by - April 22, 2019 6:53 pm
Simmons First National Corp. on Monday (April 22) posted first quarter profits of nearly $48 million only weeks after completing a strategic acquisition that expanded the Arkansas regional banking group’s…
by - April 22, 2019 6:43 pm
Air Products announced Monday (April 22) an agreement to build, own, and operate a second air separation unit (ASU) to support Big River Steel’s expansion at its Osceola, Arkansas steel…
by - April 22, 2019 5:05 pm
Small business owners from around the state convened in Rogers on Monday (April 22) to meet with U.S. Rep. Steve Womack. R-Rogers, to discuss trade with Mexico. The business owners…
by - April 22, 2019 4:34 pm
The lineup for this year’s Peacemaker’s Festival seemed impressive, but ticket sales are the final arbiter. And the public has spoken. Most VIP tickets sold out within a few hours,…
by - April 22, 2019 4:05 pm
In a 54-page report acknowledging the impact of climate change, the parent company of Entergy Arkansas on Monday (April 22) announced an ambitious new strategy to lower the company’s carbon…
by - April 22, 2019 3:52 pm
The Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation announced Monday (April 22) the 2019 Arkansas Outdoor Hall of Fame inductees, to be recognized at ceremonies in August in Little Rock. Inductees include:…
by - April 22, 2019 2:25 pm
For the seventh time in the past eight years, Searcy-chartered First Security Bank has the best return on assets (ROA) of the 27 privately-owned banks doing business in Northwest Arkansas….
by - April 22, 2019 10:29 am
Energy trade accounted for 12% of the value for all U.S. exports to Mexico and 5% of all U.S. imports from Mexico in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau….
by - April 21, 2019 8:57 pm
After three months of hard work that produced historic and much-needed legislation, the 92nd General Assembly has adjourned. Together, we cut taxes. We raised teacher pay. We funded roads and…
by - April 21, 2019 6:06 pm
The term “experience” is a word you hear more and more these days in the business world. Trying to define what it means and understanding it from a customer’s point…
by - April 21, 2019 6:02 pm
Retail closures in the U.S. continue to accelerate through the first quarter of 2019, far outpacing the same period in 2018, according to Coresight Research and its CEO Deborah Weinswig….
by - April 19, 2019 11:27 am
An estimated gain of 8,585 jobs between March 2018 and March 2019 helped push Arkansas’ jobless rate to 3.7%, better than the 3.8% in March 2018 and the 3.8% in…
by - April 19, 2019 10:15 am
Spending in March on goods and food services totaled $514.1 billion, up 16% from the previous month and up 3.6% against March 2018, according to the advance monthly sales report…
by - April 19, 2019 7:56 am
Randy Sims, president and CEO of publicly traded Conway-based Home BancShares Inc., has added the titles of vice chairman of Home BancShares and executive chairman of its subsidiary, Centennial Bank….
by - April 18, 2019 7:56 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority Board of Directors voted Thursday (April 18) to change land use in part of the “historic warehouse district” to industrial/office. The vote comes after weeks…
by - April 18, 2019 7:15 pm
Big Creek Bancshares, Inc., parent company of Forrest City based Armor Bank, and Tyronza Bancshares, Inc., parent company of First Delta Bank headquartered in Marked Tree, have announced an agreement…
by - April 18, 2019 5:15 pm
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced Thursday (April 18) that a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel found that China has administered its…
by - April 18, 2019 5:07 pm
The Greenbrier Companies, a company based in Lake Oswego, Oregon that specializes in rail freight products, has tentatively agreed to acquire American Railcar Industries, according to the company. ARI has…
by - April 18, 2019 10:53 am
Walmart, which has said it will use innovative measures in stores to boost sales, is testing LED projectors that display ads on the floor of the Supercenter on South Walton…
by - April 18, 2019 10:34 am
Conway-based Home BancShares posted first quarter net income of $71.35 million, down 2.3%, from the $73.064 million in the same quarter of 2018. The per share earnings of 42 cents…
