2020 Brought Feast, Famine to Private Companies
Data collected for this week’s list of private companies illustrated the uneven and sometimes counterintuitive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on various industries. read more >
Data collected for this week’s list of private companies illustrated the uneven and sometimes counterintuitive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on various industries. read more >
Crain Management Group tallied 2020 revenue of more than $618 million, ranking No. 23 among the largest private companies in Arkansas. read more >
When it comes to the largest private companies, what has stayed the same is as notable as what has changed. read more >
Riverside Properties LLC, led by Lisenne Rockefeller, purchased the Cowboy Mitsubishi project at 15 Col. Glenn Plaza Drive. The seller is Glenn Ridge Crossings II LLC, led by Steve Landers. read more >
Americold Realty Trust of Atlanta says it will invest $84 million in an expansion of its Russellville operations, adding 30 jobs. read more >
Walmart Inc. announced Thursday that it has invested in DroneUp, a nationwide drone services provider it partnered with last year, but did not disclose the investment amount. read more >
Standard Lithium says Lanxess Corp. has embraced an early conversion of a $3.75 million loan — a move that suggests Lanxess' has high confidence in Standard's lithium project in Arkansas. read more >
Arkansas bears the distinction of having the least equitable laws governing the landlord-tenant relationship in the nation. read more >
Wright Lindsey Jennings adds practice group versed in needs of new businesses. read more >
Last week, the value of the William Dillard family’s stock in the publicly traded Little Rock retail chain stood at $1.4 billion, up 244% from last November. read more >
On the cusp of an electric vehicle revolution that could expand the market for lithium fivefold over the next 10 years, CEO Robert Mintak of Standard Lithium Ltd. is right where he wants to be. read more >
Digital payments company Square Inc. of San Francisco makes an equity investment in Southern Bancorp Inc. of Little Rock. read more >
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell says it will work with autonomous driving company Waymo to test driverless freight delivery in Texas. read more >
Ray Vester has retired from the board of directors of Farmers & Merchants Bank in Stuttgart. read more >
Former Alltel executive Jeff Fox is turning his full attention back to The Circumference Group. read more >
Affiliates of the Read Property Group of Brooklyn, New York, bought 31 buildings in seven transactions of the North Little Rock apartment complex. read more >
An attorney has been given permission to stop representing an ex-con accused of defrauding an elderly man of $4.5 million. read more >
Walmart President and CEO Doug McMillon touted the company’s strong performance, and spoke about both its pandemic journey and racial justice efforts Wednesday during a shareholders’ meeting held virtually for the second year. read more >
Steve Cannon, CEO of AMB Sports and Entertainment, will lead the June 9 webcast in a series presented by Arkansas Business throughout 2021. read more >
Drive the curvy roads north out of Eureka Springs to the state’s mountainous northern edge, and you’ll discover Holiday Island, “the town that Tom built.” read more >
