Fasten Your Seatbelts (Editorial)
Higher interest rates make holding debt more problematic than ever. Smart companies, like smart consumers, will do whatever it takes to eliminate or limit their debt load.
View ArticleChenal Pines Purchase Surpasses $35 Million (Real Deals)
The deal is backed as part of a two-year, $87 million funding agreement with Wells Fargo Bank of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
View ArticleArkansas Business Announces This Year's 20 in Their 20s Honorees
This year's group of talented young leaders ranges from activists and business leaders to entrepreneurs.
View ArticleMatuschka Lindo Briggs Named Head of St. Louis Fed's Little Rock Branch
She follows Robert Hopkins, who retired earlier this month after 38 years with the St. Louis Fed.
View ArticleAverage Long-Term US Mortgage Rates Inch Up to 5.81%
One year ago, the average 30-year rate was 3.02%.
View ArticleBusiness Guidance, Woman To Woman
Mimi San Pedro, the chief strategy officer for the Venture Center in Little Rock, says the creation of the Woman Achieve mentorship program was a long time coming.
View ArticleFinding, Keeping the Very Best (Lance Turner Editor's Note)
What our 2022 40 Under 40 honorees had to say about what organizations must do to recruit and retain workers in today’s challenging labor market.
View ArticleHistoric Site A New Home For Banco Sí
Signature Bank of Arkansas will take over the former Bank of Rogers building, which first opened in 1906, to open a bilingual-staffed banking office.
View ArticleWhy Belonging Is Critical to Your Organization (Tamika S. Edwards Commentary)
Research shows that employees who have a sense of belonging are more connected and contribute at higher levels.
View ArticleJackson Balentine Hired as Chief Credit Officer at FNBC Bank (Movers & Shakers)
He joins FNBC from Arvest Bank of Bentonville, where he was a senior vice president and commercial lender.
View Article515 Little Rock Apartments Sell For Almost $52M (Real Deals)
The 296-unit Shadow Lake complex at 13111 W. Markham St. is recast as Muse Apartment Homes, and the 216-unit Turtle Creek complex at 601 Napa Valley was renamed The Lennox.
View ArticleJim Cargill, Arvest Bank's Central Arkansas Chief, Announces Retirement
Cargill is a fourth-generation banker who has worked with Arvest for more than 37 years.
View ArticleAbortion Ruling Thrusts Companies into Divisive Arena
Some companies spoke up for the first time, including The Walt Disney Company. Others, including Walmart, are silent.
View ArticleUS Economy Slipped 1.6% in Q1, Slightly More Than First Thought
Still, the negative GDP number probably doesn't signal the start of a recession, and economists expect growth to resume later this year.
View ArticleAverage Long-Term US Mortgage Rates Ease to 5.7%
One year ago, however, the average 30-year rate was 2.98%.
View Article2 Climb Ladder at Simmons Bank
Justin McCarty joined the bank in 2017, and Jake Sibley brings 15 years of experience.
View ArticleDave Godwin Earns International Kudos (Movers & Shakers)
He was the only broker in Arkansas to receive the award.
View ArticleState Finishes Fiscal Year With Record $1.6B Surplus
The surplus came in higher than the revised May forecast of $1.47 billion.
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