Student Loan Payments Resume: How Arkansas Employers Are Easing the Burden
With student loan payments resuming, some employers are helping workers access a program to eliminate debt.
View ArticleBroken Furniture: Co-Founder Recounts How MG+BW Went Down
Upscale furniture company Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams operated for 34 years before it collapsed in August due to problems tied to PNC Bank and the private equity company that owned MG+BW, the Stephens...
View ArticleLegal Jabs for Jermain Taylor: Centennial Bank Files $403,000 Foreclosure...
On Sept. 21, Centennial Bank of Conway filed a foreclosure lawsuit against Taylor, who beat Bernard Hopkins in 2005 to become undisputed middleweight champion of the world.
View ArticleBentonville’s Ox Attracts National Press, Investors
Charu Thomas, 25, founded Ox in Bentonville, whose technology integrates AI and wearable devices to optimize supply-chain efficiency, addressing pandemic-induced challenges.
View ArticleCEOs Feeling Good, Mostly (Lance Turner Editor's Note)
Two long-standing pain points — workforce and high prices — worry Arkansas company leaders.
View ArticleCurrent HR and Hiring Trends with Holley Little
Little is director of the Arkansas Society of Human Resource Management State Council.
View ArticleChurch Pays $1.9M For P.F. Chang’s Site (Real Deals)
Temple Baptist Church of Little Rock purchased the 7,931-SF project at 317 S. Shackleford Road from Anchor Realty Investments LLC, led by Alan Bubbus.
View ArticleAlana Girard Named COO at Generations Bank of Rogers (Movers & Shakers)
She previously was director of operations of the financial institution.
View ArticleBorrowers are Reassessing Their Budgets as Student Loan Payments Resume
On an earnings call last month, the chief financial officer of Target said that student loan payments restarting will "put additional pressure on the already-strained budgets of tens of millions of...
View Article804,000 Long-Term Borrowers are Having Their Student Loans Forgiven
It's for people in income-driven repayment plans who have been paying back loans for 20 or 25 years but who never received credit for late or partial payments.
View ArticleUS Job Openings Rise Unexpectedly in August
Most of the August increase in openings came from just one industry: professional and business services.
View ArticleState Tax Revenue Falls 7.9% in September, but Still Above Forecast
The state had a surplus of $108 million through the first quarter of fiscal 2024.
View ArticleAverage Long-Term US Mortgage Rate Surges to 7.49%
Its the highest level since December 2000, further dimming the affordability outlook for many would-be homebuyers.
View ArticleFirst Security Bank to Open First Out-of-State Branch in Florida
The $7.5 billion-asset lender intends to open its first out-of-state branch in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida.
View ArticleSupporting Small Businesses with SBA District Director Adriene Brown
Brown joined the Small Business Administration in April.
View Article2 Promoted at Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (Movers & Shakers)
Megan McClain has been with the cooperatives in 2020, and Justin Simpson has been with the cooperatives since 2011.
View ArticleRising Long-Term Interest Rates Pose the Latest Threat to a 'Soft Landing'
The jump in longer-term rates coincides with other threats, from higher gas prices and the resumption of student loan payments to autoworkers' ongoing strike.
View ArticleIMF Outlook Worsens for a 'Limping' World Economy
The IMF said it expects global economic growth to slow to 2.9% in 2024 from an expected 3% this year. The forecast for next year is down a notch from the 3% it predicted back in July.
View ArticleWest Little Rock Taco Bell Site Sells for $2.2M (Real Deals)
The sale-leaseback of the fast-food project in west Little Rock weighed in at $2.29 million.
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