Securities & Exchange Commission

Harrell Bancshares has secured the funds for expansion of Generations Bank across Arkansas. read more >

Proponents of the change say quarterly reports can cause too much short-term focus on financial goals, create costly and time-consuming paperwork and dampen incentives for more companies to go public. read more >

We hope passage of a bill addressing the cryptocurrency industry is a step forward. read more >

The investigation determined that TradeStation Crypto Inc. engaged in the unregistered offer and sale of securities. read more >

Used car prices have gone up, generating revenue for the company, but the price of acquiring used cars to resell to customers has also increased. read more >

The company told the SEC it needs an extension because the results from its fiscal year that ended April 30 pushed it into a new regulatory status. read more >

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell has invested more than $250 million in final-mile services acquisitions during the last three years, and now the company has told the Securities & Exchange Commission that it will treat Final Miles Services as a fifth reporting segment. read more >

Crews & Associates, the Little Rock bond brokerage owned by First Security Corp. of Searcy, agreed last week to pay a $250,000 penalty to the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. read more >

Arkansas Best Corp.’s Dec. 4 announcement that it hoped to close 22 more terminals did not come as a surprise to industry analysts, who were expecting just such cost-cutting moves by the less-than-truckload carrier based in Fort Smith. read more >

After three years, the Securities & Exchange Commission is finally following through on one of the Dodd-Frank law’s more controversial requirements: It has proposed that public companies disclose how the pay of their CEOs compares to that of their workers. read more >

Information pertaining to a letter of credit agreement between Arkansas Best Corp. and PNC Bank of Pittsburgh was allowed to be redacted in an SEC filing based on "competitive purposes." Because of “competitive purposes,” the company was allowed to redact specifics of the agreement. Those deletions include basis points and a commitment fee. read more >

In his new role as president of the North American Securities Administrators Association, Abshure said, he plans to focus on the organization’s response to the changing regulatory environment. read more >