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During the legislative session, lawmakers will look into cutting taxes. Rep. David Ray, R-Maumelle, has filed HB 1097, which would reduce the top tax rate for the personal income tax…
by - January 28, 2023 10:40 am
Northwest Arkansas banks underwrote fewer Small Business Administration (SBA) loans to area businesses during the most recent fiscal year that ended Sept. 30. According to agency data, 10 lenders with…
by - January 26, 2023 10:22 am
Fayetteville-based Signature Bank of Arkansas has promoted Kim Whedbee to president of its mortgage division. According to a news release Thursday (Jan. 26), her predecessor, Christine Morrison, has retired from…
by - January 24, 2023 11:42 am
Editor’s note: This story has been edited to report revenue and net income that was incorrectly reported earlier. Pine Bluff-based Simmons First National Corp. posted full year net income of…
by - January 22, 2023 6:19 pm
Matuschka Lindo Briggs has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Regional Executive for the Little Rock Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. In a note from the…
by - January 22, 2023 10:03 am
Owning or starting a small business is challenging, even in the best financial times. Still, in the uncertain economy of the past few years, small business owners face even more…
by - January 21, 2023 10:59 am
Economics Arkansas, a nonprofit educational organization that promotes economic literacy to K-12 students, will present the 2023 Excellence in Free Enterprise Award to J.B. Hunt Transport Services President Shelley Simpson….
by - January 20, 2023 12:09 pm
According to an executive with Arvest Bank – one of the state’s largest with nearly $26 billion in assets – the economy and its impact on businesses and consumers is…
by - January 19, 2023 6:04 pm
Little Rock-based Bank OZK reported Thursday (Jan. 19) that net income for the fourth quarter of 2022 was $158.8 million, up 6.1%. Diluted earnings per common share for the fourth…
by - January 19, 2023 3:51 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. announced Thursday (Jan. 19) it will pay a cash dividend of 42 cents per share on Feb. 24 to shareholders of record as…
by - January 19, 2023 7:48 am
Conway-based Home BancShares, the parent company of Centennial Bank, reported net income of $305 million, surviving “headwinds” it said it encountered in West Texas where it picked up new assets…
by - January 18, 2023 10:20 am
Former Arkansas Secretary of Commerce and Arkansas Economic Development Commission director Mike Preston is joining Stephens Inc. to start a new Site & Incentive Advisory (SIA) practice, the Little Rock-based…
by - January 12, 2023 11:08 am
Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank disclosed details Thursday (Jan. 12) of a new funding mechanism for small businesses that fall below bank loan policy requirements. According to a news release, the Arvest…
by - January 12, 2023 10:45 am
Commercial real estate firm Colliers Arkansas recently announced several additions to its leadership team. New principals include Kim Battle, Mason Lewis, Justin Bentley in the Little Rock office and Megan…
by - January 11, 2023 8:35 am
Despite interest rate hikes, slower wage growth, and surging inflation, the city of Jonesboro did something in 2022 that it hasn’t done in several years. City sales and use tax…
by - January 10, 2023 3:10 pm
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has announced the following changes to its Little Rock Branch board of directors, effective Jan. 1: Vickie D. Judy, chief financial officer and…
by - January 9, 2023 1:28 pm
Bentonville developer Blue Crane has hired Brian Shaw as its vice president of development. His first day was Jan. 3. Shaw is a co-founder, partner and board member for the…
by - January 9, 2023 10:20 am
Oklahoma-based Grand Savings Bank (GSB) announced Monday (Jan. 9) the election of Tommy Coughlin of Bentonville to its board of directors. He replaces Lendell Bass, who is retiring from the…
by - January 6, 2023 12:28 pm
Gov.-elect Sarah Sanders named Allison Bragg as Inspector General on Friday (Jan. 6). She will replace Elizabeth Thomas Smith in the role. Created in 2013, the mission of the Office…
by - January 5, 2023 9:59 am
Encore Bancshares, Inc. and its wholly-owned bank subsidiary, Encore Bank, have named four new board members. Mark Richardson has been appointed to the Encore Bancshares, Inc. Board of Directors and…
