Lance Turner has been with Arkansas Business since 1999 and has been Interactive Editor since 2000. Turner oversees content for ABPG sites, including ArkansasBusiness.com, where he edits the Daily Report enewsletter.
He appears regularly on CBS affiliate KTHV-TV, Channel 11, providing business news reports on "Today's THV This Morning." He is also a panelist on AETN's weekly public affairs program, "Arkansas Week."
Simmons First National Corp. of Pine Bluff reports fourth-quarter earnings of $52.7 million, down 5% from the same quarter last year, but earnings per share beat Wall Street forecasts. read more >
Southwest Electric Power Co. of Shreveport aims to close its coal-burning Dolet Hills generation plant near Mansfield, Louisiana, part of a deal with the Sierra Club approved by the Arkansas Public Service Commission. read more >
Arkansas Surgical Hospital of North Little Rock said Thursday that Chief Operations Officer Brian Fowler had replaced Carrie Helm as CEO on Wednesday. read more >
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell says its subsidiary purchased RDI Last Mile Co. of South Easton, Massachusetts. read more >
The Michaels Companies Inc. of Irving, Texas, says Ashley Buchanan, the retailer's chief merchandising officer and COO for U.S. e-commerce, would become its president and CEO designate effective Jan. 6. read more >
A Montreal company says it will buy two Arkansas sawmills and another in Florida owned by Conifex Timber Inc. for more than $163 million. read more >
Real estate, new jobs and political corruption drove pageviews at ArkansasBusiness.com in 2019. read more >
The Federal Reserve is set to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday and will likely signal that it expects rates to remain low well into next year despite a robust job market. 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 >
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 >
