gain in all of 2014. Driving the January numbers lower was an almost 11% decline in home sales in the...
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Legislature considers health care reform task force, Cuba relations, gun bill
story by Michael Wilkey, courtesy of Talk Business & Politicsmwilkey@talkbusiness.netIt was meeting day Tuesday as several committees approved legislation, while a task force to study health care...
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Sager Creek, former Allens, sells to Del Monte for $75 million
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comThe one-time family-owned Allens Inc., of Siloam Springs has been sold to canning rival Del Monte Foods for $75 million in cash. The deal was with Sager Creek...
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Avian Influenza confirmed in Boone County turkey flock, exports banned
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comThe H5N2 “bird flu” strain has now been found in a Butterball turkey farm in Boone County. It’s been 11 years since the highly pathogenic strain of Avian...
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With U.S. economic growth, consumer debt remains a problem
U.S. GDP growth has improved and the national jobless rate fell to 5.5% in February, but rising consumer debt suggests that overall economic recovery is not resulting in a better financial position for...
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