by - March 29, 2017 5:18 pm
Garrison Asset Management LLC — doing business as Garrison Financial Corp. — has been sold to current employees Kerry Bradley (president), Glenn Atkins (executive vice president) and James Bell (vice…
by - March 29, 2017 3:23 pm
Arkansas lawmakers on Wednesday put the final touches on the state’s overall budget for fiscal 2018, including setting aside millions of dollars in expected surplus funds for the governor’s Quick…
by - March 28, 2017 4:21 pm
Personal income rose 3.2% in the Natural State in 2016, according to a report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal income consists of net earnings by place of residence…
by - March 27, 2017 9:48 pm
Legislators Monday received an outline of the state’s general revenue budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year as the session began what is expected to be its final week. The $5.5…
by - March 27, 2017 4:25 pm
Renting is on the rise in Northwest Arkansas and the rest of the country. The percentage of renters vs. buyers in the Northwest Arkansas housing market grew to 37% of…
by - March 27, 2017 3:26 pm
Conway-based Home BancShares is acquiring Stonegate Bank of Florida in a deal valued at $778.4 million. The transaction will boost Home BancShares’ assets to around $13.5 billion. Officials with Home…
by - March 23, 2017 4:39 pm
Business students of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will compete in one of the final stages of a global financial analyst competition after winning a segment of the…
by - March 21, 2017 10:28 am
Beyond expanding into more fitness apparel, fashion has been a difficult category for Walmart U.S. in recent years. That could be changing for the retail giant since its subsidiary Jet.com…
by - March 20, 2017 7:01 pm
Haag-Brown Commercial Real Estate and Development closed one of the largest real estate deals in Northeast Arkansas in the last 10 years. The firm closed a $14 million deal to…
by - March 20, 2017 11:00 am
Arvest Equipment Finance (AEF), a division of Arvest Bank, tallied $234.7 million in loans and leases during 2016, up 25.1% from the prior year. The equipment finance division, according to…
by - March 15, 2017 9:04 pm
Arkansas State University junior Ethan Barnes knew he wanted to major in business the first time he rubbed two dimes together. Thanks to a newly created scholarship endowment created by…
by - March 15, 2017 5:21 pm
An improved labor market, rise in household spending and desire to keep inflation at around 2% led the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Wednesday (March 15) to…
by - March 15, 2017 9:53 am
The latest Skyline Report released Wednesday (March 8) included a key historical finding. Significant absorption of new homes led to the lowest level of remaining months of unbuilt lot inventory…
by - March 14, 2017 5:19 pm
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the March 6 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s Forty…
by - March 14, 2017 10:52 am
Competition for subprime credit began showing signs of slowing in the fourth quarter of 2016, as serious delinquencies rose and lenders tightened standards for lending. But while the rising delinquencies…
by - March 13, 2017 3:09 pm
John Chambers, president of Chambers Bancshares Inc. of Danville, announced Monday (March 13) that Landi Mkhize has been promoted to chief financial officer of the holding company. Chambers Bancshares is…
by - March 13, 2017 9:56 am
The rapid rate consumers are increasing credit card debt continues. Last year consumers charged $89.2 billion on credit, according a WalletHub’s recent report. WalletHub said credit charges in 2016 were…
by - March 10, 2017 11:24 am
In separate announcements, Simmons Bank has purchased the Acxiom Corp. office tower in downtown Little Rock, and Acxiom will move its corporate headquarters to Conway – where it was originally…
by - March 8, 2017 8:21 pm
The top six banks in market share of the Fort Smith metro region reported an uptick in average total loans and leases for 2016 of 3.03%, hitting $103.695 billion for…
by - March 8, 2017 11:59 am
Home BancShares, parent company of Centennial Bank, has climbed seven spots to No. 8 on Forbes’ Best Banks in America list, according to a news release. The Conway-based holding company,…
