Lawsuit Over $806,300 Judgment Portrayed as Political Ploy
A Rogers attorney insists that legal action taken against Fayetteville mayoral candidate Tom Terminella was more than just an effort to collect on a debt.
View ArticlePhigenics Wins Benchmark Prize at 2020 Best Places to Work Awards
Arkansas Business and the Best Companies Group last week honored 47 Arkansas companies with "Best Places to Work" awards, which honor firms that have exceptional workplace environments.
View ArticleHome Construction Up 4.9% in October to 1.53M
Home construction rose 4.9% in October as home building remains as one of the bright spots of the economy.
View ArticleNew Collegiate Golf Tournament Named for Jackson T. Stephens Announced
Warren Stephens, CEO of Stephens Inc. in Little Rock, announced Wednesday the 2021 debut of an annual collegiate golf tournament named for his late father, a former chairman of Augusta National.
View ArticleRelyance Bank Names Joey Moll SVP
Joey Moll has been named senior vice president of commercial lending for Relyance Bank’s central Arkansas market.
View ArticleFNBC Names Amber Sharp to Newly Created IT, Innovation Role
Amber Sharp has joined FNBC Bank in a recently created role, as its senior vice president and chief information and innovation officer.
View ArticleArkansas' Unemployment Rate Declines to 6.2% in October
Arkansas' seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declines to 6.2% in October from 7.2% in September, the state Department of Workforce Services reports.
View ArticleAbout the Main Street Lending Program (Madeline McElhanon Commentary)
As a component of the CARES Act, the Federal Reserve established the Main Street Lending Program to provide up to $600 billion in financing to businesses and nonprofit organizations negatively impacted...
View ArticleGowen Chosen to Lead Community Bankers Board (Movers & Shakers)
Jim S. Gowen Jr. has been re-elected to the Independent Community Bankers of America Federal Delegate Board.
View ArticleTragedy And Gratitude (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
Let another pesky woman editor encourage you to embrace the spirit of Thanksgiving this year as never before, even as we must limit the traditional togetherness — a small sacrifice by historic standards.
View ArticleArkansas' Top Stockholders: 2020 Very Good for Walton Family Fortune
Arkansas’ richest family has had a good year financially. The heirs of Sam Walton own publicly traded stock valued collectively at more than $205 billion.
View ArticleMarijuana Cultivator Turns Down Dispensary Over Cash Policy
Hot Springs dispensary owner Dragan Vicentic's penchant for paying for cannabis in cash, disdaining electronic payments, gives marijuana cultivator reason for blacklisting.
View ArticleDon't Look for Waldo's in West Little Rock
Waldo’s Chicken & Beer will not be setting up shop at 101 S. Bowman Road, although the property’s new ownership includes some names behind the rollout of as many as 20 of the franchised eateries in...
View ArticlePPP Loan Forgiven, ABPG Expands to Texas
“Fort Worth and Dallas, about a million miles away,” Texas singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore croons, but Arkansas publisher Mitch Bettis knows better.
View ArticleIllinois Credit Union to Buy 4 Simmons Bank Branches
Citizens Equity First Credit Union of Peoria, Illinois, will buy four branches in southern Illinois from Simmons Bank of Pine Bluff.
View ArticleBiden to Nominate Yellen, Highlight Diversity on Economic Team
President-elect Joe Biden announces his senior economic team, including his plans to nominate the first woman to head the Treasury Department.
View ArticleRelyance Adds Evans; Rayson Joins Encore (Movers & Shakers)
Marlin Evans has joined Relyance Bank in Hot Springs as vice president and trust officer.
View ArticleArvest Gives $10K to A-State Foundation
The Arkansas State University Foundation has received a $10,000 donation from the Arvest Foundation.
View ArticleFord, Williams Among Speakers at Next Arkansas Business Executive Leadership...
Westrock Group CEO and co-founder Scott Ford and Southern Bancorp CEO Darrin Williams are among the featured executives scheduled to speak during the spring 2021 Arkansas Business Executive Leadership...
View ArticleBlack River Tech Faculty Recognized (NEA Movers & Shakers)
Jessica Alphin and Shana Akers were honored as outstanding faculty members at Black River Technical College in Pocahontas during the recent Arkansas Community College Outstanding Faculty & Awards...
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