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George Waldon joined Arkansas Business in 1985 as an associate editor and has covered a smorgasbord of topics during his tenure, ranging from weighty matters to the absurd. He grew up in Corning (Clay County), graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and worked as a general assignment reporter at the El Dorado News-Times before signing on with Arkansas Business.
Affiliates of MAA, the apartment-oriented real estate investment trust in Memphis, sold three complexes in separate transactions to affiliates of National Property Management Associates Inc. of Orchard Park, New York. read more >
Magnolia's Farmers Bank & Trust holds more than $147.8 million of the $368 million deposits in Prosper, Texas, a city of nearly 30,000 an hour north of Dallas. read more >
Arkadelphia's Southern Bancorp Inc. has joined the ranks of Certified B Corporations, an Arkansas first. read more >
Arkansas Storage Centers VII LLC, led by Stuart Finley, bought Scott Storage at 8007 Counts Massie Road. read more >
Brian Ferguson pursues claim on assets allegedly hidden by Bill Schwyhart in a once secret settlement. read more >
An affiliate of Covenant Capital Corp. of Nashville, Tennessee, bought 312-unit apartment project in west Little Rock. read more >
Affiliates of B&M Management Co. of Montgomery, Alabama, purchased the Olympus Chenal Valley project at 16401 Chenal Valley Drive. read more >
Thirty years ago, Deltic Farm & Timber Co. was wading hip deep into an ambitious real estate venture two hours north of its El Dorado headquarters. read more >
The pending entry of Danville's Chambers Bank in Hot Springs will increase the tally of bank competitors in the $1.7 billion-deposit market to a baker's dozen. read more >
Batesville's First Community Bank hopes to open its first full-service location in Harrison before year's end. read more >
