| ManufacturingThe State of Arkansas’ economy is supported by agriculture outputs of poultry and eggs, sorghum, cattle, cotton, rice, soybeans, hogs, and the production of milk. Its industrial outputs are in food processing, electric equipment, fabricated metal products, machinery, and paper products. Other major employers in the State of Arkansas include Tyson Foods, Wal-Mart’s World Headquarters and stores, and J.B. Hunt Transportation Services, just to name a few. Featured Links
| Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville AR -
http://www.walmartstores.comWal-Mart Stores, Inc.,NYSE: WMT, is an American public corporation, the world's largest retailer and second largest corporation (behind Exxon Mobil). It was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 in Rogers Arkansas and first incorporated on October 31, 1969, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1972. These placings are based on revenue as of 2006. Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in... - [Read more] |
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| Alltel, Little Rock Arkansas -
http://www.alltel.comALLTEL is a leading wireless telecommunications network operator. Operating as Alltel Wireless, the company has more than 11 million customers and its network covers most of the US. The company in 2006 acquired Valor Communications Group and added its wireline operations to it, creating Windstream Corporation. The new wireline phone company is headquartered in Little Rock and trades on the New... - [Read more] |
| J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. -
http://www.jbhunt.comJ.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., NASDAQ: JBHT, is a trucking and transportation company that was founded by Johnnie Bryan Hunt. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has grown into one of the largest truckload transportation companies in the United States with annual revenues of over $2 billion. The company primarily operates large semi-trailer trucks, and provides transportation services throughout... - [Read more] |
| Murphy Oil Corporation, El Dorado AR -
http://www.murphyoilcorp.comMurphy Oil Corporation NYSE: MUR is a petroleum corporation. The company operates a chain of retail gasoline outlets marketed under the name Murphy USA. Many of its stores are co-located at Wal-Mart locations. Corporate headquarters are in El Dorado, Arkansas. Murphy Oil’s focus is finding oil and natural gas, and that is primarily done through an exploration program that is centered on... - [Read more] |
| Riceland Foods, Inc. -
http://www.riceland.comGenerations ago a group of Arkansas rice farmers banded together to market their crops. They created a farmers cooperative business group in 1921 now known as Riceland Foods, Inc., headquartered at Stuttgart, Arkansas. Riceland has grown to become the worlds largest rice miller & rice marketer. Riceland provides marketing services for rice products, soybeans, & wheat and has become a... - [Read more] |
| Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale AR -
http://www.tyson.comTyson Foods, Inc. NYSE: TSN is an American multinational corporation based in Springdale, Arkansas, that operates in the food industry. The company is the world’s largest processor and marketer of chicken, beef, and pork, and annually exports the largest percentage of beef out of the United States. With 2005 sales of $26 billion, Tyson Foods is the second-largest food production company in... - [Read more] |
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