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by Talk Business & Politics staff - January 18, 2025 8:32 pm. Venture Center launches 2025 VCWoman Achieve program with 56 participants. Fifty-six entrepreneurs and industry leaders …
Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation celebrates 50th anniversary
With a half-century of accomplishments under its belt, the Winthrop Rockfeller Foundation has big plans to expand its reach on its 50th anniversary. Founded after the death of its namesake,...
Tyson Foods to shutter meat plant in Kansas, cut more than 800 jobs
Dec 3, 2024 · More than 800 employees at Tyson Foods’ meat processing plant in Emporia, Kan., learned Monday (Dec. 2) they will lose their jobs when the plant there is shuttered in February …
Fort Smith Board rejects ordinance that would have banned …
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Dec. 17) rejected a proposed ordinance to address homelessness that in some ways mirrors a Grants Pass, Ore., ordinance that …
Fort Smith Archives - Talk Business & Politics
Jan 16, 2025 · by Tina Alvey Dale - 2 minutes ago. First National Bank of Fort Smith the first partner in ACHE Adopt a Scholar program. The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education …
Lennar agrees to buy Rausch Coleman Homes
Nov 19, 2024 · Miami-based Lennar Corp. announced Tuesday (Nov. 19) it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Fayetteville-based Rausch Coleman Homes.Terms of the deal were not …
Combined pay for Walmart’s top six execs was $96.724 million last …
Apr 26, 2024 · The top six executives at Walmart saw higher compensation last year of a combined $96.724 million, or $264,997 per day. Most of the compensation is deferred or in …
Summit Utility customers to see a more than 23% rate increase
The Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC) on Thursday (Nov. 21) approved a more than 23% average increase in natural gas residential energy bills for Summit Utility customers.
Governor announces $102 million state employee pay plan
Nov 12, 2024 · Average salaries would increase 9.8% for 14,539 state employees, or about two-thirds of cabinet agencies’ total workforce, under a $102 million state employee pay plan …
Walmart reports on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts
Apr 19, 2024 · Walmart is the nation’s largest private employer with more than 1.625 million employees. The retail giant boasts about efforts to be an employer of choice for everyone, …