Little Rock Board to Vote Tonight on $60M in Bonds for Dassault Falcon Jet...
Arkansas Business news partner THV 11 News reports on tonight's vote by the Little Rock City Board to authorize $60 million in bonds for Dassault Falcon Jet's expansion at Adams Field.
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 ArticleGrowth of Moses Tucker Moves It Up to No. 3 on List of Largest Commercial...
Among the largest commercial property management firms on this year's list, none registered as large a one-year percentage increase: 137 percent. That growth moved Moses Tucker to No. 3 on the list of...
View ArticleFormer Hogs Coach John L. Smith Nearer to Bankruptcy Settlement
Former Arkansas Razorbacks football Coach John L. Smith has reached a settlement with his creditors who accused him of attempting to defraud them in his $40.7 million bankruptcy case.
View ArticleSherwood Retail Project Recycled in $1.2M Sale (Real Deals)
A 40,750-SF former grocery store in Sherwood tipped the scales at $1.19 million. Tisdale Properties & Developments LLC, led by Tracy Tisdale, bought the 4101 E. Kiehl Ave. project from BancorpSouth...
View ArticleUS Home Foreclosures on Track for 6-Year Low
The U.S. is on track to end the year with the fewest homes repossessed by lenders in six years, a trend that should help limit the negative impact foreclosures have on home values.
View Article$25,000 Grant Assists Grocery Store Purchase
Roger Hoskins recently purchased the Hermitage Grocery in the Bradley County town of the same name, thanks to a $25,000 economic development grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas' Economic...
View ArticleMoves Made at Two Simmons First Subsidiaries (Movers & Shakers)
Mel Hutchins has joined Simmons First National Bank of Pine Bluff as a vice president and commercial loan officer in the bank's Little Rock region. Robert Castleberry has joined Simmons First...
View ArticleSusie Smith Testimony Recounts Trials, Tribulations at Metropolitan National...
Perhaps no one can appreciate the battle to save Metropolitan National Bank more than Susie Smith, Metropolitan's senior executive vice president, COO and CFO. Her testimony at a July 26 hearing in...
View ArticleRacing Commission Member Alex Lieblong Takes In Annual NY Horse Sale
Home BancShares shareholder and Arkansas Racing Commission member Alex Lieblong spent a day or two earlier this month among the toniest of swells: those attending the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale of...
View ArticleMetropolitan National Bank Auction Cleared To Begin in September
Who won the give-and-take of sorting out details of the pending bankruptcy court auction of Little Rock's Metropolitan National Bank? By our count, the score was 3-2 in favor of the debtor, Rogers...
View Article$129.1 Million Payout Awaits Hendrix Clan
The pending sale of First National Security Co. of Hot Springs will result in a $129.1 million payday for the family of John H. Hendrix. The cash-stock combo transaction with Harrison's First Federal...
View ArticleBrandon Barber Co-Defendant James Van Doren Set For Plea Change Hearing
James Van Doren, a co-defendant in a federal indictment involving former northwest Arkansas developer Brandon Barber, is set for a plea change hearing on Friday.
View ArticleStephens Inc. Fined $25,000 by State Regulator
Arkansas Securities Commissioner Heath Abshure fines Stephens Inc. $25,000 for failing to properly supervise agents who sold leveraged and inverse exchanged traded funds in 2008 and 2009.
View ArticleUS New-Home Sales Plunge as Mortgage Rates Rise
Americans cut back sharply in July on their purchases of new homes, a sign that higher mortgage rates may weigh on the housing recovery. The Commerce Department said Friday that U.S. sales of newly...
View ArticleRogers-Lowell Edges LR Regional, NLR as Largest Chamber of Commerce in Arkansas
With five more members than Little Rock Regional, Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce takes top spot as largest in the state.
View ArticleCantrell Valley Plaza Sells for $1 Million (Real Deals)
A 13,150-SF office building in the Riverdale area of Little Rock changed hands in a $1 million sale.
View ArticleBanker Troy Duke to Receive Dean's Award from UALR College of Business...
Veteran Little Rock banker Troy Duke and Lynn Hamilton, vice president of operations for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, will be honored in October by their alma mater, the College of Business at the...
View ArticleOne Bank Prepares to Sell House of Controversy in Pleasant Valley
The 5,328-SF house, which borders the Pleasant Valley Country Club Golf Course, is carried on the Pulaski County tax rolls at a value of about $750,000. The market value is said to be around $1 million.
View ArticleBrandon Barber's Co-Defendant Jeff Whorton Pleads Guilty
With Whorton's change of plea on Monday, federal prosecutors in the Western District of Arkansas have now elicited guilty pleas in each of the two federal cases cases involving bankrupt developer...
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