by - May 24, 2017 4:38 pm
Little Rock-based Bank of the Ozarks said Wednesday (May 24) it will sell 6.6 million shares of its common stock in an underwritten registered public offering. The company, according to…
by - May 24, 2017 3:54 pm
Ed Wilkinson, president of Greenwood-based Farmers Bank, recently announced the promotion of Jeff Wilkinson to senior vice president and Means Wilkinson to vice president of the privately held bank organized…
by - May 24, 2017 2:06 pm
Commercial banks and savings institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) reported Wednesday (May 24) aggregate net income of $44 billion in the first quarter of 2017, up…
by - May 23, 2017 4:30 pm
For all the uncertainty brewing nationally and globally, the Northwest Arkansas economy is at cruising altitude with no turbulence to speak of, according to Mervin Jebaraj, interim director for the…
by - May 22, 2017 6:56 pm
America’s Car-Mart ended fiscal 2017 with a 74% increase in profit, compared to the previous year, beating analysts’ estimates but missing on revenue. On Monday (May 22), the Bentonville-based buy…
by - May 22, 2017 2:15 pm
The newly-formed Arkansas Tax Reform and Relief Legislative Task Force held its first organizational meeting on Monday at the State Capitol, setting the groundwork to take on the mammoth task…
by - May 22, 2017 9:44 am
A new initiative from Little Rock-based Stephens Inc. aims to highlight capitalism’s positive impact on America. A multi-media series titled “This is Capitalism” aims to redirect the “currently negative narrative”…
by - May 22, 2017 8:10 am
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the May 15 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s Forty…
by - May 21, 2017 9:59 am
Arkansas Farm Bureau President Randy Veach fears flooding damage to the state’s agriculture sector will top $200 million and that’s one justification for keeping millions of dollars in tax exemptions…
by - May 18, 2017 6:17 pm
That Wal-Mart CEO Doug McMillon may soon be deposed in a shareholder lawsuit has certainly made for headline news, but it’s not likely to have an impact on the global…
by - May 18, 2017 10:34 am
Wal-Mart Stores performed better than equity analysts expected in the recent quarter ending April 28, even with net income down by 1.3% to $3.039 billion. The $1 net income per…
by - May 17, 2017 5:19 pm
Tyson Foods recently entered into a new loan agreement with Morgan Stanley acting as lead lender that will provide $1.8 billion to help fund the $4.2 billion pending acquisition of…
by - May 16, 2017 9:06 pm
Tyson Foods has been in the midst of a tender offer to acquire AdvancePierre since May 9, but a group of shareholders balked at the notion of the $40.25 cash…
by - May 15, 2017 5:58 pm
Last week’s earnings reports from department stores Macy’s, J.C. Penney and Kohl’s were not good. Analysts say that trend could change this week with quarterly reports from Wal-Mart Stores, Home…
by - May 15, 2017 8:19 am
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Board of Governors has put forth a series of proposals related to its ongoing effort to strengthen controls on brokers with a history of…
by - May 12, 2017 7:13 am
Shares in Little Rock department store operator Dillard’s Inc. were hammered in trading on Thursday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined for the third straight day and the Arkansas…
by - May 11, 2017 7:41 pm
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores is wooing shoppers into the fold as it tweaks the terms on its store credit card and the Walmart Mastercard. Wal-Mart this week said it simplified…
by - May 11, 2017 10:58 am
Weak sales of cosmetics, home furnishings and accessories for women weighed down Little Rock department store operator Dillard’s first quarter earnings as the brick-and-mortar retailer continues to struggle against mounting…
by - May 10, 2017 2:50 pm
Chris Thyer, former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, has been hired by Conway-based Centennial Bank as senior vice president in the trust department. According to a news…
by - May 9, 2017 4:38 pm
Arvest Central Mortgage Co., a subsidiary of Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank, was named a Servicer Total Achievement and Rewards (STAR) Performer for general servicing for 2016, according to a news release….
