Arkansas CPAs Find Open Lane for Merging
Today’s public accounting firms are hitting the plus sign.
View ArticleIn Recruiting New Talent, Accounting Firms Come Up Short
Despite lack of candidates, accounting is overcoming a reputation for being a bit boring.
View Article$4M Settlement Approved in Turner Grain Case
Creditors in the bankruptcy case of Turner Grain Merchandising Inc. of Brinkley received some good news last month.
View ArticleAnthony Young Chosen as Southern Bancorp Community Partners President
He replaces Karama Neal, who earlier this year was appointed to a position at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
View ArticleBanks Slowly Reconsider Overdraft Fees, Amid Public Pressure
Through the first nine months of this year, overdraft revenue totaled $6.13 billion.
View ArticleFed to Accelerate Withdrawal of Economic Aid as Prices Surge
The central bank will likely reduce its monthly bond purchases at twice the rate it outlined just six weeks ago.
View ArticleFed Will Tighten Credit Faster & Sees 3 Rate Hikes in 2022
The central bank will withdraw its monthly bond purchases at twice the pace it previously announced and likely end them in March.
View ArticleShareholders Approve HomeBancShares Acquisition of Happy Bancshares
The $919 million deal remains on track to be completed in the first quarter of 2022.
View ArticleArkansas Unemployment Drops to 3.4% in November
Nine major industry sectors reported growth.
View ArticleArkansas Business Reader's Choice Best of Biz 2021 (Advertising Section)
The companies appearing on this list were selected by the thousands of busy employees, employers, executives, movers and shakers whose occupations lead them to use the services listed. In other words,...
View ArticleOwen Selected as ABA Vice Chairman (Movers & Shakers)
Cathy Owen, chairman of Eagle Bank & Trust of Little Rock, was elected vice chairman of the government relations council at the American Bankers Association annual conference.
View ArticleGilbert Moves to Farmers & Merchants (Movers & Shakers)
Sally Gilbert has joined Farmers & Merchants Bank of Stuttgart as the new market president for Mountain Home and the surrounding communities.
View ArticleNotable Deaths in 2021
The founder of publicly traded USA Truck Inc. of Van Buren, Robert “Bob” Powell, was among the notable Arkansans who died this year. Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writer Paul Greenberg was another,...
View ArticleIt’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (by the Numbers)
The forecast for holiday sales this year shows an increase of between 8.5% and 10.5% — and a potential record — compared with the pandemic year of 2020.
View Article'It’s a Total Mess': Best Quotes of 2021
They said it, we only quoted them. Here are some of the best things said in 2021.
View ArticleArkansas Year in Review: Best & Worst of 2021
High times and low moments noted from Arkansas Business subjects in 2021.
View ArticleArkansas Year in Review: Top 10 Business Stories of 2021
The cost of COVID-19 repercussions top a busy year in Arkansas news.
View ArticleTV Stunt, Mall Default Drove Web Traffic in 2021
The rise and fall of leaders in Arkansas media, manufacturing and retail, along with some high-dollar residential deals and the foreclosure on a commercial landmark in Little Rock, caught the attention...
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