Solid US Jobs Data Lift Markets
Markets mostly rose Friday after another solid U.S. jobs report, and despite concerns that the Federal Reserve might pull back on its monetary stimulus earlier than expected.
View ArticleVideo: The Arkansas Parole System, Economy, Big River Steel & More on...
Video of the latest "Arkansas Week" on AETN, featuring an interview with State Department of Community Correction Director Sheila Sharp.
View ArticleUALR College of Business Gets $50K Donation from Larry Wilson (Kudos)
Larry Wilson, chairman, president and CEO of First Arkansas Bank & Trust in Jacksonville, has donated $50,000 to an endowed fund in the College of Business at the University of Arkansas at Little...
View ArticleLawsuit Against Union Bank & Trust ATM Fees Dismissed
As expected, the ATM stalker case against Union Bank & Trust of Monticello came to an end before the Dec. 9 trial began in U.S. District Court at Pine Bluff. Judge Brian Miller signed an order...
View ArticleNew Neurosurgeons Fill Roles at Arkansas Neuroscience Institute (Movers &...
Dr. Stephen F. Shafizadeh has joined the Arkansas Neuroscience Institute team at St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock. Shafizadeh earned a medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina...
View ArticleEdgehill Home, SWLR Motel Top County's Recent Seven-Digit Deals
The million-dollar deals keep piling up, like leaves in November. The biggest of this week's bunch weighs in at $2.6 million.
View ArticleRichard Torti Fights Layton Stuart Battle on Two Legal Fronts, County and...
Richard Torti is engaged on two legal fronts in Little Rock, county and federal to exercise his authority as a trustee and executor for the Stuart family and extricate money from federal authorities.
View ArticleAllens Inc. Prepares to Sell Properties as Bankruptcy Fees Stack Up
As Allens Inc. navigates its way through its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, the professional fees generated by the firms helping the Siloam Springs company will be in the millions.
View ArticleEight Financial Leaders Honored at Arkansas Business CFO of Year Awards
Gene Whisenhunt of Hickingbotham Investments of Little Rock and Phillip Cox of JPMS Cox, PLLC, were honored with Arkansas Business lifetime achievement awards.
View ArticleProperty & Casualty Market Continues to Climb
The market for property and casualty insurance in Arkansas reached $4.123 billion in 2012, up 2.9 percent from 2011, according to figures from the Arkansas Insurance Department provided to Arkansas...
View ArticleRegional Move Marks Fourth for First Community Bank of Crawford County
The 13-year track record of First Community Bank of Crawford County reflects a lender struggling to balance growth and profitability.
View ArticleFormer One Bank VP Matthew Sweet Indicted for Fraud, Money Laundering
Matthew Daniel Sweet, 41, of Timbo (Stone County) was indicted on 30 counts of bank fraud and 30 counts of money laundering. His trial is scheduled for Dec. 9, before U.S. District Judge Leon Holmes.
View ArticlePhotos: Inside the Bass Pro Shops Grand Opening in Little Rock
Inside a reception celebrating the grand opening of the Bass Pro Shops store at the Gateway Town Center in Little Rock.
View ArticleAlberto Solaroli Indicted for Bank Fraud Over Loan Tied to One Bank &Trust
Alberto Solaroli, 59, of Jacksonville, Fla., was indicted on one count of bank fraud in connection with an April 2007 loan from One Bank & Trust of Little Rock.
View ArticleUS Stocks Edge Higher Toward New Records
Investors stayed upbeat Friday, pushing U.S. stock indexes deeper into record territory. Stocks were headed for a third straight close at all-time highs, led by financial companies.
View ArticleSuperior Purchase Totals $4.5 Million (Real Deals)
A former RV sales property near Interstate 40 in North Little Rock tipped the scales at $4.5 million. An 88,880-SF distribution facility in south Little Rock is under new ownership after a $1.7 million...
View ArticleMemphis Bank Buys Mortgage Units
Triumph Bank of Memphis has purchased two divisions of Clarendon-based Merchant & Planters Bank, M&P Bank Home Loans and Community Bankers Mortgage Group, which officially became part of...
View ArticleFarm Bureau Firms Up Friendship With UA's Dale Bumpers College (Kudos)
The Arkansas Farm Bureau is being recognized as a “Friend” of the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. In addition, Farm Bureau...
View ArticleSteve Clary Bankruptcy Case Remains Open
Although Clary's bankruptcy filing doesn't indicate all the creditors that have been paid or what the current debt level is, that doesn't mean that Clary hasn't reduced the debt, according to Joshua...
View ArticleLay-offs Likely After Arvest Absorbs National Bank
Some of the 80 or so employees of National Banking Corp., the holding company of North Little Rock's National Bank of Arkansas, will be out of a job soon.
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