
Arkansas Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 6.2%
Arkansas' seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.2% in November, unchanged from October, the state Department of Workforce Services reported Friday. read more >
Arkansas' seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.2% in November, unchanged from October, the state Department of Workforce Services reported Friday. read more >
The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas Inc. announced their 2021 officers and directors last week. read more >
MAI Capital Management LLC of Cleveland has acquired Smith Capital Management Inc. of Little Rock. read more >
Billionaire businesswoman and philanthropist Johnelle Hunt will be recognized as the Legacy of Leadership Award winner as part of the 33rd Annual Arkansas Business of the Year ceremony. read more >
Construction executives in Arkansas said that, for the most part, project work has continued fairly normally considering the circumstances. And the prospects for future work appear to be fundamentally the same. read more >
Development of Arvest Bank's new central Oklahoma headquarters is flowing along a pandemic-delayed timetable. read more >
The pending name change of Cornerstone Bank in Eureka Springs is now official. The $401 million-asset lender became CS Bank on Nov. 18. read more >
Tim Clark has been hired as vice president of lending at Union Bank in Mena. read more >
Nationstar Mortgage of Dallas will pay refunds and other redress approaching $90 million, including redress of $517,292 to 490 consumers in Arkansas, the state Securities Department says. read more >
Arkansas medical marijuana retailers have generated $190 million in sales since May 2019. Accounting for them is a challenge and an opportunity, professionals say. read more >
Desperate businesses that turned to merchant cash advance companies for rescue found their lifeline shackled to high interest rates, hidden fees and long-term debt, several lawsuits claim. read more >
Seth Jensen, CFO for Slim Chickens, acknowledges a bit of good luck when it came to the restaurant chain's financial foundation when the COVID-19 pandemic arose. read more >
Former Craighead County Clerk Jacob “Kade” Holliday listed $3.8 million in debts and $1.6 million in assets, according to his Oct. 1 filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. read more >
Accountants and auditors in Arkansas earned an average annual wage of $66,450 as of May 2019, the latest figures available. Nationwide, that figure was $79,520. read more >
An affiliate of the Red Dot chain bought 1-Stop Storage at 8000 N. Ashley Road, near North Little Rock. read more >
Susan Davenport, Arkansas managing partner-elect of BKD CPAs & Advisors, says accounting outsourcing can be a good choice for small businesses. read more >
Jessica Alphin and Shana Akers were honored as outstanding faculty members at Black River Technical College in Pocahontas during the recent Arkansas Community College Outstanding Faculty & Awards Banquet. read more >
Westrock Group CEO and co-founder Scott Ford and Southern Bancorp CEO Darrin Williams are among the featured executives scheduled to speak during the spring 2021 Arkansas Business Executive Leadership Academy. read more >
The Arkansas State University Foundation has received a $10,000 donation from the Arvest Foundation. read more >
Citizens Equity First Credit Union of Peoria, Illinois, will buy four branches in southern Illinois from Simmons Bank of Pine Bluff. read more >
Marlin Evans has joined Relyance Bank in Hot Springs as vice president and trust officer. read more >
“Fort Worth and Dallas, about a million miles away,” Texas singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore croons, but Arkansas publisher Mitch Bettis knows better. read more >
Waldo's Chicken & Beer will not be setting up shop at 101 S. Bowman Road, although the property's new ownership includes some names behind the rollout of as many as 20 of the franchised eateries in Arkansas and Oklahoma. read more >
Hot Springs dispensary owner Dragan Vicentic's penchant for paying for cannabis in cash, disdaining electronic payments, gives marijuana cultivator reason for blacklisting. read more >
Arkansas' richest family has had a good year financially. The heirs of Sam Walton own publicly traded stock valued collectively at more than $205 billion. read more >
Let another pesky woman editor encourage you to embrace the spirit of Thanksgiving this year as never before, even as we must limit the traditional togetherness — a small sacrifice by historic standards. read more >
Jim S. Gowen Jr. has been re-elected to the Independent Community Bankers of America Federal Delegate Board. read more >
As a component of the CARES Act, the Federal Reserve established the Main Street Lending Program to provide up to $600 billion in financing to businesses and nonprofit organizations negatively impacted by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
Arkansas' seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declines to 6.2% in October from 7.2% in September, the state Department of Workforce Services reports. read more >
Amber Sharp has joined FNBC Bank in a recently created role, as its senior vice president and chief information and innovation officer. read more >