by - September 29, 2017 5:55 pm
Tyson Foods CEO Tom Hayes said the company’s “time of transformation” led to 450 job cuts at the corporate offices in Springdale, Chicago and Cincinnati. Insiders tell Talk Business &…
by - September 28, 2017 3:38 pm
The nation’s economy grew at a solid 3.1% in the second quarter, experiencing the strongest lift in real gross domestic product (GDP) since the first quarter of 2015, according to…
by - September 28, 2017 8:53 am
The board of directors of Springdale-chartered Legacy National Bank announced Thursday (Sept. 28) the promotion of president Patrick Swope to CEO, effective Nov. 1. Swope assumes the title previously held…
by - September 27, 2017 6:45 pm
President Donald Trump unveiled a comprehensive tax cut plan Wednesday (Sept. 27) in Indiana, one day after another attempt to pass a healthcare reform bill in Congress failed to muster…
by - September 27, 2017 12:17 pm
U.S. banking regulators on Wednesday (Sept. 27) proposed a rule intended to reduce regulatory burden by simplifying several requirements in the agencies’ regulatory capital rule. According to the Federal Deposit…
by - September 26, 2017 5:26 pm
Conway-based Home BancShares, parent company of Centennial Bank, said it closed on its previously announced $778 million acquisition of Stonegate Bank of Florida. Upon closing, the total cost of acquisition…
by - September 26, 2017 4:10 pm
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the Sept. 18 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
by - September 24, 2017 10:40 am
The U.S. Department of Treasury has named Arkansas Capital Corporation as one of 303 community development grant recipients, a designation that will steer more than $1 million to the state-based…
by - September 24, 2017 10:28 am
The Arkansas accounting firm of JPMS Cox will merge in January 2018 with Oklahoma-based HoganTaylor, creating one of the region’s largest independent accounting firms with more than 300 employees. The…
by - September 20, 2017 12:55 pm
The University of Arkansas System has named longtime senior regional audit director Gina Terry as its new chief financial officer, the UA announced Wednesday (Sept. 20). Terry, who joined the…
by - September 19, 2017 7:07 pm
Bank of the Ozarks executives formally announced Tuesday (Sept. 19) that the fast-growing publicly-traded financial concern will begin construction on a new 247,000-square-foot headquarters by the end of 2017. Bank…
by - September 18, 2017 2:46 pm
Little Rock-chartered Central Bank is making arrangements to relocate its lone Northwest Arkansas branch from Rogers to Bentonville. The Bentonville branch at 3001 S.E. J St. is anticipated to open…
by - September 14, 2017 10:14 am
Regions Insurance, an affiliate of Regions Bank, announced Thursday (Sept. 14) it has hired David Linhardt as State Executive for Arkansas and Texas. Linhardt, according to a news release, will…
by - September 12, 2017 5:53 pm
Confronted with a little known clause to fend off lawsuits, an untold number of Wells Fargo customers in Arkansas and the U.S. are now faced with the possibility they will…
by - September 12, 2017 5:34 pm
U.S. household median incomes rose 3.2% last year to $59,039 for a family with two kids. This is the highest level reported, but the U.S. Census Department said survey questions…
by - September 11, 2017 3:15 pm
Less than a decade after Wells Fargo began doing business in Arkansas in 2009, the West Coast financial giant’s growth in the state could be stymied by a number of…
by - September 11, 2017 11:52 am
Texans who need to file or pay state taxes in Arkansas will have until the end of January 2018 to meet those obligations under a directive issued last week by…
by - September 10, 2017 11:43 am
A growing concern within the state’s medical marijuana community has been whether a bank will step up to process possible millions of dollars in cash generated by the fledging industry,…
by - September 7, 2017 4:39 pm
Between 300,000 and 500,000 vehicles might have been destroyed or damaged beyond repair because of the flooding in Houston caused by Hurricane Harvey, and as a result, the price of…
by - September 7, 2017 4:15 pm
A spokesman for the Arkansas Insurance Department (AID) has confirmed to Talk Business & Politics that insurance regulators are looking into allegations that Wells Fargo illegally forced some of its…
