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Metova Announces Formation of Board of Advisers to Guide Strategic Growth

The newly established board is comprised of leaders in finance, technology, client success, marketing, culture and operations. read more >
Iron Yard graduate Jacklyn Carroll:  "I wanted to learn skills that would help me create a website on both ends — the design end and the coding end.”
Education

Iron Yard Hopes Coding Helps Populate Tech Sector in Little Rock

As more Americans suspect traditional college degrees are delivering less return on their investment, coding schools like the Iron Yard are filling a fast-growing niche. read more >
Mitch Chandler, formerly a senior vice president at Martin-Wilbourn Partners, is joining the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Education / Government & Politics / Media & Marketing

Lottery Officials Quiet on New Hire After Former Sales Director Scratched

You’d never know it from reading the reports of his firing in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, but Robert Stebbins was not directly responsible for ticket sales at the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery. read more >
Petit Jean Mountain in Conway County

Update: Hikers Find Human Remains on Petit Jean Mountain

Sheriff confirms that only missing person case in the area is that of Little Rock construction executive John Glasgow, missing since January 2008. read more >
Banking & Finance / Business Services

8 Former Delta Trust Employees Flock to Eagle Bank

Barely had the ink dried on the sale of Delta Trust & Banking Corp. of Little Rock to Simmons First National Corp. of Pine Bluff when a flock of staffers flew the coop. read more >
Banking & Finance / Education / Investments

It’s A Big Week for Entrepreneurs in Arkansas

With Startup Weekend having just wrapped up in Fayetteville and Global Entrepreneurship Week kicking off in Little Rock tonight, it's a big week for entrepreneurs in Arkansas. read more >
Mike Smith, left, was syndicate manager and J.D. Simpson was a corporate finance executive when they led the initial public offering of Wal-Mart stock by their employer, Stephens Inc. of Little Rock, in 1970.

Wal-Mart IPO Set the Stage for Global Expansion

In preparation for the IPO, a hodge-podge of ownership interests in different stores was consolidated under one corporate banner: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The corporation represented the merger of 78 partners that owned pieces of 32 stores, with the Walton family owning a majority stake in each. The stores also were a mixed bag of Wal-Mart Discount City, Ben Franklin, Walton’s Family Center and Ben Franklin Family Center. read more >