As parents, we all want to equip our children with the emotional tools to deal constructively with stressful situations, but who among us would have thought that a college student could be holding in his hand inescapable proof that he accidentally owed three-quarters of a million dollars? read more >

First Service Bancshares Inc. of Greenbrier raises $20 million as debt from 19 investors. read more >

Since launching in March, AcreTrader has had five offerings and raised a total of $1.6 million, according to the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. read more >

Bill Sowell, a registered investment adviser in North Little Rock, embraces a legal obligation to put clients’ financial interests first. And he’s frustrated that the requirement doesn’t apply to everyone across the investing industry. 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 >

The number of publicly traded companies in Arkansas is stable this year thanks to a couple of small IPOs and the federal government shutdown late last year, and Walmart executives continue to dominate the list of highest paid executives. read more >

The failure of Dillard’s Inc. to disclose online sales in its annual report has attracted the attention of the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. read more >

A roundtable discussion hosted by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission showed a clear consensus that short-term thinking that suffocates long-range planning and investment is a real problem recognized by the vast majority of public company executives. read more >

Arkansas Business reviewed proxy documents from 17 publicly traded companies based in Arkansas to report on those that offer executives the perk of using the company jet for personal trips. read more >

Two Little Rock technology companies, MobX and Freedom Coin Inc., say Arkansas is on the cusp of seeing its first “initial coin offering,” a new way for startups and individuals to raise capital for businesses and projects. read more >

Randy Dennis, the president of DD&F Consulting, thought Arvest Bank of Fayetteville and Bear State Bank of Little Rock would be a good fit. read more >

The “Trump Bump” has been very good for most of the 120 names on this year’s list of the state’s biggest stockholders, but the benefits have not been evenly shared. read more >

The word “outlier” was invented to describe things like the top entry on this week’s list of the highest-paid executives employed by public companies in Arkansas. read more >

When Bank of the Ozarks absorbed its parent company in June, the $20 billion-asset lender shed itself of two regulators. read more >

The top stockholders, as always, are the heirs of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. founder Sam Walton. Their disclosed stock in the Bentonville retailer was valued at $112.7 billion as of Dec. 2. read more >