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Tyson Foods CEO Donnie Smith: ‘Just go get good at what we do’
story by Roby Brock, a TCW content partner and owner of Talk Businessroby@talkbusiness.netEditor’s note: The following is an abridged story from the recently published Talk Business magazine. The...
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Wal-Mart CFO says financial metrics will improve in 2014
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comWal-Mart Chief Financial Officer Charles Holley said Tuesday (March 11) that the retailer failed in three of its five main operating objectives last year — sales...
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Lane shifts set with I-540 construction, project still on track
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comCommuters using Interstate 540 in Fort Smith and Van Buren should prepare for lane shifts starting Wednesday (March 12), a sign that the more than $78 million...
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Fort Smith Board discusses governance policy, city budget process
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comFort Smith city directors spent much of a noon Board of Directors study session debating and discussing what they would like to see a board governance policy....
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Planning Commission OKs Fianna Hills Country Club project
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comThe Fort Smith Planning Commission passed a set of planned zoning districts Tuesday (March 11), both of which faced opposition from residents in neighborhoods...
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Sparks Health System, Summit Medical again looking for a new CEO
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comSparks Health System is again looking for a CEO following the resignation this week of Charles Stewart, himself the second CEO to resign from the hospital...
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NWA, Fort Smith Realtors mixed on the benefits of Zillow and Trulia
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comReal estate is a local business, but two global marketers Trulia and Zillow have been hard at it transforming aggregated local data into booming businesses and...
View ArticleTennessee architect picked for Crawford County jail
Crawford County Judge John Hall announced the hiring of James Langford of Collierville, Tenn.-based SouthBuilt TEAM LLC to be the architect for the county's proposed jail.The jail, which would be...
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U.S. Marshals Museum opening delayed to 2017
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comThe U.S. Marshals Museum, a more than $50 million museum to be built along the banks of the Arkansas River, will still have a September groundbreaking, but...
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Spring could bring spike in stormy weather in Arkansas
Editor's note: Info and images for this report comes from State College, Pa.-based AccuWeather.com.Much of Arkansas is in the area of “greatest risk” for severe weather that may include a spike in...
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Governor’s Cup seeding entrepreneurial spirit in Arkansas
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comEditor’s note: This story first appeared in the most recent issue of Talk Business Arkansas magazine. Link here for the online version of the magazine.Even...
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IRI finds health-conscious products dominate new launches
Editor’s note: The Supply Side section of The City Wire focuses on the companies, organizations, issues and individuals engaged in providing products and services to retailers. The Supply Side is...
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Regional and statewide foreclosure activity slows in February
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comForeclosures continue to be a smaller part of the local housing markets of Northwest Arkansas and the Fort Smith metro area. Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac...
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Beebe's institutional memory, experience may be hard to replace
story by Benjamin Hardy, with Talk Business MagazineEditor’s note: This story first appeared in the most recent issue of Talk Business Arkansas magazine. Link here for the online version of the...
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Tim Schmidt named interim CEO at Sparks Health, Summit Medical
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comIt didn't take long for Sparks Health System to name an interim CEO while the organization conducts a search for a permanent replacement.According to a...
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NWA mayors talk leadership, opportunities and growing pains
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comPizza, Mexican food and a snoring wife are what keeps local mayors up at night. At least those were the comical responses to the first question asked of four...
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Arkansas medical marijuana advocate thinks measure is a ‘shoe in’
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comWhile the race between Tom Cotton and Mark Pryor for the U.S. Senate is getting a lot of attention, at least one other race is bound to create a buzz. For the...
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The Friday Wire: Another marijuana push and selling good stuff
A second shot at attempting to legalizing medical marijuana in Arkansas, notes on the new PR chief at the University of Arkansas, and the estimated growth of small business in Northwest Arkansas are...
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The Friday Wire: Another marijuana push and a museum delay
A second shot at attempting to legalizing medical marijuana in Arkansas, a prediction on severe weather in the early Spring, and a planned union vote at Fort Smith-based O.K. Foods are part of the...
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Wal-Mart opens first Walmart to Go convenience store
story and photos by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comAfter more than a year of planning, the Walmart to Go convenience-store format quietly opened in Bentonville on Saturday (March 15), with the grand...
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