Neal Advances at Corkern (Movers & Shakers)
LaQuita Neal has been promoted to vice president of operations at Barry M. Corkern & Co. of Little Rock, where she has been employed since 2004, most recently as portfolio management assistant.
View ArticleSrygley Sues Tilton Over Million-Dollar Loan
Robert Srygley, the former president of the Arkansas Check Cashers Association Inc., loaned a lobbyist $1 million last year and it didn’t end well.
View ArticleCanopy Apartments Sold for $16.6M
The landscape of recent million-dollar real estate transactions is dotted with apartments, flex buildings, convenience stores, bank branch locations, car washes and more.
View ArticleFirst Service Bank Raises $20M Capital
First Service Bancshares Inc. of Greenbrier raises $20 million as debt from 19 investors.
View ArticleSteve Stephens, Distinctive Voice of Arkansas, Dies at 90
Stephen Owen Stephens, whose fluid baritone made him a broadcast hall of famer and Arkansas' version of Dick Clark with his 1950s dance program "Steve's Show" on KTHV, actually had to work hard on that...
View ArticleACHE Names Les Smith COO
The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education in Fort Smith promotes Les Smith to the position of chief operating officer.
View ArticleRelyance Bank Breaks Ground on New Headquarters
Relyance Bank held a groundbreaking Wednesday for its new 40,000-SF headquarters in White Hall, on Highway 270 just west of Interstate 530.
View ArticlePowell, Richards Made Partners at HoganTaylor (Movers & Shakers)
Jerrad Powell and Susan Richards have been named partners in the Little Rock office of HoganTaylor.
View ArticleFormer Walmart Neighborhood Market Sold for $2.5M
The million-dollar transactions this week make a clockwise circuit from Maumelle to North Little Rock to east Pulaski County to west Little Rock.
View ArticleWild River Country Gets New Owner
JTS Capital 3 LLC, an affiliate of JTS Capital Group of Waco, Texas, recovered the North Little Rock water theme park at a $1.5 million foreclosure sale.
View ArticleVideo: Professional Development Key to Retaining Employees
James Schafer, the human resources director for Phigenics of Fayetteville, talks to Arkansas Business about how his company works to attract and retain workers.
View ArticleLoanpal to Open Bentonville Office, Create 100 Fintech Jobs
Loanpal of Roseville, California, a major lender for residential solar installations, says it will open a new operating center in Bentonville and create more than 100 financial technology jobs.
View ArticleNew Boost for Minority Businesses in Underserved Communities
A new effort by Hope Enterprise Corporation aims to help small minority-owned businesses get access to capital and other tools to grow.
View ArticleRichard Cisne, Founder of Hudson Cisne & Co., Dies at 70
Richard Lee "Dick" Cisne, founder of Hudson Cisne & Co. who helped grow his company into one of the state's largest accounting firms, died Sunday. He was 70 years old.
View ArticlePresenting the 33rd Annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards
Since 1988, Arkansas Business has honored the state's top executives, small businesses and nonprofits with the annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards.
View ArticleMany Businesses Continue Compensation During Pandemic
Since Jan. 1, 2020, about half of U.S. businesses continued to pay at least some of their workers told not to work because of the coronavirus pandemic, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reported...
View ArticleSantos Moves Up at Arvest (Movers & Shakers)
Deysi Santos has been promoted to business development officer at Arvest Bank in Little Rock.
View ArticleThe Last Trusted Leaders in the U.S.? (Brad Cousins Commentary)
Trust in information sources is at an all-time low, an infodemic. If trust is low across the board, and information sources cannot be trusted, can business leaders afford to wade into this ocean of...
View ArticleSecond Round of PPP Loans Prioritizes the Underserved
The second round of the federally funded Paycheck Protection Program is prioritizing “underserved” businesses — minority-, women- and veteran-owned and rural businesses — by setting aside money for...
View ArticleTrustees Press Fraudulent Transfer Claim in Family Feud
Nearly six years ago, Sheila McCutcheon submitted paperwork for a loan reflecting a personal net worth of more than $1.4 million. Nineteen months later, she has filed a financial hardship statement...
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