Tom Dees' Long Fight to Keep Holiday Island Afloat
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.”
View ArticleMidwest Economy Report Stays Strong, Shows Inflation Worries
The economy in nine Midwest and Plains states remains strong in the wake of a devastating global pandemic.
View ArticleNext 'Business Forum' Webcast to Interview Steve Cannon
Steve Cannon, CEO of AMB Sports and Entertainment, will lead the June 9 webcast in a series presented by Arkansas Business throughout 2021.
View ArticleNext FIS Fintech Accelerator Companies Named
Financial technology leader FIS of Jacksonville, Florida, and The Venture Center of Little Rock announced Wednesday the 10 companies selected to participate in their 2021 FIS Fintech Accelerator program.
View ArticleBank OZK Holds Groundbreaking for $6M Solar Array
Bank OZK broke ground Thursday on its $6 million solar power plant that will power its Little Rock headquarters and 40 other locations.
View ArticleFrenchman’s Woods Sale Tops $9.5M (Real Deals)
Affiliates of the Read Property Group of Brooklyn, New York, bought 31 buildings in seven transactions of the North Little Rock apartment complex.
View ArticleVester Leaves Farmers & Merchants Board (Movers & Shakers)
Ray Vester has retired from the board of directors of Farmers & Merchants Bank in Stuttgart.
View ArticleSimmons First Buys 2 Banks, Expands Tennessee Footprint
Simmons First National Corp. of Pine Bluff announces that it will buy two Memphis-area bank companies in separate deals worth a combined $277.9 million.
View ArticleDarrin Williams Named to St. Louis Fed's Board
Darrin Williams, CEO of Southern Bancorp Inc. in Little Rock, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Little Rock Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
View ArticleCitizens Bank Promotes Two
Citizens Bank of Batesville this week promoted Johnny Babb to vice president and senior network administrator and Stephanie Spain to assistant vice president.
View ArticleSquare Inc. Invests in Southern Bancorp
Digital payments company Square Inc. of San Francisco makes an equity investment in Southern Bancorp Inc. of Little Rock.
View ArticleHaag Brown Buys Bentonville Building for $3M
Haag Brown Commercial Real Estate and Development of Jonesboro plans to redevelop the First Horizon Bank building in Bentonville.
View ArticleCrime and Punishment (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
Tracking bitcoin transfers requires high-level expertise in blockchain technology, but knowing that money has been moved from one state-of-the-art safe to another is one thing; getting the money out is...
View ArticleFirst Security Doubles Presence in Fort Smith
After entering the Fort Smith market in 2018, First Security is adding a second branch.
View ArticleFirst Community Expands in Conway
Batesville’s First Community Bank is enlarging its presence in downtown Conway after the $1.6 million purchase of the former Second Baptist Church in December.
View ArticleJPMorgan Chase Enters Arkansas With 4 Branches
JPMorgan Chase Bank of Columbus, Ohio, is hip deep in developing its first rollout of Arkansas sites, all in Pulaski County.
View ArticleU.S. Home Construction Up Moderate 3.6% in May
U.S. home construction rose 3.6% in May as builders battled a surge in lumber prices that have made homes more expensive.
View ArticleFed Sees Faster Time Frame for Rate Hikes As Inflation Rises
The Federal Reserve signals that it may act sooner than previously planned to start dialing back low-interest rate policies that have also coincided with rising inflation.
View ArticleU.S. Average Mortgage Rates Mostly Lower; 30-Year at 2.93%
Mortgage rates were mostly lower this week as the economy continued to show signs of recovery from the pandemic recession and recent bursts of inflation were deemed temporary by federal policymakers.
View ArticleDamron, Jobe Join Arvest in Conway (Movers & Shakers)
Mike Damron and Andrea Jobe have been hired as mortgage lenders at Arvest Bank in Conway.
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