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The Supply Side: Legends Bedding headed to select Walmart stores
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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Waltons to bring new private school to Bentonville, competitors welcome it
story by Rose Ann Pearcerapearce@thecitywire.comA new independent school under development by the Walton Family Foundation won’t impact other education opportunities, including the public school...
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Arkansas Lt. Gov. recommends changing, renaming Common Core
story by Steve Brawner, courtesy of Talk Business & Politicsbrawnersteve@mac.comLt. Gov. Tim Griffin said Tuesday he will recommend that the Common Core be made more rigorous and be renamed....
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Citing costs, Fort Smith Board pushes back against annexation plan
story by Michael Tilleymtilley@thecitywire.comIt didn’t take long for a majority of the Fort Smith Board of Directors to reject a plan that would annex 875 acres centered on the new intersection of...
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Fort Smith metro job numbers, workforce size up in June
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June report shows number of employed up 4.7% in Northwest Arkansas
The Northwest Arkansas job market continues its record-setting pace of growth, with the region in June topping the 250,000 mark for the workforce size and topping the 240,000 mark for the number of...
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The secret embezzler
guest commentary by David PottsEditor’s note: David Potts is a certified public accountant with more than 33 years experience. Although every effort is made to provide you accurate and timely tax...
View ArticleNew report says climate change will be costly for Arkansas agri industry
story by Wesley Brown, courtesy of Talk Business & Politicswesbrocomm@gmail.comA Wall Street-based nonprofit initiative funded and chaired by billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael...
View ArticleBoeing breaks ground on new facility in Oklahoma City
Boeing on Wednesday (July 29) broke ground on a new 290,000 square-foot facility in Oklahoma City that will house 800 employees.The new structure, the third in Boeing’s existing campus, will open in...
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Arkansas airport activity slows in June, XNA and Fort Smith up for the year
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View ArticleMurphy Oil posts $73.8 million quarterly loss, to cut 7% of workforce
story from Talk Business & Politics, a content partner with The City WireArkansas oil giant Murphy Oil Corp., now a pure play oil and gas explorer, saw its second quarter earnings fall deeper into...
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Overall second quarter NWA building activity slows, housing starts up
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comNorthwest Arkansas homebuilders and commercial contractors slowed their pace of work during the second quarter of 2015 compared to a year ago. This comes on the...
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20% GDP health care projection raises questions about costs, efficiencies
story by Steve Brawner, courtesy of Talk Business & Politicsbrawnersteve@mac.comHealth care spending is projected to increase as a percentage of the U.S. gross domestic product from 17.4% in 2013...
View Article10-lane project for I-30 in Little Rock gets federal OK
story by Steve Brawner, courtesy of Talk Business & Politicsbrawnersteve@mac.comThe Federal Highway Administration has accepted a recommendation by the Arkansas Highway and Transportation...
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U.S. GDP rose 2.3% in second quarter, first quarter revised up to 0.6%
story by Wesley Brown, courtesy of Talk Business & Politicswesbrocomm@gmail.comThe nation’s economy gained momentum in the second quarter as real gross domestic product in the U.S. rose 2.3% in the...
View ArticleAl Madani joins Sparks Health as an interventional cardiologist
Dr. Mohammad Al Madani has joined Sparks Health System and will work as an interventional cardiologist at the Cardiology Center at Sparks.He recently completed his training and fellowship in...
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Freight reports show ‘tepid’ U.S. economy, consumer gain from Iranian oil
Two national freight reports paint a picture of a “tepid” U.S. economy hampered by a strong U.S. dollar and struggling retail sales. And, in a somewhat counterintuitive twist, one report says a factor...
View ArticleRochelle to step down as executive director of the Razorback Foundation
Sean Rochelle is stepping down as executive director of the Razorback Foundation effective Sept. 1, 2015, to become the new executive director of Vold Vision, PLLC, a privately owned company based in...
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U.S. Senate OKs highway and VA bill; work with House on long-term road bill
story from Talk Business & Politics, a content partner with The City WireA short-term highway bill drew the support Thursday of 91 U.S. Senators, including Arkansas’ Republican U.S. Sens. John...
View ArticleRudofsky leaves Wal-Mart legal team to be Arkansas’ solicitor general
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced the hiring of Lee Rudofsky as the state’s solicitor general on Thursday. Rudofsky comes to the Attorney General’s Office from Wal-Mart where he has...
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