Home BancShares Inc. of Conway, parent company of Centennial Bank, said Friday that Randy Sims, CEO and president of Home BancShares, has been named to vice chairman of Home BancShares and executive chairman of Centennial Bank. read more >
CEO John Roberts J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell sang the praises of his company's fiscal 2018 at its annual shareholders meeting Thursday. read more >
Little Rock's Bank OZK recorded first quarter earnings of $110.7 million, a decline of 2.2 percent compared to last year. read more >
Arkansas Business will once again honor the state's outstanding young professionals at a luncheon for its 40 Under 40 class. You can order tickets here. read more >
The Springdale nanotechnology firm estimates both its debts and its assets as between $10 million and $50 million. Documents say the company has struggled through continual losses from operations together with slow revenue growth. read more >
As chairman and CEO, Chris Roberts is leading the campaign to rebrand and relaunch Capital Bank with a $50 million stock offering. The 50-year-old banker considers his recent move from Simmons Bank to be a curtain call on his 27-year lending career. read more >
In late 2015, Suneet Singal thought he had a great deal with Heartland Bank of Little Rock. read more >
Seven commercial lending and treasury management professionals have left Simmons Bank to help Citizens Bank of Batesville beef up its Little Rock operations. read more >
Daniel Hintz knows about revitalizing a city’s downtown area and believes a new federal tax program could be just the ticket for Springdale’s budding efforts. read more >
Private-sector workers in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan statistical area earned an average of $861.50 each week as of February 2019. read more >
Community banks lack the financial and human capital of their larger counterparts to invest in research and development, but they need new technologies all the same. Partnerships with financial technology startups are a practical way to address this need, four of the state’s community bankers told Arkansas Business. read more >
An affiliate of Maxus Properties of North Kansas City, Missouri, sold the The Landings at Rock Creek at 13200 Chenal Parkway to companies based out of Midland, Texas. read more >
Greg Smithers, the regional president of IberiaBank, says he’s amazed by the level of competition in the banking industry in Arkansas. read more >
Tyson Ventures, the venture capital arm of Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale, has invested in Clear Labs Inc. of Menlo Park, California, a food testing and safety company, Bloomberg reports. read more >
USA Truck Inc. of Van Buren reported that CEO James Reed earned more than $1.6 million in compensation in fiscal 2018. read more >
Dillard family members who work at Dillard's Inc. of Little Rock saw their total compensation packages plummet in the most recent fiscal year. read more >
The Center for Business and Economic Research at the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas will present its regular Quarterly Business Analysis on May 16 in Fayetteville. read more >
Pinpointing legally permissible real estate for the state’s first medical cannabis enterprises after a 2016 legalization vote was like plunging into the haystack to find the perfect spot for a needle, those involved in the process say. read more >
After putting together a portfolio of 14 commercial properties during the past three years, Little Rock’s Tempus Realty Partners cashed out of its first deal. The transaction was a doozy. read more >
Windstream Holdings Inc. of Little Rock has asked a judge in U.S. Bankruptcy Court’s Southern District of New York to approve hiring the law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP of New York and Kirkland & Ellis International LLP to handle the telecom’s Chapter 11 reorganization. read more >
