The escalating coronavirus emergency Thursday sent stocks to their worst losses since the Black Monday crash of 1987, extending a sell-off that has now wiped out most of Wall Street's big run-up since President Donald Trump's election. read more >
Bill Sowell of Sowell Management and Larry Freeman of Synergy Saturday Inc. won executive of the year awards, and Wallace Fowler was honored for his lifetime of leadership at the 32nd annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards. read more >
Stocks tumbled again Wednesday as fears about the economic damage from the coronavirus intensified and investors questioned whether any economic response from Washington would be enough — if it happens at all. read more >
Stocks are sinking sharply again Wednesday, nearly wiping out a huge rally from a day earlier as Wall Street continues to reel from worries about the coronavirus. read more >
About 41% of Arkansas households are trapped by low wages and rising costs and are unable to afford basic needs, according to a report released by Entergy Arkansas and the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation. read more >
More than 9,600 residential homes were sold in Washington and Benton counties in 2019, which is the highest number recorded by Arvest Bank's Skyline Report since its founding in 2004. read more >
Janet Jones, Kimberly Smith, Elizabeth Bowles and Michele Wright encourage women business owners to work hard, be consistent — and never let their voices be silenced. read more >
Walmart US CEO John Furner and J.B. Hunt Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer Shelley Simpson are among the executives scheduled to speak as the Arkansas Business Executive Leadership Academy expands into northwest Arkansas this fall. read more >
Valued at $3.9 billion when announced in November, the merger will bring the First Horizon name to Arkansas with the addition of IberiaBank's 16-branch network in the state. read more >
The new branch that Conway's Centennial Bank has under development in Little Rock will be a rarity among its built-from-scratch full-service offices. read more >
Woman-Run, an initiative that brings together business leaders and prospective businesswomen for networking and informative events, is but just one channel in a growing network of female professionals. read more >
Vicki Clayton has been promoted to chief information officer of Generations Bank in Rogers. read more >
As of last week, Arkansas' 17 publicly traded companies had 170 directors and 32 of them were women. That's almost 19%. read more >
The number of women-owned businesses rose 21% to 12.9 million between 2014 and 2019, according to the “2019 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report,” published by American Express. read more >
Simmons Bank has promoted Charlie Van Ness to market president for northwest Arkansas. read more >
Windstream Holdings Inc. of Little Rock says it's reached a deal with its first lien creditors and settled a lease dispute with spinoff Uniti Group Inc. of Little Rock. read more >
Melissa Bradley has been promoted to assistant vice president at Merrill Lynch in Little Rock, where she is a wealth management adviser and partner with the Smouni Bradley Team. read more >
Windstream Holdings Inc. has paid its bankruptcy legal team a total of $72.3 million. read more >
Quiktrip Corp., the Tulsa-based convenience store chain, bought a 16.1-acre tract near the southwest corner of Interstate 30 and Otter Creek Road in Little Rock for $8.5 million. read more >
Gibbs will also retain the title of chief financial officer of the bank. He oversees all of the bank's day-to-day operations, as well as continuing his duties as financial chief. read more >
Since 1988, Arkansas Business has honored the state's top executives, small businesses and nonprofits with the annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards. read more >
A look at the Small Business Reorganization Act, which took effect Feb. 19, marking one of the most significant changes in bankruptcy law since 2005. read more >
Home BancShares Inc. of Conway signs a deal to buy LH-Finance, which is part of People's United Bank N.A. of Bridgeport, Connecticut, adding to its robust marine lending operation, Shore Premier Finance. read more >
Centennial Bank says Rev. Jameel M. Wesley has joined its Little Rock Regional Board of Directors. read more >
The value of big deals in Arkansas plummeted 85% in 2019 compared with the previous year, dropping to $7.9 billion compared with a stratospheric $53.9 billion in 2018. read more >
While the unemployment rate remains low in central Arkansas, income growth in the region has lagged behind that of the rest of the United States, notes the Metroplan report “Metro Trends: Economic Review and Outlook.” read more >
Ridgecrest LRAR LLC of Encino, California, sold its namesake project at 1900 and 2000 Reservoir Road to AM Capital Four LLC of Irvine, California. read more >
These are the three factors consistently identified as the primary drivers of merger transactions in the current market. read more >
Emma Willis has been hired as a senior strategist at Mangan Holcomb Partners/Team SI in Little Rock. read more >
The Little Rock Technology Park Authority announces the appointment of two new members to its board of directors. read more >
