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Mark Friedman has been with Arkansas Business since 2000. He also is an event photographer for Little Rock Soirée and occasionally writes columns about his daughter for Little Rock Family.
The sudden closing last month of North Metro Medical Center in Jacksonville was the latest in a series of woes facing the Shreveport company that runs the hospital, Allegiance Health Management Inc. read more >
After improving CARTI's financial health, CEO Adam Head says he's turned his attention to expanding the Little Rock cancer treatment provider's reach across Arkansas. read more >
A family cattle business in Poinsett County ended in a multimillion-dollar bankruptcy last year, and now one of its owners is being accused of fraud. read more >
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Bowen School of Law said last week that it is starting a Veterans Legal Services Clinic. read more >
Financial giant Wells Fargo is the latest company snared in a multimillion-dollar legal strategy honed in Arkansas: filing class-action suits over unwanted faxes. read more >
Before WestFax Inc. was hit last year with a $21.1 million class-action judgment in Arkansas involving unwanted faxes, the client company that made the fax solicitation was allowed to exit the case by saying it couldn't afford even a modest judgment. read more >
Texarkana, Arkansas, is in an awkward position: arguing that its own tax is unconstitutional. read more >
Baptist Health of Little Rock reported an operating loss of $20.9 million for 2018, marking the third straight year of operating losses for the state's largest hospital system. read more >
If short-sellers were responsible for Dillard's Inc.'s stock rising 24% one day last month, analysts say it's because they don't understand the Little Rock retailer's stability. read more >
A federal judge in Florida ruled earlier this month that 79 women with claims of sex discrimination against Walmart must file their cases against the Bentonville retailer as individual lawsuits, rather than as a group. read more >
