Global Inflation Pressures Could Become Harder to Manage in Coming Years,...
Much of the world's population is aging, and older people are less likely to keep working. Those trends could act as supply shocks, similar to the shortages of goods and labor that accelerated...
View ArticleCanoo Names Greg Etheridge as CFO
Etheridge was previously chief operating officer and a director of Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. He follows Ken Manget, who held the role for seven months.
View ArticleArkansas Business Announces 2023 CFO of the Year Finalists
An awards ceremony will be held Nov. 2 at the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock
View ArticleOakwood Transaction Surpasses $1.3 Million (Real Deals)
The 10-unit apartment project in the Hillcrest area of Little Rock was purchased by Oak & Cedar LLC.
View ArticleHow PayPal is Using AI to Combat Fraud and Make it Easier to Pay
John Kim, chief product officer for PayPal, spoke with The Associated Press about how the company is using the early proliferation of artificial intelligence technologies in its business.
View ArticleJob Vacancies, Quits Plunge in July in Sign of Cooling US Labor Market
The number of job vacancies dropped to 8.8 million last month, the Labor Department said Tuesday, the fewest since March 2021.
View ArticleJeremy Davis to Lead Mortgage Business Expansion at Southern Bancorp
Davis brings more than 20 years of experience to the role in both the mortgage industry and as an advocate for advancing financial equity in under-resourced communities.
View ArticleUS Economic Growth for Q2 Revised Down to 2.1%; Job Growth Slows Sharply
The government had previously estimated that the economy expanded at a 2.4% annual rate last quarter.
View ArticleSimmons Sponsors New PGA Event at Pleasant Valley Country Club
The Simmons Bank Championship will be the second playoff of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, the final event of the men's senior professional golf tour.
View ArticleFed's Preferred Inflation Gauge Rises Modestly in Latest Sign of Slowing...
It raises the likelihood that the Fed will leave interest rates unchanged when it next meets in late September.
View ArticleAverage Long-Term US Mortgage Rate Remains Above 7% for Third Straight Week
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan fell to 7.18% from 7.23% last week. A year ago, the rate averaged 5.66%.
View ArticleCreating a Coaching Culture (Barry Goldberg on Leadership)
Teaching coaching as a leadership and managerial skill at all levels of an organization can be transformative.
View ArticleArkansas Capital Corp. Elects New Board Leaders
Carroll Penick was named chair of the organization's board of directors and Bryan Scoggins was named vice chair.
View ArticleArmor Bank's Chad May Named to State Board of Finance (Movers & Shakers)
May is CEO of Armor Bank of Little Rock.
View ArticleCorning Publishing Faces Foreclosure
A Corning printing company is facing a foreclosure lawsuit, accused of defaulting on a multimillion-dollar loan it took out in 2016.
View ArticleSouthern Bancorp Using Fintech to Help the Poor
Using behavioral economics, Southern Bancorp is studying how it could help grow the bank’s geographic footprint without opening more brick-and-mortar locations.
View ArticleNew Chapter 11 Procedure Aids Small Companies
Rapid P&P LLC hopes to save money and be out of bankruptcy reorganization quicker by using a bankruptcy procedure that went into effect in February 2020.
View ArticleState Tax Revenue Falls 4.5% in August
Collections came in above forecast by $17.3 million, or 3.5% higher than projected.
View ArticleChristie Turner Named Fayetteville Market President at First State Bank
Turner first began working for First Trust Bank in 2003 as a part-time teller.
View ArticleJamie Anderson Named to St. Louis Fed's Agribusiness Industry Council
He's the vice president of I.F. Anderson Farms Inc. in Lonoke.
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