The Little Rock mutual health insurance company is still the state's largest private company with revenue of $2.48 billion in 2018. However, the revenue figure was down — a little less than 2% — from $2.52 billion in 2017, ending a streak of at least 15 years of revenue growth.
The Sevier County judge is lobbying to build a new hospital after the De Queen Medical Center closed in February, leaving behind a pile of debt and lawsuits for its owner.
Plunging into disaster zones and telling the story is a job as old as journalism, but it's perilous in body and spirit, so reporters should tread carefully.
Insurance and health pros talk winners, losers and the future of the Affordable Care Act and its effects felt in Arkansas. read more >
Even regarding that most divisive of issues, Obamacare, partisans can find areas of agreement. read more >
Aaron Owens and Todd Dennis of Pulaski County Farm Bureau Insurance were recognized for their individual total performance in 2018. read more >
Bill Halter is rooting for the sun, and not just because his company is developing several solar power projects around the state. read more >
Attorney Chris Burks knows the gig economy can be a boon for independent contractors. But the flip side is that employers can have too much of an upper hand. read more >
Colleen Canfield was recently promoted from operating room manager to director of surgical services of White River Health System in Batesville. read more >
Emerging leaders from business, nonprofit and policy sectors can again learn from some of the most successful and recognizable names in Arkansas as part of the Arkansas Business Executive Leadership Academy. read more >
Median incomes of U.S. households are rising again, and “those headed by a Millennial (someone age 22 to 37) now earn more than young adult households did at nearly any time in the past 50 years,” according to the Pew Research Center. read more >
An Arkansas man who wore M.D. on his name tag and hung an unearned medical diploma in his office for years may be at it again five years after pleading guilty to practicing medicine without a license. read more >
We have suggested to Michael Pakko, the state economic forecaster, that the volume of Movers & Shakers landing in our queue be considered an economic indicator. By that indication, Arkansas' economy is humming. read more >
Walmart's initiative to change its “people greeter” jobs to ones that require more physical labor brought complaints and a lawsuit against the Bentonville retailer over allegations that it violated the Americans With Disabilities Act. read more >
Sheila Williams, who most recently served as vice president and administrator at Baptist Health Medical Center-Hot Spring County, has been named executive director of Baptist Health's PACE program in North Little Rock. read more >
Meet 40 impressive young business and community leaders of Arkansas who will give you confidence that our state will be in good hands for decades to some. read more >
These days, the First Security name is shared among 21 lenders in 15 states around the nation. But the biggest in the land by far is the $5.3 billion-asset financial institution that makes its home in Searcy. read more >
The departures of five companies that were acquired in the past year made room at the bottom of the list for companies that had not made the cutoff last year — or ever. The price of entry to the list? $100 million read more >
Farmers Bank & Trust of Magnolia announces a deal to acquire the Bank of Prescott in the third quarter of 2019, but the financial terms of the deal were not released. read more >
Where are you getting fresh ideas for your business? Are you better off looking within your industry, or outside of it? read more >
Joe Clay Young IV was recently promoted from first vice president to senior vice president at Merrill Lynch in Jonesboro. Brenda Eldridge has been hired as chief financial officer at Partners Bank of Helena, the new name of the bank previously known as Helena National Bank. read more >
The dispute between Bill and Carolyn Schwyhart and creditors has also brought into question what happened to nearly $3.2 million from a once-secret settlement unveiled earlier this year. read more >
Sunstar Insurance Group LLC of Little Rock has continued its expansion trend, announcing a merger with the Todd Agency of Little Rock. read more >
The unemployment rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan statistical area remains near a historical low, 3.5% in February. read more >
Deserve is not an economic concept; it's a marketing concept. It's a word that allows consumers to rationalize spending money on appealing nonessentials. read more >
In December, creditors forced Gary R. Gibbs, the developer of the Delta Resort & Spa in Desha County and the Hotel Hot Springs & Spa, into bankruptcy for defaulting on $119.4 million in loans. It's familiar territory for Gibbs, who recovered from a 2005 bankruptcy only to fall back into financial distress after the New Orleans bank that made his loans failed. read more >
His father's preventable stroke set the stage for Allan Nichols' career move into nonprofit health care and Mainline Health Systems Inc., which now boasts full-service clinics throughout the Arkansas Delta. read more >
Louisiana & Third Properties LLC, led by Haitham Alley, purchased the Tripp Building at 209 W. Second St. read more >
Two-thirds of Arkansas' counties lost population between 2012 and 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. read more >
It doesn't take a numbers guru to know that things are adding up for the Fayetteville Executive Airport at Drake Field. Summer Fallen, the airport service manager, says the airport has felt the positive effects of a strong economy in northwest Arkansas. read more >
A west Little Rock retail center, a downtown Little Rock hotel and an agri property in southern Lonoke County form this week's trio of million-dollar transactions. read more >
A Benton man who hit a hole-in-one during a golf tournament at the Malvern Country Club last year thought he was going to drive home with a new 2018 Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck as his prize. read more >
Jason Marshall has joined The ASA Group in Little Rock as a brokerage manager. read more >
