Arvest Bank Renews Naming Rights for Naturals' Ballpark
Arvest Bank renewed its naming rights sponsorship for Arvest Ballpark, the home stadium of the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, a Class AA minor league team that plays in Springdale.
View ArticleJudge Gives Georgia Company 30 Days to Buy John Rogers Assets
A would-be $59 million deal is back in play to buy the photo archive and sports memorabilia assets collected by John Rogers.
View ArticleGet Tickets Now to Arkansas Business Power Breakfast on Women Business Leaders
Tickets are now available to the next Arkansas Business Power Breakfast, which features experts who will share strategies on recruiting, retaining and inspiring women in the workplace to be leaders.
View ArticleSkyline Report: Commercial Permits Up; Multi-family Vacancy Rates Drop in NWA
Arvest Bank on Thursday released its Skyline Reports on commercial and multi-family real estate in northwest Arkansas for the last six months of 2014.
View ArticleHome BancShares 1Q Profit UP 14 Percent
Home BancShares Inc. of Conway on Thursday reported first-quarter net income of $31.1 million, up 14 percent from the same quarter last year.
View ArticleMarkham Square Draws $11.1M Transaction (Real Deals)
A 125,000-SF retail project in west Little Rock rang up an $11.15 million transaction. A 16,380-SF microfilm facility in North Little Rock tipped the scales at $1.49 million. And a Dollar General Store...
View ArticleMcDaniel Promoted at UAMS Communications Office, Epoch Adds to Staff in Conway
Angi McDaniel has been promoted to associate director of marketing in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Office of Communications & Marketing.
View ArticleHumor Warms Bench in John Rogers Court Case
An April 14 hearing that featured a revolving door of attorneys at the podium started with a line lifted from a baseball comedy sketch that debuted more than 75 years ago.
View ArticleFor Fairness (Editorial)
We support the proposal before the Little Rock Board of Directors that would forbid discrimination against city workers, including discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
View ArticleNew Owners Reviving Batesville's Melba Movie Theater
Janelle Shell said the curtain will rise again for the Melba Theater in Batesville. But before the doors open to the historic one-screen theater on the city's Main Street, a long list of repairs has to...
View ArticleContractors See Construction Business Pick Up in 2014
In general, 2014 was a year of increase among the biggest general contractors in Arkansas. Eighteen out of 32 firms that reported updated revenue figures for the largest commercial contractors list...
View ArticleWidespread Growth Seen in Northwest Arkansas
When Sam Walton opened in 1950 the dime store in Bentonville, to say the area was sparsely populated would be an understatement. Today, these environs have grown so much that they comprise their own...
View ArticleArkansas Jobless Rate Unchanged at 5.6 Percent
The state's unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.6 percent in March, reflecting a revised rate for February. According to DWS, the state's civilian labor force rose by 4,900 from January to February, a...
View ArticleArkansas State, Harding Teams Take Top Awards at DWR Governor's Cup
Teams from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro and Harding University in Searcy took top honors at the 2015 Donald W. Reynolds Governor's Cup collegiate business-plan competition awards.
View ArticleSimmons First 1Q Net Income Up 97 Percent
Simmons First National Corp. of Pine Bluff on Thursday said first-quarter net income nearly doubled from the same quarter last year.
View ArticleHome BancShares Raises 2Q Cash Dividend
Home BancShares Inc. of Conway said Thursday that it had increased its second-quarter regular cash dividend by nearly 67 percent.
View ArticleHow America's Middle Class Has Shrunk Since 2000
The struggles of middle-class American families and growing income inequality have risen to the top of the national agenda.
View ArticleEagle Bank's Jeff Lynch Takes Seat on Federal Reserve Council (Movers & Shakers)
Jeff Lynch, president and CEO of Eagle Bank & Trust in Heber Springs, has been appointed to a three year term on the Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank...
View ArticleAcme Holding: No Dividends Weigh Heavily
Did creditors representing $9.5 million worth of debt convince U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Ben Barry that Acme Holding Co. is a lost cause? A ruling in their favor could result in the second auction of...
View ArticleDetails on Burt Reynolds Foreclosure Deposition Still Smokey
According to records filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court, Gregory T. Young, who works at Young & Associates at 11501 Huron Lane, was deposed earlier this month in a foreclosure lawsuit involving...
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