The One Comparison That Compels (Jim Karrh On Marketing)
Your customers and prospects make comparisons all the time. If you can affect those comparisons through your advertising, website, direct sales or other touch points, then you'll likely be unusually...
View ArticleIdentities Revealed in Rogers Bancshares Bankruptcy
Tucked in the recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of Rogers Bancshares Inc., the holding company for Metropolitan National Bank, are the identities of the investors who bought $13.2 million worth of...
View ArticleWal-Mart's Mike Duke Tops in Pay, Dillards Rule in Stock Options
Mike Duke is the No. 1 guy at the No. 1 company in the world, so it would be a surprise if he weren't No. 1 on Arkansas Business' list of the state's highest-paid public company executives.
View ArticleArkansas Public Companies See Mixed Stock Results After Recession
Four years after the recession, a look at the stock performance of the 18 publicly traded companies headquartered in Arkansas shows mixed results.
View ArticleBancorpSouth Profits Hold Steady on Worker Buyouts
Regional bank BancorpSouth Corp. said profit in 2013's second quarter rose less than 1 percent from the same three months of 2012, as an early-retirement buyout drove up costs.
View ArticleGet Tickets to the 2013 Arkansas Business Health Care Symposium
Arkansas Business is once again holding a Health Care Symposium to take an in-depth look at how Obamacare will affect businesses' bottom lines and employees.
View ArticleConsumer Sentiment Reaches 6-Year High in July
Americans are more confident about the economy than at any time since July 2007, a survey found, suggesting consumers will spend more and accelerate growth in the months ahead.
View ArticleMohr's Maumelle Buy Closes at $5.4 Million (Real Deals)
The former Champs Sporting Goods facility in Maumelle tipped the scales at $5.4 million. Mohr Maumelle LLC, an affiliate of Mohr Partners of Dallas, purchased the 484,932-SF facility at 1 Champs Blvd....
View ArticleWhispers Corrects, Recalculates Figures from Rogers Stockholders
Last week, we told you about the identities of the investors who bought preferred stock from Rogers Bancshares Inc., the holding company for Metropolitan National Bank, but it turns out we had the...
View ArticleMore Liberty Shareholders Listed
Who else — besides those we already reported, starting with the Wallace Fowler Sr. family — is awaiting a piece of the pie, a blend of $250 million in stock and $30 million cash offered by Home...
View ArticleBroken Glass (Editorial)
A bipartisan effort to bring back Glass-Steagall banking regulations receives support from here in Arkansas.
View ArticleMark Martin Named Sales Rep of 2013 by Poultry Federation of Arkansas (Movers...
Mark Martin, a strategic account manager for Applied Industrial Technologies in Fayetteville, has been named the 2013 Sales Representative of the Year by The Poultry Federation of Arkansas, Missouri...
View ArticleThe Time Is Now: Moving from Financially Illiterate to Financially Literate...
Over the course of the past several decades, the financial environment of the United States has changed considerably. In this environment, the impact of not possessing the skills and knowledge to make...
View ArticleBrandon Barber Scheduled to Change Plea in Federal Indictments
Former northwest Arkansas developer Brandon Barber and co-defendant Brandon Rains are scheduled to appear in federal court on Wednesday afternoon, and the docket indicates that they plan to change...
View ArticleBidder Proposes $74.2 Million in New Capital for Metropolitan National Bank
Ford Financial Fund II of Dallas plans to invest a bit more than $90 million if it wins its bid to buy Metropolitan National Bank of Little Rock from its holding company, Rogers Bancshares Inc.,...
View ArticleUS Economy Grows at 1.7 Percent Pace in 2Q
U.S. economic growth accelerated in the April-June quarter to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.7 percent, as businesses spent more and the federal government cut less.
View ArticleReport Shows US Economic Growth Stronger in 2012
The government says the U.S. economy grew at a much faster pace last year than previously estimated.
View ArticleFederal Reserve Downgrades US Economic Growth to Modest
The Federal Reserve says the U.S. economy is growing modestly, a downgrade from its June assessment. The Fed expects growth will pick up in the second half of the year.
View ArticleToday in Wal-Mart: Expansion Canceled; Cutting Corporate Taxes; An Executive...
It's been an interesting few weeks for Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s efforts to add new stores. In Washington D.C., plans for new stores are in doubt after city leaders approved a higher "living wage" for...
View ArticleMidwest, Plains Economic Index Declines From June
Conductors of a monthly survey of business leaders in nine Midwest and Plains states say the region's economy will grow in the coming months, despite a fourth month of decline in the survey's overall...
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