Edmond Waters Named Commissioner of the Arkansas Securities Department
Gov. Asa Hutchinson names Edmond Waters as commissioner of the Arkansas Securities Department. He also appointed leaders for the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and the Arkansas Department...
View ArticleSimmons First Gets Approval for 2 Acquisitions
The Federal Reserve has approved two previously announced acquisitions by Simmons First National Corp., the publicly traded bank holding company revealed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange...
View ArticleValuing John Rogers Assets an ‘Interesting' Exercise
A $59 million offer to buy the photo archives and sports memorabilia collected by John Rogers has proven as ethereal as the wondrous asset valuations the embattled businessman once proclaimed.
View ArticleLakewood Manor Buy Checks In at $3.7M (Real Deals)
An 85-bed nursing home in North Little Rock tipped the scales at $3.7 million. A 42,500-SF mini-storage facility in southwest Little Rock weighed in at $2.35 million. And a 47,906-SF building in...
View ArticleGreater Little Rock Home Builders Pick Nathan Cooper as President (Movers &...
Nathan Cooper of River Valley Builders has been named 2015 president of the Home Builders Association of Greater Little Rock. Cooper has been a member of the Home Builders Association since 2009 and...
View ArticleBanks Eyeing EMV, But Adoption Slow
The race to get American consumers to use debit and credit cards equipped with EMV chips has been more of a sluggish walk than a run in recent years.
View ArticleSky's the Limit for Simmons First National Acquisitions
On Jan. 15, the Pine Bluff bank holding company registered a Cessna 560XL with the Federal Aviation Administration.
View ArticleMeet the Finalists of the 27th 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. Readers make nominations and an independent...
View ArticleFDIC Gets Nearly $900K in Judgment Against Acme's Alex Golden
The award in Atlanta U.S. District Court is divided between more than $780,000 owed on a delinquent loan and nearly $118,000 in attorney fees.
View ArticleBear State Financial Merges 3 Bank Charters
Bear State Financial Inc. of Little Rock, the holding company for First Federal Bank, First National Bank and Heritage Bank, said it completed a merger of all three bank charters under one name, Bear...
View ArticleConway Hopes To Lure Business to New Airport at Cantrell Field
Nearly six months after the opening of the new Conway municipal airport, the facility is already buzzing with activity. The planners behind the project have also set their sights on the next steps to...
View ArticleInvestors Scoop Up Former Dollar Generals (NWA Real Deals)
An investment group bought two former Dollar General buildings in northwest Arkansas for a total of $775,900. Raymond Merrill paid $1.9 million for University Village Center at 1545 W. 15th St. in...
View ArticleDennis Smiley Sr. Sued Over Loans Taken for Son's Business
Community First Bank of Harrison sued Dennis Smiley Sr. last month claiming he owes nearly $250,000 for defaulted loans. Smiley, the chairman of First State Bank of De Queen, is the father of former...
View ArticleMerger Match Brings on Ken Clark as 'Chief Storyteller'
Clark will consult with co-founders Bridget Farris and Alese Stroud and lead the development of strategic relationships for Merger Match's proprietary corporate acquisitions assessment tool.
View ArticleDon Walker Named Regional Executive at Arvest Bank
Don Walker has been named regional executive of Arvest Bank, the company announced Monday. Walker has been Arvest's market president in Tulsa since 1998.
View ArticleJanet Yellen Reiterates Fed's Patience in Raising Rates
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Tuesday that the U.S. economy is making steady progress, but for now the Fed is sticking with patience in raising interest rates because the labor market is...
View ArticleUS Bank Earnings Drop 7.3 Percent in 4Q
U.S. banks' earnings dropped 7.3 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier as a few big banks had increased costs to settle legal cases and the industry had declines in income from the mortgage...
View ArticleCameron Smith, Karen Fetzer Named Top Executives at Arkansas Business of the...
Cameron Smith of Cameron Smith Associates of Rogers and Karen Fetzer of the Rotary Club of Little Rock won executive of the year awards at Thursday's 27th annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards at...
View ArticleBook Excerpt: Charles Morgan on Jeff Ubben, Acxiom's Battle With ValueAct
An excerpt from Charles Morgan's book, "Matters of Life and Data: A Memoir," about his dealings with investor Jeff Ubben and Ubben's company, ValueAct Capital Partners.
View ArticleUS Economic Growth in Q4 Revised Down to 2.2 Percent
The U.S. economy slowed more sharply in the final three months of the year than initial estimates, reflecting weaker business stockpiling and a bigger trade deficit.
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