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The would-be buyers of the smallest bank in Arkansas have withdrawn their application to acquire Community State Bank of Bradley.

Eagle Bank & Trust is ramping up its mortgage lending division while Bank of the Ozarks is shutting its down. What’s going on with home loans?

When IberiaBank Corp. agreed in December to pay $11.7 million to settle allegations by Arkansas whistleblowers that it filed false claims for mortgage loan guarantees, it became the first lender working in the state to join a lengthy roster of lenders that have settled similar allegations with the U.S. Department of Justice since 2011.

Little Rock businessman John Taylor Lewis is no stranger to debt collection lawsuits and bankruptcy court thanks to the collapse of his Ram Venture Holdings effort in 2005-06.

Hospitable land in west Little Rock, retail space in Jacksonville, a future tire center site in North Little Rock, furniture room in Conway and residential property in Bryant form this week’s quintet of million-dollar transactions.

Bank of the Ozarks of Little Rock reports record quarterly and annual profit.

U.S. stocks climbed in morning trading Tuesday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average past the 26,000-point mark for the first time.

Stephens Inc. CEO Warren Stephens touts the merits of capitalism at the Rotary Large Club Conference in Little Rock.

Bear State Financial Inc. of Little Rock reports fourth-quarter earnings of $3.7 million or 10 cents per diluted share, down from $4.8 million or 13 cents per diluted in the same quarter last year.

Excluding expenses tied to mergers and a hurricane, Home BancShares Inc. of Conway finished 2017 with annual profit of more than $200 million and assets of more than $14 billion.

Simmons First National Corp. of Pine Bluff on Thursday said its board of directors approved a two-for-one stock split in the form of a 100 percent stock dividend.

John Brock has joined McIlroy Keen Goodman in Little Rock as a staff accountant. Ginger Meister and Cale W. Turner have been made partners of the HoganTaylor public accounting firm.

Arkansas had an estimated 80,400 women-owned businesses in 2017, employing 55,700 workers and generating sales of about $9.5 billion.

The Division of Minority & Women-Owned Business Enterprise has certified 13 women-owned businesses over three months.

Setting clear boundaries and educating the workforce about those boundaries can help employers avoid costly legal claims.

There’s a lot of truth in the observation that women tend to set higher standards for themselves — and it’s a darn good thing, because they will be held to higher standards.

Since November 2014, the last time Arkansas Business measured the estrogen fueling the state’s publicly traded companies, the number of women directors has grown by more than 40 percent, and the number of all-male boards has been cut in half.

Just after Christmas, Village Ventures Realty of Hot Springs filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection — making it the third time since February 2016 that it has gone to bankruptcy court.

Fast-food outlets in Bryant and Conway, land on the western edge of Little Rock, foreclosed property in Lonoke County, an office-warehouse in North Little Rock and upscale residential lots in west Little Rock provide this week’s grouping of million-dollar real estate transactions.

Arkansas' December unemployment rate held steady at 3.7 percent.

Suitors Revising Bid For State’s Tiniest Bank

End of Bank of the Ozarks Mortgages May Not Signal Trend

Federal Crackdown on False Loan Claims Ensnares IberiaBank

Lawsuits, Foreclosures Dog Investor John Lewis as Debts Pile Up

Promenade Properties Swap Hands in $3.4 Million Deal

Bank of the Ozarks Reports Record Profit for Quarter, 2017

Dow Jones Industrial Average Crosses 26K Points

Warren Stephens Touts Capitalism to Rotarians

Bear State Reports 4Q, Full-Year Earnings Ahead of Arvest Deal

One-Time Charges Cap Big 2017 for Home BancShares

Simmons First Declares Stock Split

Brock Joins McIlroy Keen Goodman; HoganTaylor Promotes Pair to Partner (Movers & Shakers)

Women-Owned Businesses: Arkansas Ranks 23rd in Growth

Women Get Foot in AEDC's Minority-Business Door

It’s About Power (Editorial)

Must Be Present to Win (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)

Gender Diversity on Company Boards Accelerates in Arkansas

Village Ventures Realty Back in Bankruptcy

Central Arkansas Taco Bell Deals Ring Up Combined $3.8 Million

Arkansas' December Unemployment Rate Steady at 3.7 Percent