A California businessman who in late 2015 was going to work a deal to rescue the now-defunct Heartland Bank was hit last month with an $11 million default judgment in a lawsuit brought by CTHC Holdings LLC, led by Richard “Rick” Williams of Hot Springs.
The coronavirus pandemic will likely cause permanent changes in how businesses in Arkansas operate. One of those may be alcoholic beverage retailers.
Arkansas Business is regularly updating this page with links and contact information for businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Women's Foundation of Arkansas launches Women Owned, an assistance fund for women-owned small businesses experiencing economic hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
This chart highlights the dramatic effect of the coronavirus pandemic on the job market in the United States. read more >
To help overcome that internal inertia and take steps to protect your loved ones and save them money, here are four points to understand about estate planning today. read more >
As part of the $2 trillion economic relief package signed into law on March 27, Congress relaxed certain restrictions and requirements on retirement funds. Here's what to know. read more >
A second lawsuit was filed Tuesday challenging Arkansas' ongoing control of the Little Rock school district and the limits the state has placed on the incoming local school board. read more >
Businesses can begin preparing now to apply for assistance under the federal rescue package signed last week by President Trump, but it will be about two weeks before they can turn in their paperwork. read more >
Marriott says guests' names, loyalty account information and other personal details may have been accessed in the second major data breach to hit the company in less than two years. read more >
Although Greenhaw's Fine Men's Wear at 10301 N. Rodney Parham Road in Little Rock shuttered last summer after 45 years in business, it remains embroiled in foreclosure litigation. read more >
Buffalo Brewing Co. has been sued, twice, by its former landlord and by a subcontractor. read more >
Employment in the United States is forecast to grow by 8.4 million jobs to 169.4 million jobs during the decade of 2018-28, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Or it was; the report was released months before the coronavirus pandemic caused widespread job losses. read more >
COVID-19 has turned the world upside down, but it is also ushering telemedicine into widespread acceptance in Arkansas. read more >
Collateral is important for all financial institutions and a recent Arkansas Court of Appeals decision should be setting off alarm bells at financial institutions across the state of Arkansas. read more >
Arkansas Business announces the 40 honorees in this year's 40 Under 40 class, which honors people in business, nonprofits and government making a significant impact. read more >
Last year, 32 luxury homes in Pulaski County sold for $1 million or more, up from 30 in 2018. read more >
The same Fayetteville house was the most expensive home sold in northwest Arkansas in 2019 and in 2018. read more >
An unusual dustup between Petit Jean Electric Cooperative Corp. and Ted Thomas, chairman of the Arkansas Public Service Commission, has added complications to an expected ruling on solar compensation. read more >
As the novel coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on people and the economy, attorneys are bracing for a flood of lawsuits in its wake. read more >
William J. Ogles has joined Dover Dixon Horne's growing litigation and family law practices in Little Rock. read more >
The early bird may get the worm, but being the first legal medical marijuana dispensary to open in Arkansas was not enough to keep Suite 443 of Hot Springs ahead of the rush of competitors. read more >
Feminine hands are everywhere in the medical marijuana and hemp industries, up and running in the state for less than a year. Their roles range from co-owning $10 million cultivation centers to staffing dispensary counters as budtenders. read more >
Both the supporters and the opponents of legalizing recreational marijuana in Arkansas say they're thinking of the children. read more >
Overall sales in the legalized cannabis industry in the United States were expected to hit $13.6 billion in 2019, a 32% increase of the 2018 total of $10.3 billion, according to New Frontier Data of Washington, D.C., a data provider for the cannabis sector. read more >
In December, an attorney for Be Well Enterprises LLC delivered a check for $62,633 to the office of Cody Hiland, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas. read more >
West, 52, is charged with third-degree battery, disorderly conduct and public intoxication, all misdemeanors, after an incident with an Uber driver in the early morning hours of Feb. 16. read more >
Adam Jegley and Josh Jackson have joined Rainwater Holt & Sexton as associate attorneys. read more >
Erika Gee has been actively representing clients in the emerging Arkansas medical marijuana industry. 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 >
The direct primary care model and the similar concierge medicine, which accepts insurance, are growing nationwide. 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 >
