Federal COVID Aid OK'd to Pay For Roads, Natural Disasters
The newly expanded spending options are expected to take effect by late February, after the Treasury releases updated guidance. read more >
The newly expanded spending options are expected to take effect by late February, after the Treasury releases updated guidance. read more >
The New Markets Tax Credit program allows businesses to make equity investments in severely distressed rural and urban communities. read more >
Most American businesses with fewer than 20 employees must register with the government as of Jan. 1, 2024. read more >
There’s always a lot of fraud. But there really has been more of it lately. read more >
Some suggestions include reimagining beer displays and considering whether brews can be shipped straight to doorsteps. read more >
It took more than a decade for Southern Bancorp Bank to double its tally of total assets from $1 billion to $2 billion. The top executive of the bank’s parent company expects the journey to $4 billion will be much shorter. read more >
The bill also would require the Treasury Department to monitor whether oil and gas companies are passing along savings to consumers. read more >
During 2021, Arkansas has seen business rebound and reset. Entrepreneurs have had to flex their creative muscle during the “creative destruction” phase — a phenomenon that usually results in economic progress. read more >
The 14 larger Arkansas cities receiving nearly $209 million in federal pandemic recovery funds aren’t looking a gift horse in the mouth — even one that comes with 150 pages of riding instructions. read more >
The second $284 billion Paycheck Protection Program, which will offer more forgivable loans designed to soften job losses from the pandemic, began accepting applications from businesses today. read more >
A top government financial oversight panel says that the turbulence in financial markets last spring has exposed problems in the operation of money market funds that will need to be corrected before the next crisis hits. read more >
Bankers get some money back, but federal process should be simpler, they say. read more >
FNBC Bancorp, the holding company for FNBC Bank, has been awarded a $600,000 Financial Assistance grant by the U.S. Treasury Department’s CDFI fund for its service to rural and underserved communities. read more >
