Reliance Backers Poised For Turnaround Reward from Simmons Deal
The $170 million acquisition of Reliance Bancshares Inc. will produce a well-rounded footprint in the St. Louis metro with the addition of 22 full-service locations for Simmons First National Corp. of...
View ArticleChevy Dealership Sale In Jacksonville Tops $4M (Real Deals)
Harold Gwatney Chevrolet Co. acquired its project at 1301 T.P. White Drive from the William A. Gwatney Revocable Trust.
View ArticleThe Best Time to Nudge Your Employees to Save (Sarah Catherine Gutierrez...
People will save money if we can first make it easy and then ask them to save.
View ArticleLittle Rock Oilman Files for Bankruptcy
A Little Rock businessman recently filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation and listed $1 million in debts.
View ArticleMy Mama Done Tol’ Me (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
As our CEO, Olivia Farrell, has told me in the pained voice of experience, be careful what you incentivize because you will surely get it.
View ArticleAfter the Fed's Likely Rate Hike This Week, All Bets Are Off
Having raised interest rates with steady regularity in recent months, the Federal Reserve may embrace a new message this week: Flexibility.
View ArticleFormer Insurance Agent Berry Bishop Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud
A sentencing date has not been set for 67-year-old Berry Bishop, whose insurance license was suspended earlier this year.
View ArticleArvest Bank Creates New Posts for Customer, Employee Experiences
Arvest Bank of Fayetteville names Rodney Shepard of Fort Smith and Laura Andress of Springdale to newly created positions focusing on customers and employee experiences.
View ArticleBill Holmes, Former Bankers Association CEO, Dies at 69
William R. "Bill" Holmes, who was president and CEO of the Arkansas Bankers Association for almost seven years until ill health forced his retirement this fall, died Monday at his home in Little Rock.
View ArticleFed Lifts Rates for 4th Time This Year But Sees Fewer Hikes
The Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate for the fourth time this year to reflect the U.S. economy's continued strength but signaling that it expects to slow hikes next year.
View ArticleABA Selects Three for Emerging Leaders Section Council (Movers & Shakers)
George Purvis, Evelyn Morris and Brandon Gentry have been appointed to the Arkansas Bankers Association Emerging Leaders Section Council.
View ArticleArkansas Business Year in Review: Notable Deaths in 2018
The notable Arkansans, former and current, who died in 2018 ranged from business owners to newspaper publishers to educators to philanthropists.
View ArticleForming the Coaching Habit in 2019 (Barry Goldberg On Leadership)
Somewhere between telling your direct reports what to do and taking the action item yourself is the territory of the leader as coach.
View ArticleShreveport Hotelier’s $5.7M Springdale Deal (NWA Real Deals)
A Shreveport hotel group made its second foray into the northwest Arkansas market, paying $5.75 million for the Marriott Residence Inn on South 48th Street in Springdale.
View ArticleChristmas 2018 by the Numbers
Holiday figures for the shopping season show slight bumps over last year.
View ArticleDoctors, Lawyers and Lauren James Big Online Draws in 2018
A March 19 follow-up to a Whispers column item about the firing of CARTI’S highest-paid oncologist was the most-read story of the year on ArkansasBusiness.com. The Whisper item itself, which was...
View ArticleBest Quotes of 2018: 'What NYC and the Delta Have in Common'
They said it, we only quoted them. Here are some of the best things said in 201.
View ArticleArkansas Business Year in Review: Best & Worst of 2018
High times and low moments were both enjoyed by Arkansas readers in 2018.
View ArticleTop 10 Arkansas Business Stories That Defined 2018
These are the top 10 news stories that defined 2018 in Arkansas’ business world.
View ArticleDickens: Still Relevant (Editorial)
May this time of the rolling year be a comfort to you, and may we all remember the business poor Marley forgot: charity, mercy, forbearance and benevolence
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