The developer of the Hotel Hot Springs & Spa has been accused of improperly transferring millions of dollars to his wife or into a trust before filing bankruptcy to avoid paying creditors.
Talk about the demise of Bespoke Media Group LLC is exaggerated, even though the Little Rock video production and marketing company recently moved out of its 8,200-SF headquarters in the riverside warehouse district that once housed Cajun's Wharf.
Kaplan Trucking Co. of Cleveland, Ohio, is planning an expansion into the Little Rock market.
The 200-room Hotel Hot Springs & Spa is now in the hands of its creditor after foreclosure auction at the Garland County Courthouse. read more >
Arkansas Business announces 35 businesses, nonprofits and executives from around the state as finalists for its 32nd Annual Business of the Year Awards. read more >
America's Car-Mart Inc. of Bentonville reported second-quarter income of $13.9 million, up from $11.3 million in the same quarter a year ago. read more >
Springdale giant Tyson Foods expands line of non-meat proteins while pea and lentil crops boom. read more >
Tandem transactions in midtown Little Rock introduced new ownership to neighboring medical office buildings. read more >
From Wells Fargo to the Razorbacks, severance packages are getting heavy for those given the heave-ho. read more >
J.C. Penney, in the throes of yet another reinvention, offered some rare hope during the third quarter. The troubled department store chain raised its annual profit forecast Friday after reporting narrowed losses. read more >
Dillard's Inc. of Little Rock reports a 26% percent decline in third-quarter net income amid flat same-store sales. But earnings surprised analysts who were expecting a loss. read more >
Walmart raised its annual profit expectations after reporting strong third-quarter results helped by its grocery business. read more >
Brett Palmer, president of the Small Business Investor Alliance, says there is a gap in access to capital and closing that gap is critical to economic growth. read more >
Harps Food Inc. of Springdale and grocery delivery service Instacart said Tuesday that they are expanding their grocery partnership at Harps Foods stores throughout Harps' four-state footprint. read more >
A pair of south Arkansas bank companies completed acquisitions this month. read more >
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale reports fourth-quarter net income of $369 million, or $1.01 per share, down from $537 million, or $1.47 per share, in the same quarter last year. read more >
Red River Auto Group of Heber Springs, along with two partners, bought Excel Ford of Cabot on Oct. 21 for an undisclosed amount from Excel Ford Lincoln of Carthage, Texas. read more >
A mini-storage project in Maumelle, a retail building in Bryant, a grand home in west Little Rock, a warehouse in east Little Rock and a sandwich shop in downtown Little Rock are served up in this week's seven-digit deals. read more >
A surge in assets under management by registered investment advisory firms in North Little Rock, Fayetteville and Little Rock has shaken up this year's list of money managers in Arkansas. read more >
A statewide campaign is calling on Arkansas women to take control of their futures by changing how they think about retirement. read more >
Mutual accusations of money-grubbing provide common ground in the courtroom wrangling over the estate of Michael Lasiter, owner of RedStone Construction Group of Little Rock. read more >
A Washington County judge offered Levi Crowe a choice in 2016: a drug recovery program or jail. It was an easy choice, but Crowe had no idea that recovery would include working full time for no pay. read more >
Bill Sowell, a registered investment adviser in North Little Rock, embraces a legal obligation to put clients' financial interests first. And he's frustrated that the requirement doesn't apply to everyone across the investing industry. read more >
In the second quarter of 2019, Americans held $107.13 trillion in total wealth, with sharp distinctions based on the wealth percentile in which they find themselves. read more >
Anna Tucker Ashton, senior director of government affairs at the U.S.-China Business Council, spoke to Arkansas Business on Friday about the trade war and its effects here. read more >
Home BancShares Inc. of Conway announces that long-time company executive Randy Sims has retired. read more >
Windstream Holdings Inc. of Little Rock reports a third-quarter loss of $129.3 million. read more >
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale says independent director Dean Banks, 46, will become president of the company effective Dec. 20. read more >
The Delaware bankruptcy of Springdale's NanoMech Inc. has taken a bizarre cloak-and-dagger turn: Former CEO Jim Phillips, under oath in September, cited “national security” when refusing to answer questions about 46 transactions that its top financial officer knew only as the “CIA arrangement.” read more >
Visions of a $3.5 billion plant to turn natural gas into liquid fuel have tantalized Jefferson County while doubters have touted the project as pie in the sky. With two of four crucial environmental permits in hand, that pie could be going into the oven soon. read more >
An Illinois investor recently bought a big piece of Fayetteville's Whitham Cottages for $3.8 million from developer Justin Helms of Austin, Texas. read more >
Adam Grimmett's reason for insuring Arkansas' new medicinal marijuana industry is personal. An Afghan war veteran, he wants to help ex-service members. read more >
An affiliate of Provident Investments of Birmingham, Alabama, acquired the 184-unit apartment project in Little Rock from LFC Properties LLC, led by Larry Williford. read more >
