by - May 31, 2018 10:56 am
Personal income rose 0.3%, or by $49.5 billion, in April, from the previous month, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposal personal income rose 0.4%, or by $60.9 billion,…
by - May 23, 2018 8:54 am
Pine Bluff-based Simmons Bank is investing in its hometown college. On Tuesday (May 22), Simmons announced a $2.5 million gift for upgrades to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff’s…
by - May 23, 2018 8:51 am
This week, First Security Bank announced it would partner with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The Searcy-based bank rolled out a program that provides all children from birth to age 5…
by - May 21, 2018 7:08 pm
America’s Car-Mart beat earnings expectations by nearly $1.75 per share in fiscal 2018 and 45 cents per share in the fourth quarter as the company works to open four dealerships…
by - May 18, 2018 2:33 pm
IberiaBank Corp., (NASDAQ: IBKC) the parent company of the regional banking group of the same name, announced plans Friday (May 18) to shutter or merge 22 locations across its Southeast…
by - May 18, 2018 8:11 am
Rock Mortgage, a division of Bank of Little Rock Mortgage, has opened a Fayetteville branch office in the Bellafont development north of Joyce Boulevard. The 1,350-square-foot office on Augustine Lane…
by - May 15, 2018 5:32 pm
Mumbai, India-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced Tuesday (May 15) it will nearly double its Arkansas employee headcount with the recent hiring of more than 200 employees at new offices…
by - May 15, 2018 2:52 pm
Pine Bluff-based Simmons Bank has named Franklin Shirrell of Southlake, Texas, chief retail officer. Shirrell’s transition to Simmons follows 22 years at Regions Financial Corp. (Regions), where he most recently…
by - May 14, 2018 4:30 pm
Two shuttered bank locations in Arkansas are part of a nationwide auction on May 31 to dispose of local branches across the rural South that are struggling to stay afloat…
by - May 11, 2018 4:51 pm
Friday (May 11) was Good Friday for shareholders of Fort Smith-based ArcBest after the company’s share price – fueled by a much better than expected first quarter report published Thursday…
by - May 10, 2018 3:55 pm
It was a better than expected first quarter for Fort Smith-based ArcBest, which posted net income of $9.954 million, a wide swing from the first quarter 2017 loss of $7.407…
by - May 8, 2018 12:29 pm
The federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) paid out more than $18.111 million to 4,580 Arkansas retirees in failed pension plans in 2017. The payments came despite fears that rising…
by - May 4, 2018 1:07 pm
U.S. small businesses, or those with fewer than 50 workers, offer 68% of their employees paid time off work for holidays and 67% of their employees paid time off work…
by - May 4, 2018 11:48 am
Springdale-based Legacy National Bank announced Friday (May 4) a plan to acquire the Bank of Gravett for an undisclosed price. The combined bank will have total assets of more than…
by - May 2, 2018 8:06 pm
Two startup companies from Poland and Switzerland were among the 10 startup companies that were selected Wednesday (May 2) to participate in the third iteration of the Venture Center’s FinTech…
by - May 2, 2018 2:05 pm
America’s Car-Mart earnings are expected to rise 48.5% to 98 cents per share in the fourth quarter and 27.7% to $3.18 cents per share for the year, based on a…
by - May 1, 2018 9:35 am
Personal income rose 0.3%, or by $47.8 billion, in March, from February, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income rose 0.3%, or by $39.8 billion, and personal…
by - April 30, 2018 11:13 am
As Arkansas banks enter 2018 with a record $90 billion in assets, the way consumers access their banking accounts and other financial resources is rapidly changing as mobile banking and…
by - April 30, 2018 10:55 am
Donna Townsell has been named director of investor relations for Conway-based Home BancShares, the parent company of Centennial Bank. Townsell was promoted from her role as director of marketing. “Donna…
by - April 27, 2018 10:49 am
Lisa Ray moved from California to Northwest Arkansas in 1988, and met and married her husband that same year. The newlyweds did something else that year. “We put together a…
