Stephens Hires Mike Preston to Lead New Practice
by Lance Turner – 1 week ago
The practice, Site & Incentive Advisory, will advise businesses on growth strategies.
The practice, Site & Incentive Advisory, will advise businesses on growth strategies.
The Fed's goal in raising interest rates has been to fight inflation by making borrowing more difficult and to slow economic growth. The strategy, though, hurts investment prices and risks slowing the economy too much and causing a recession.
The Little Rock investment firm said the deal advances its goal of building "the most efficiently operated plastics manufacturing company in the nation."
Publicly traded electric vehicle maker Canoo Inc. signs an exclusive agreement with GCC Olayan for the sale, service and distribution of Canoo fleet vehicles in Saudi Arabia. read more >
However, due to inflation, the survey shows that businesses still expect to pay higher wages for the workers they are holding onto. read more >
A labor law attorney's advice to companies concerned about the Federal Trade Commission's proposed rule that would block employers from asking workers to sign noncompete agreements? Don't panic. read more >
Donnell has been working at Chambers for over 30 years. read more >
First Security Bancorp is looking to the future with its purchase of three west Little Rock buildings. read more >
People Trust, led by founder Arlo Washington, is set to see customers in March. read more >
Centerton 376 LLC of Centerton raised the money from 37 investors, according to its filing last month with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. read more >
Arkansas Business announces six nominees for the new Innovation Pacesetter category at the 35th annual Arkansas Business of the Year ceremony on March 8. read more >
First Security purchased the property Dec. 16 from fintech giant Fidelity Information Services. read more >
The founder and CEO of leadership training firm Focus 3 states rather bluntly that if an organization isn't performing as well as it should, the first place the leader should look is in the mirror. read more >
He was previously principal and chief investment officer at TrueMark Investments, where he managed ETFs. read more >
Stocks struggled all year as inflation put increasing pressure on consumers and raised concerns about economies slipping into recession. read more >
In the minutes of their mid-December meeting released Wednesday, the officials also underscored that a slowdown in their rate hikes — from four three-quarter point hikes in a row to a half-point increase — "was not an indication of any weakening" in their resolve to bring inflation back down to their 2% target. read more >
In another key metric, the number of people quitting their job rose to 4.2 million, up from about 4 million in October. read more >
Courtney Turner, Tina Gabbard and Dr. Teressa Brown weigh in on why women are leaving their jobs in unprecedented numbers. read more >
Week after week, we approach executives from businesses large and small, nonprofits and even government agencies, and we ask them to answer questions about their organizations, their industries and themselves. read more >
This spread has historically averaged around 170 basis points a month, but between March and October it averaged about 240 basis points. read more >
The companies appearing on this list were selected by the thousands of busy employees, employers, executives, movers and shakers whose occupations lead them to use the services listed. read more >
Lipscomb currently serves as chief fiduciary and risk officer at Arvest Bank-Trust. read more >
A look at some of the notable Arkansans who died this year. read more >
The highs and lows of a year in Arkansas business. read more >
The financial services company has purchased three buildings totaling 275,000 SF at a corporate office park on Rodney Parham Road. read more >
The deal is designed to "accelerate the value Princeton TMX delivers to industrial shippers," the companies said in a news release. read more >
Quality Valve, founded in 1994, supplies over 25,000 orders annually across 500 unique customers. read more >
His career in financial services has included energy research roles at Stifel, A.G. Edwards and HS Resources. He has also worked as a geophysical analyst for Chevron. read more >
David Boekeloo, an outside consultant for three years, is joining the team full-time. read more >
The report by the Governor's Council on Future Mobility offers guidance on a broad range of emerging mobility tech from land to air — and beyond. read more >
Kight will discuss the actionable, high-impact systems he uses for developing exceptional leaders, strengthening organizational culture, and equipping people to perform at their best. read more >
Mentorship is a good way to help vulnerable youth escape cycles of violence. read more >
Finalists in each category will be celebrated at an awards ceremony on March 8 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. read more >
