Tyson Foods is partnering with the United Way of Northwest Arkansas and United Way of Fort Smith Area for the third year to provide full-time college students with paid summer internships at nonprofits. The Tyson Summer Community Internship Program provides an opportunity for select college students to gain professional experience while working in the…
BOSSES of the UK’s top companies will have raked in as much by 1pm today as their average workers earn in a year, researchers found. The “Fatcat Friday” survey shows the chief executives of FTSE 100 firms are paid 133 times more than typical staff. It takes a fatcat CEO just 29 hours of work…
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority’s real estate review committee approved a request by Arkansas Colleges of Health Education to purchase 77 acres located on the corner of Roberts and Chad Colley boulevards in Chaffee Crossing for $1 million. The property is just south of the college’s main campus and abuts 68 acres FCRA conveyed…
MOTHERCARE will close 60 of its shops — more than a third of its UK operation — in a drastic attempt to avoid going bust. The chain is to form a restructuring plan, which includes rehiring its ousted chairman Mark Newton-Jones. Here’s the lowdown on the closures… Mothercare is reportedly taking steps to avoid administration Which stores…
Daniel Trujillo, the Walmart global chief ethics and compliance officer, is exiting the retail giant to pursue other opportunities. The announcement was made this week in an internal email from Rachel Brand, chief legal officer at Walmart. Trujillo joined Walmart in 2012 from the oilfield services company Schlumberger. While at Walmart he served as…
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded $4.96 million in federal funds to Texarkana Regional Airport-Webb Field. The money will be used to reconstruct the airport’s terminal building. This funding is awarded through the FAA’s second round of FY21 Airport Improvement Program grants. The purpose of the Airport Improvement Program is for the…
Arkansas had 18,549 fewer employed in March compared to March 2020, with 60% of the job losses coming from the state’s hard hit tourism sector, according to Friday’s (April 16) report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The state’s jobless rate in March was 4.4%, down from 4.5% in February and below…
Montrose Environmental Group Inc. said Tuesday (Aug. 10) it will locate its principal executive office from Irvine, Calif., to North Little Rock. The move is expected to create 90 new, high-paying jobs eventually. State officials said they offered tax incentives to lure the company’s move, including the create rebate and tax back programs. Publicly-traded…
The “significant fracture” that shut down the 48-year-old Hernando de Soto Bridge across the Mississippi River between West Memphis and Memphis on Tuesday (May 11) could have led to a “catastrophic event,” according to Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) Director Lori Tudor, and it’s too early to tell when either a short-term or…