by - July 25, 2019 3:42 pm
At the behest of President Donald Trump, U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr on Thursday (July 25) directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to adopt a new execution protocol…
by - July 24, 2019 6:21 pm
In the midst of the Trump administration’s ongoing trade war with China and efforts to ratify the U.S-Mexico-Canada trade pact, American business investment abroad fell by $62.3 billion to $5.95…
by - July 24, 2019 1:13 pm
Little Rock-based Uniti Group Inc., the former spinoff of Windstream Holdings Inc., has filed a motion in federal bankruptcy court in New York seeking to halt appointment of a mediator…
by - July 23, 2019 5:41 pm
ABC Financial Services LLC, the longtime Sherwood-based technology and billing software firm primarily serving the health and fitness industry, has appointed a new chief executive and announced a series of…
by - July 23, 2019 10:39 am
Simmons First National Corp., which has moved its regional headquarters for central Arkansas to the former Acxiom building in Little Rock and established a foothold in the larger St. Louis…
by - July 19, 2019 2:04 pm
Arkansas’ jobless rate fell one-tenth of a percentage point to 3.5% in June, matching the state’s all-time low first touched twice in 2017 and 2018 as employment levels across the…
by - July 18, 2019 7:35 pm
Bank OZK on Thursday (July 18) reported that second quarter profits fell short of year ago as a greater volume of loan repayments, the competitive environment for loans and deposits,…
by - July 18, 2019 11:48 am
Conway-based Home BancShares Inc. on Thursday (July 18) reported that second quarter earnings were slightly down from a year ago as company officials grumbled about the nation’s “turbulent interest rate…
by - July 17, 2019 10:24 pm
Appearing in lights onstage at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday (July 17) made his annual appeal to ten out-of-state financial technology startups to consider setting up…
by - July 11, 2019 12:08 pm
The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery (ASL) closed out the fiscal year 2019 ended June 30 with record sales of more than $516.23 million, which is $16 million over the previous year’s…
by - July 11, 2019 6:20 am
The Little Rock Technology Park Authority made a soft pitch to a local Centennial Bank-led banking consortium to support the second phase of the city’s multi-stage tech village once a…
by - July 10, 2019 12:15 pm
Five federal financial regulatory agencies announced on Tuesday (July 9) that they adopted a final rule to exclude community banks from the so-called Volcker Rule, which restricts banking institutions from…
by - July 10, 2019 11:32 am
Murphy Oil Corp. Wednesday (July 10) announced that its Malaysian subsidiary has completed the $2.13 billion sale of deep-water oil and gas assets in Southeast Asia. The deal allows the…
by - July 9, 2019 11:42 am
A medical cannabis advocacy and education group that has pushed for marijuana changes in Arkansas for several years said it plans to file two ballot petitions on Wednesday (July 10)…
by - July 8, 2019 9:47 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Union Pacific Chairman and CEO Lance Fritz told a luncheon crowd in Little Rock on Monday (July 8) that open trade is central to the continued…
by - July 8, 2019 5:57 pm
As expected, former Arkansas state Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson of Little Rock pleaded guilty Monday (July 8) for his role in a multimillion-dollar public corruption scheme that involved embezzlement, bribes and…
by - July 8, 2019 10:45 am
A top Federal Reserve economist for the Eighth District that includes Arkansas said in a recent research note several historically reliable housing indicators pointed to a possible recession in late…
by - July 2, 2019 6:09 pm
Arkansas budget coffers overflowed with a surplus of nearly $300 million at the end of fiscal year 2019 but state tax officials are budgeting conservatively for the next 12 months…
by - June 30, 2019 9:58 am
Although robots and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have boosted global productivity and economic growth, more than 2,030 manufacturing jobs now performed by humans will be lost to innovation in the…
by - June 30, 2019 9:46 am
Federal banking regulators this week released a new research study that shows mixed results for so-called Minority Depository Institution, or MDIs, in terms of financial stability, revenue generation and loan…
