Walmart Museum seeking community art contributions for Bentonville Square
The Walmart Museum is sponsoring the Community Art Project 2015, where residents can leave their mark on the Bentonville Square. This project is designed to bring the community together through art...
View ArticleUSA Truck names new president of trucking operations
Van Buren-based USA Truck announced Tuesday (Sept. 29) that Martin Tewari will be president of trucking effective Sept. 30. The position is new to the trucking and logistics company.Tewari, 51, will be...
View ArticleU.S. Marshals Museum receives $100,000 pledge
The U.S. Marshals Museum on Tuesday (Sept. 29) announced receipt of a $100,000 pledge from the Hille Foundation of Tulsa in honor of David Bradley, a retired Deputy U.S. Marshal from Ketchum, Okla. The...
View ArticlePratt & Whitney operation in Springdale awarded military contract work
United Technologies, doing business as Pratt & Whitney, was on Wednesday (Sept. 30) awarded an $11.347 million contract to remanufacture a rear engine turbine case. Such cases are part of engines...
View ArticleNanoMech launches a transport division
Springdale-based NanoMech has recently launched its own transport division to address the trucking and railroad industry requirements for increased sustainability, performance, reliability and...
View ArticleConAgra Foods to layoff 1,500 workers, moving headquarters
One of Wal-Mart Stores’s largest suppliers ConAgra Foods announced a major restructuring underway at this time. CEO Sean Connolly said Friday that the company will lay-off 1,500 office-based employees...
View ArticleAmerica’s Car-Mart opens its 144th dealership
America's Car-Mart Inc. announced the opening of its 144th dealership. The dealership is located in Brunswick, Ga.This marks the company’s eighth dealership in Georgia and the third new dealership...
View ArticleDollar General to cut 255 from its corporate ranks
Dollar General is the latest retailer to announce its paring down the home office ranks with plans to eliminate 255 positions in a corporate restructuring plan. The jobs elimination was effective...
View ArticleThird quarter income up 44% for Bank of the Ozarks
Bank of the Ozarks reported third quarter earnings of 52 cents a share, easily besting year ago results of 40 cents. However, the fast-growing Little Rock regional bank came in a penny below Wall...
View ArticleDataRank of Fayetteville acquired by Simply Measured of Seattle
DataRank, one of The City Wire’s startups to watch in Northwest Arkansas, has been acquired for an undisclosed sum.Seattle-based Simply Measured, a social analytics firm, closed the deal this week with...
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Arkansas Children’s Hospital taps Montague to lead new Springdale campus
Arkansas Children’s Hospital CEO Marcy Doderer has named Trish Montague of San Antonio, Texas, to oversee the leadership positions and the on-site construction of the recently announced hospital campus...
View ArticleLibertarian Party sues for more time to find candidates
The Libertarian Party of Arkansas has filed suit asking for more time to nominate candidates for the 2016 election cycle, drawing a judge who earlier this year ruled against an independent candidate...
View ArticleMicro Plastics to add 79 Arkansas jobs in $2.4 million expansion
Micro Plastics is expanding its Arkansas operations with a $2.4 million investment in the north central Arkansas town of Melbourne that is estimated to add 79 jobs in five years.The company, which...
View ArticleSparks Health System hires chief medical information officer, cardiologist
Sparks Health System in recent days has announced the hiring of a new chief medical information officer and another interventional cardiologist.Dr. Sashikanth “Sashi” Kodali, is the new chief medical...
View ArticleTyson Foods, Sam’s Club help South Carolina flood victims
Tyson Foods is deploying its 53-foot mobile kitchen and with help from Sam’s Club plans to set up a major feeding center in Columbia, S.C., for the flood victims in that area.Teams from both companies...
View ArticleUnit formed to try to catch Medicaid fraud
The Arkansas Department of Human Services Division of Medical Services (DMS) and the Office of Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) are proposing to create a Payment Integrity Unit within DHS and a...
View ArticleFayetteville’s SFC Fluidics receives $175,000 in federal funding
SFC Fluidics of Fayetteville has received $175,000 in Phase 1 funding from the National Institutes of Health for the development of an infusion pump for drugs used in small animal research. The device...
View ArticleSupply Side briefs: ConAgra layoffs, Nestle’s frozen focus, Tyson bets on jerky
• ConAgra corporate layoffs begin ConAgra Foods recently began the first wave of layoffs that will impact roughly 1,000 of its employees among its corporate ranks. The company unveiled more details of...
View ArticleWalmart Asda retrenches around its core business, trims jobs
Asda, Wal-Mart’s successful grocery chain in the United Kingdom, announced Monday (Oct. 19) plans to reallocate more resources to the core business to try and reverse what has been a yearlong sales...
View ArticleArkansas Children’s Hospital gets delivery of new ‘AirMed’ choppers
Blackhawk helicopter maker Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has delivered two state-of-the-art helicopter units that will provide air medical transportation services to Arkansas Children’s Hospital, the...
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