Walton College of Business Scholarship Reaches Out to ‘Underrepresented'
Among the items on his to-do list as dean, Matt Waller said, is ensuring the success of the Fleischer Scholars Program, a scholarship program that seeks to draw students from “underrepresented” parts...
View ArticlePresidential Hotel Hosts $8.5M Sale (Real Deals)
A 150-room hotel in downtown Little Rock weighed in at $8.5 million. LR HI Associates LLC, an affiliate of Centura Capital of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, bought the Holiday Inn-Presidential at 600...
View ArticleDeveloper Brandon Woodrome Accused of $6 Million Loan Fraud
A creditor has accused a northwest Arkansas real estate developer of committing fraud in order to obtain loans that totaled nearly $6 million. BCMS Partners LP, which you may know as Rioux Capital of...
View ArticleBKD Settles With FDIC Over Kevin Lewis Fraud
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. last week settled its lawsuit against the accounting firm BKD LLP, just days before the trial was scheduled to begin in U.S. District Court in Little Rock. Timothy...
View ArticleFacebook Page Offers Peek Into John Rogers' Thinking
Even the conservative assessment by a court-appointed receiver proved to be overly optimistic regarding the insolvent business interests of John Rogers, whose Facebook page recently offered up what...
View ArticleJack Mullen, Paula Cholmondeley Join Board of Growing Bank of the Ozarks
Two new members joined the board of directors at Little Rock's Bank of the Ozarks Inc. at Monday morning's annual shareholders meeting. Elected to serve were Jack Mullen, 66, director of derivatives...
View Article10 FinTech Accelerator Startups Named
The 10 start-ups participating in the 12-week VC FinTech Accelerator, powered by global technology provider FIS and hosted by the Venture Center in Little Rock, were named Monday. The participants,...
View ArticleArkansas Consumer Sentiment Continues to Climb
The current consumer sentiment index for Arkansas is 84.9, up from 77.8 in September, according to the spring 2016 Arvest Consumer Sentiment Survey, released Tuesday. The survey, which began in June...
View ArticleInside New Overtime Regulations, Traps to Avoid, How to Prepare (Stuart...
On May 18, the U.S. Department of Labor published the final rule updating overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Department of Labor estimates that more than 50,000 employees and...
View ArticleSimmons First to Buy Citizens National Bank of Athens In Deal Worth $77M
Simmons First National Corp. of Pine Bluff said Wednesday that it agreed to purchase Citizens National Bank of Athens, Tennessee, in a deal valued at $77 million. The purchase price will consist of...
View ArticleScott Lambert Steps Up to Senior Examiner at State Bank Department (Movers &...
Scott Lambert has been promoted to bank senior examiner by the Arkansas State Bank Department. Lambert, formerly a credit analyst at Farmers & Merchants Bank of Stuttgart, joined the bank...
View ArticleRPM Group's Kris Upton on How Technology Brings an Agent's Success Back Home
Kris Upton, 46, is president of the RPM Group, where he’s worked since 2003, and previously has served the company as treasurer, chief financial officer and chief operating officer. Upton has a...
View ArticleBanking on Success (Editorial)
You don’t know what you don’t know, and if you’ve never been exposed to a particular career or seen someone who looks like you in a position of influence, it’s hard to imagine entering that field or...
View ArticleIn Retirement, Mike McFarland Swings for the Fences
Mike McFarland didn’t spend much time in retirement. After retiring from Arvest Bank earlier this year, McFarland bought Modern Fence & Supply Co. of Springdale. McFarland and partner Rick Barrows...
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Pulaski County's Most Expensive Home Sales of 2015
Sales of seven-figure homes in Pulaski County jumped in 2015, but the million-dollar houses remain a small part of the market. Last year, 19 homes sold for $1 million or more, an increase from the 14...
View ArticleTrial Set for June 1 for Former One Bank Execs
In case you were wondering, the federal criminal trial of two remaining defendants from the bad old days at One Bank & Trust of Little Rock is still scheduled to start next week, although...
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Northwest Arkansas' Most Expensive Home Sales of 2015
There was a drop in seven-figure home sales in Washington and Benton counties in 2015. In 2014, 18 homes in the two counties sold for $1 million or more; in 2015, only 10 such homes were sold. The drop...
View ArticleTop Residential Firms in Arkansas Enjoy Home Sales Rebound
2015 was a good year for buying and selling houses in Arkansas as reflected by growth among the 10 largest residential realty firms. The combined dollar volume of the companies increased 8.4 percent to...
View ArticleSPONSORED: 3 Ways Wharton Business Scholars Challenge Retirement Thinking
Conventional wisdom is being turned on its head in many ways these days. From politics to healthcare, there seems to be a revolution in thinking about how we arrive at the outcomes that are in our best...
View ArticleHome BancShares Celebrates 10 Years as Nasdaq Company
On Tuesday, May 24 Home BancShares Inc., parent company of Centennial Bank, was featured on the Nasdaq Tower in Times Square in celebration of the Company’s 10th anniversary as a Nasdaq listed company....
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