Sun Rises on Bob East’s New Investment
Bob East says he has acquired a 25% interest in Delta Solar, the 3-year-old company formerly known as Delta SunEnergy, and is now its chairman. read more >
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That Rainy-Day Fund (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
Who doesn’t have two months of income in ready cash? Most Americans. Even some of you who read Arkansas Business. read more >
Don Dugan Gives People What They Want
It’s been almost 10 years since Don Dugan opened Dugan’s Pub in the River Market District, and since then the Little Rock restaurateur’s goal has remained the same: Give people what they want. read more >
UA Names Interim Economic Development Leader
The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville appoints David Snow as the interim vice chancellor for economic development. read more >
FIS Selects 10 Startups for 2020 Fintech Accelerator Program
FIS of Jacksonville, Florida, and The Venture Center of Little Rock announces the 10 companies selected to participate in the 2020 FIS Fintech Accelerator program, which will take place completely online. read more >
Investment Adviser Adam Kuettel Suspended by State
Troubled investment adviser Adam Kuettel has added a new problem to his list: the Arkansas Securities Department. read more >
Schwyhart Trial Marks First in Pandemic Timeline
The recent fraud trial of Bill and Carolyn Schwyhart represented a first for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas. read more >
Roger Williams Waxes Philosophical
Roger Williams was on the phone with a reporter, discussing COVID-19, the energy industry’s future, and his own plans as CEO of Energy Security Partners to build the state’s largest economic development project ever. But first, a sidetrack into semantics. read more >
Harps Food Store Sells for $5.9M (NWA Real Deals)
The Harps Food Store adjacent to the company’s headquarters in Springdale has sold for nearly $6 million to two Fayetteville investors. read more >
Families of 3 Deceased Workers Sue Tyson Foods Over Iowa Outbreak
The families of three workers who died after contracting the coronavirus in an Iowa meat plant outbreak sued Tyson Foods and its top executives Thursday, saying the company knowingly put employees at risk and lied to keep them on the job. read more >
Lowell Business Center Sells for $13M
A 108,627-SF office complex in Lowell sells for slightly less than $13 million. Graham Streett of Fort Smith and Clinton Bennett of Fayetteville buy the Northwest Arkansas Business Center. read more >
Schwyhart Trial Begins Today in Dallas
Did Bill Schwyhart, the former high-flying northwest Arkansas developer, and his wife, Carolyn, commit bankruptcy fraud? That question goes before the judicial firing line during a three-day trial scheduled to run today through Wednesday in Dallas before Bankruptcy Judge Harlin Hale. read more >
Bradford Estates Bought for $4.6M
Bradford Estates LLC, led by Ryan Aclin, Jeff Aclin and Jarod Puckett, bought its self-named 141-unit complex at 6310 Col. Glenn Road in Little Rock for nearly $4.6 million. read more >
The Old Normal (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
Since I’m not at all sure any of us have a good grasp on how much our worlds will have been changed by the pandemic, I think of this week’s list as a final snapshot of the old normal that will be valuable when it comes time to document the new normal. read more >
Largest Private Companies List Gives Snapshot of Pre-Pandemic Normalcy
The 33rd annual list of the state’s largest private companies serves as a baseline for pre-pandemic revenue. read more >
Amazon Acreage Yields $3.2M Transaction (Real Deals)
Amazon.com Services Inc. of Seattle bought the 81.78-acre tract on the southern edge of the Little Rock Port Industrial Park from the city of Little Rock. read more >
Hastings Switches to Flake & Co. (Movers & Shakers)
Lee Hastings IV has been hired as senior associate at Flake & Co. in Little Rock. read more >
Tyson Foods: 13% of Tested Workers in Northwest Arkansas Positive for COVID-19
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale says 13% of its workers who were tested at northwest Arkansas production facilities tested positive for COVID-19. read more >
USA Truck CEO See Compensation Rise in 2019
USA Truck Inc. of Van Buren reports that CEO and President James Reed received slightly more than $1.8 million in total compensation in fiscal year 2019. read more >
Resource Guide: Financial Tools, Aid for Businesses Hurt by COVID-19
Arkansas Business is regularly updating this page with links and contact information for businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
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