Here Are the Finalists for the 33rd Annual Business of the Year Awards
Arkansas Business on Monday announced 32 businesses, nonprofits and executives from around the state as finalists for its 33rd Annual Business of the Year Awards. read more >
Arkansas Business on Monday announced 32 businesses, nonprofits and executives from around the state as finalists for its 33rd Annual Business of the Year Awards. read more >
Arkansas’ richest family has had a good year financially. The heirs of Sam Walton own publicly traded stock valued collectively at more than $205 billion. read more >
Let another pesky woman editor encourage you to embrace the spirit of Thanksgiving this year as never before, even as we must limit the traditional togetherness — a small sacrifice by historic standards. read more >
ABC Real Estate LLC, led by Jim Bottin, sold three office buildings on the ABC Financial campus and adjoining properties in Sherwood for a combined $4.5 million transaction read more >
Andrew Levenson has been promoted to director of growth at MHP/Team SI in Little Rock. read more >
As a component of the CARES Act, the Federal Reserve established the Main Street Lending Program to provide up to $600 billion in financing to businesses and nonprofit organizations negatively impacted by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
Effective leadership isn’t always about giving orders. read more >
Arkansas' seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declines to 6.2% in October from 7.2% in September, the state Department of Workforce Services reports. read more >
Joey Moll has been named senior vice president of commercial lending for Relyance Bank’s central Arkansas market. read more >
Arkansas Business and the Best Companies Group last week honored 47 Arkansas companies with "Best Places to Work" awards, which honor firms that have exceptional workplace environments. read more >
For many independent insurance agents, consolidation through merger or acquisition is a popular option. read more >
The insurance industry responds to COVID-19 with rebates instead of lower rates and remains flexible on claims and operations. read more >
Simmons Bank hauled Encore Bank into court last week over accusations that include improperly luring executives and customers away from the Pine Bluff bank. read more >
As I studied up on dozens of PPP fraud cases filed around the country since May, several common elements began to emerge. read more >
The tally of Paycheck Protection Program funds that flowed through the 20 largest banks in Arkansas topped $4.4 billion and encompassed more than 50,149 loans. read more >
The 10-state footprint of Little Rock’s Bank OZK will have two fewer states by March 31, exiting South Carolina and Alabama, where it operates two branches in each state. read more >
J.B. Hunt CEO John Roberts and Shelley Simpson, chief commercial officer, participated in FreightWaves’ virtual fall conference earlier this month and gave some color to how the company’s technological pursuit led to its newfound success. read more >
The first step in addressing these risks that might happen is to consider that these risks can happen and have happened. Consideration should be given to these uncertain, remotely possible, future risks. Nothing should be off the table. read more >
Bridgette Kasinger has joined Black River Technical College in Pocahontas as an allied health nursing instructor. read more >
The Northwest Arkansas Council is starting a $1 million Life Works Here pilot program in an attempt to attract skilled workers to relocate to the region. read more >
