Arkansas Business' 2019 CFO of the Year finalists and Lifetime Achievement Award winners will be recognized at a luncheon on Thursday, Nov. 7, at the Embassy Suites in Little Rock.
The 200-room Hotel Hot Springs & Spa will be sold at a foreclosure sale to help pay a $128.9 million judgment its owner received in June.
Two new competitors are entering the Conway lending market, where 13 banks already fly their banners.
Four business leaders who have made contributions to the banking, construction, publishing and real estate industries will be inducted into the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame on Feb. 7 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. read more >
With the nation's unemployment rate at its lowest point since the 1960s, you might expect the Federal Reserve to be raising interest rates to keep the economy from overheating. Yet the Fed is moving in precisely the opposite direction. read more >
An apartment project, medical office building, workforce center and bank branch-office building all in Little Rock combine with a grocery store in Damascus to form this week's five-piece group of million-dollar transactions. read more >
Nighthawk Crestwood LLC bought the 228-unit apartment complex in the Hillcrest area of Little Rock at 3802 Kavanaugh Blvd, backed with a $9.4 million loan from Greystone Servicing. read more >
Jacksonville's Arkansas Federal Credit Union acquired a former Summit Bank location in Benton for $1.3 million from Southern Marine LLC, led by Ricky Willis. read more >
Portland's Home Bank of Arkansas posted a $640,000 loss for the quarter ending June 30. read more >
Fighting policies that protect workers from disruption should unite the left, right and center — and should bring into clear focus the point at which corporations should rightly cede responsibility for employee protections to government. read more >
The poverty rate in the United States dropped last year to 13.1%, down from 13.4% in 2017, the U.S. Census Bureau reported late last month. It was the fifth straight annual drop, according to American Community Survey estimates. read more >
Craig Mobley has been promoted to chief operating officer of First Financial Bank of El Dorado, and Chris Johnson has been named regional market president for the state of Arkansas. read more >
Arkansas Secretary of Government Transformation and Shared Services Amy Fecher and Southern Bancorp CEO Darrin Williams are among executives scheduled to speak as part of the 2020 Arkansas Business Executive Leadership Academy. read more >
Verizon Arena in North Little Rock will become Simmons Bank Arena this week. The 15-year deal is worth $10.5 million. read more >
Action must be taken now to ensure long-term economic security for women. That is why organizations such as the Women's Foundation of Arkansas, Southern Bancorp Community Partners, Southern Bancorp Bank and others are promoting Save10. read more >
Completion of a new $14.6 million interchange is about five weeks away from providing Maumelle Boulevard motorists with a long-awaited alternative interstate access. read more >
An affiliate of RREAF Holdings of Dallas purchased the 258-unit apartment project in midtown Little Rock. read more >
The Razorback Foundation sold 232 acres in south Fayetteville for $6 million to Ashton McCombs, president of the water treatment company Phigenics. read more >
John McPike has been promoted to senior vice president at First Security Bank's main banking center in Jonesboro. read more >
Kelley Linck will join the Mullenix & Associates lobbying firm in Little Rock in mid-October. read more >
U.S. new home sales jumped 7.1% in August, as low mortgage rates pull buyers into the housing market. read more >
The ongoing dispute over the estate of Little Rock construction executive Michael Lasiter has escalated between his widow and the trustee administering assets ballparked around $50 million in court filings. read more >
For the list this week, we crunched bank data from Dec. 31 in a way we haven't in a few years: by return on assets. read more >
Millions of Americans have student loan debt without having finished a degree, a prospect that makes my stomach hurt. That kind of debt generally cannot be discharged even in bankruptcy. read more >
An affiliate of New York's White Oak Healthcare Finance purchased the 146-unit senior living project at 8700 Riley Drive in west Little Rock. read more >
Mark Abernathy has known success and failure during his 49 years of experience in the restaurant industry, and he knows what it takes to make a memorable cheese dip. read more >
Arkansas' unemployment rate remain unchanged at 3.4% between July and August, the state Division of Workforce Services said Friday. read more >
U.S. home sales rose 1.3% in August to the highest level in 17 months, as mortgage rates near historic lows have spurred a rush of home-buying. read more >
A sharply divided Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for a second time this year while saying it's prepared to continue doing what it deems necessary to sustain the U.S. economic expansion. read more >
The commercial real estate market in northwest Arkansas remained balanced and added new space during the first half of 2019, according to Arvest Bank's Skyline Report released Tuesday. read more >
Laurice Hachem just wanted to dip her toe into the northwest Arkansas real estate market, but she found Pinnacle Hills in Rogers too enticing to resist. read more >
Little Rock apartment sales comprise half of this week's six-pack of big deals. read more >
Making your employees' lives a little easier and less expensive would be a solid benefit at no cost to your company. read more >
