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Wal-Mart’s Asda banner to cut 200 corporate jobs
Asda, the British retail banner of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., announced Monday (March 24) plans to reduce around 200 corporate jobs from its Leeds home base and the Lutterworth clothing arm of its George...
View ArticleATLAS promotes Chris Oswald
ATLAS Technology Group recently promoted Chris Oswald to vice president of engineering for the Bentonville-based retail tech service supplier. Oswald has been with ATLAS for 18 months as director of...
View ArticleSenior Arkansas Best officer to retire in March
Jim Keenan, senior vice president of Enterprise Customer Solutions for Arkansas Best Corporation, will retire March 31, 2014, after 33 years of service with the company."Jim's many years of service at...
View ArticleNWACC to offer online credit courses for high school students
High school students can meet Arkansas’ new digital learning requirement and earn college credit at the same time through an offering of NorthWest Arkansas Community College.NWACC was one of 23...
View ArticleArkansas Supreme Court pulls docket from Judge Mike Maggio
The fallout from the investigation into the online activities of Faulkner County Circuit Judge Mike Maggio continues, as the Conway judge's current docket has been reassigned.Maggio, who until early...
View ArticleStudent fee increase to fund new UAFS fitness facility
A new online university and many new degree programs were approved at last week's meeting of the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees meeting. But not much discussed was a fee to fund a new...
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Wal-Mart recalls dolls due to fire hazard
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. issued an immediate recall of the My Sweet Love / My Sweet Baby Cuddle Care Dolls sold exclusively at its store since August 2012. The dolls were pulled from the retailer’s shelves...
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Tyson Food names new president for Brazillian unit
Tyson Foods Inc. announced the promotion of Flavio Malnarcic as president and general manager of Tyson do Brasil, the company’ poultry subsidiary in Brazil.“Flavio has done an outstanding job leading...
View ArticleJBU teams win construction competition
John Brown University Construction Management students brought home several awards from the Associated Schools of Construction Student Competition. The team placed first against ten other teams in the...
View ArticleFCRA proposes land swap deal to Barling Board of Directors
A land swap between the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority and the Army National Guard has the city of Barling wanting something, too.At the city's Board of Directors meeting on Tuesday (March 25),...
View ArticleWal-Mart sues Visa over interchange fees
Wal-Mart Stores filed suit against Visa this week in U.S. District Court (Fayetteville) claiming the defendant conspired with large banks to fix interchange fees charged to merchants between Jan 1,...
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Brewer joins Arvest Benton County
Payne Brewer has joined Arvest Bank, Benton County, as senior vice president and commercial banker. He will work from the Village On The Creeks in Rogers, according the release.Brewer has worked for...
View ArticleWal-Mart FCPA expenses exceed $439 million
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores has coughed up more than $439 million in legal fees over the past two years to investigate bribery allegations and other potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt...
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Steffens named executive director of Reynolds Cancer Support House
Susan Steffens has been named executive director of the Arkansas-Oklahoma Cancer Support Foundation and Donald W. Reynolds Cancer Support House of Fort Smith.Judy Englehart, president of Regions...
View ArticleATU-Ozark to host receptions for ATU president finalists
Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus will host a series of receptions that will provide students, faculty, staff and community members with an opportunity to learn more about the four finalists to...
View ArticleSuperior Industries names new board chair
Superior Industries International has appointed Margaret S. Dano, the company’s lead director, as chairman, succeeding Steven J. Borick, who is retiring from the company’s day-to-day operations,...
View ArticleAT&T brings driving simulator to NWACC, Jones Center
Texting while driving is a recipe for disaster as one text takes the eyes off the road for an average of five seconds. At 55 mph, that’s driving the length of a football field completely blind,...
View ArticleTyson Foods ranked among ‘Most Trustworthy Companies’
For the second time in as many months Tyson Foods Inc. was ranked among the most outstanding companies in the nation. Forbes selects “America’s 100 Most Trustworthy Companies” each year. Tyson Foods...
View ArticleAlumnus commits estate gift of $7.8 million to UA College of Engineering
The University of Arkansas alumnus Robert H. Biggadike has made an estate gift commitment of $7.8 million to benefit the UA College of Engineering. The future gift will be used to establish the Robert...
View ArticleAmerica's Car-mart opens 132nd dealership
America's Car-Mart has opened dealership No. 132, according to a release provided by the Bentonville-based company late Monday evening (March 31). This newest used-car dealership is located in...
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