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Rice tells Fayetteville crowd that Putin is ‘ruthless,’ and an ‘intimidator’
story by Ben Pollock, special to The City WireFormer Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told an audience of several thousand Wednesday night that Russia's takeover of the Crimean peninsula was a...
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Rising consumer debt also linked to lackluster retail results
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comConsumer debt, and not just wicked winter weather, is having a chilling effect on retail sales. Consumer debt rose by $241 billion in the fourth quarter of 2013,...
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Union Pacific chief says energy, agri markets boosting business for railroads
story by Roby Brock, a TCW content partner and owner of Talk Businessroby@talkbusiness.netThe CEO of Union Pacific Corp., the railroad transportation giant, told a Little Rock audience that he sees...
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The Supply Side: More men in the grocery aisle, opportunity for brands
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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Crawford County officials push proposed site for new jail
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comThe effort to build a new jail in Crawford County has taken another step forward with the tentative selection of a location for the proposed facility....
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The Friday Wire: Hispanics, taxes and chicken
A dearth of political candidates for legislative seats, tough allegations against the poultry industry, growth in Hispanic buying power and comments about “intimidator” Putin are part of the Northwest...
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The Friday Wire: A short list of candidates and a happy trucker
A dearth of political candidates for legislative seats, tough allegations against the poultry industry, thoughts on “New Tech” schools and an excited trucking exec are part of the March 7 Friday Wire...
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Private Option insured 94,000 by end of February
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comMembers of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce received an update Friday morning (March 7) on the current state of the so-called Private Option,...
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Candidates draw ballot positions in Sebastian County
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comFor anyone who has ever wondered how the order of candidates is determined on a ballot, the answer came at the Sebastian County Election Commission Friday...
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Superior Industries' profit slides amid capacity constraints
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comVan Nuys, Calif.-based Superior Industries, one of Northwest Arkansas' largest manufacturers, reports a challenging start to 2014, as its biggest customers Ford,...
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Teacher endorsement sparks war of words between Ross and Hutchinson
story by Roby Brock, a TCW content partner and owner of Talk Businessroby@talkbusiness.netDemocratic gubernatorial front-runner Mike Ross received the endorsement of the statewide teachers’ union on...
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Northwest Arkansas commercial development picks up steam
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comPrivate investment is beginning to trickle back into the commercial real estate sectors in Benton and Washington counties. Several announcements and other...
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Peco Foods to invest $165 million, add 1,000 jobs in NE Arkansas
Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based Peco Foods will invest $165 million in the construction of a new fully integrated processing operation near Pocahontas in northeast Arkansas. The operation is expected to employ...
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UFCW still pushing for union vote at three O.K. Foods facilities
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comA vote on unionization at O.K. Foods that was expected to take place in late 2013 is now likely to take place later this year, according to a union that has...
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UA's new university relations chief setting course in first month
story by Ben Pollock, special to The City WireIf she'd had a career goal starting out two decades ago, Laura Jacobs met it a month ago.Earning a double major in English and communications at the...
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Filing period shows GOP, Democratic party strengths, squabbles, strategies
story by Roby Brock, with Talk Business, a content partner with The City Wireroby@talkbusiness.netFielding more candidates and having more contested primaries has the Arkansas GOP in new territory in...
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Optimism builds, hiring expected to grow in NWA small business sector
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comJobs continue to be the catalyst that drives Northwest Arkansas’s regional economy and for the first time since 2009 the small business sector is more optimistic...
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GOP primary opponents Altes and Pitsch push their positions
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comThe May 20 primary is little more than seven weeks away and the area's first political debate of the 2014 political season took place Monday afternoon (March...
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Proposed federal bill seeks more tornado warning time
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comResidents often have a few minutes to take action and seek shelter once a tornado warning has been issued. But a piece of legislation in the U.S. House of...
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Wal-Mart buys land near Bella Vista, ramps up NWA store density
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comWal-Mart Stores has made no secret that it would like to build a Neighborhood Market in Bella Vista, just five miles from retailer’s home office in Bentonville,...
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