by - November 9, 2015 5:27 pm
Little Rock-based Bank of the Ozarks – fresh off last month’s $800 million acquisition of Atlanta’s Community & Southern Holdings – will acquire St. Petersburg, Fla.-based C1 Financial, Inc. in…
by - November 9, 2015 5:26 pm
Editor’s note: Each Monday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Money Talk,” a wrap-up of banking and financial news. MNB OPENS TWO NEW CENTRAL ARKANSAS LOCATIONS: Malvern-based MNB has opened two new branches…
by - November 9, 2015 5:21 pm
Editor’s note: The Supply Side section of Talk Business & Politics focuses on the companies, organizations, issues and individuals engaged in providing products and services to retailers. The Supply Side…
by - November 9, 2015 2:36 pm
Editor’s note: Talk Business & Politics reporter Michael Wilkey also contributed to this report. The story is now updated with a complete list of filings for federal and state offices….
by - November 9, 2015 2:12 pm
Less than two weeks after losing a bid to win a $100 billion to build the nation’s next-generation stealth bomber, defense giant Lockheed Martin and partner Boeing Inc. filed a…
by - November 9, 2015 2:12 pm
Less than two weeks after losing a bid to win a $100 billion to build the nation’s next-generation stealth bomber, defense giant Lockheed Martin and partner Boeing Inc. filed a…
by - November 9, 2015 10:01 am
Arkansas’ state government scored a D-, or 35th in the nation, regarding its laws, practices and systems for accountability and transparency, according to a report released Monday by The Center…
by - November 9, 2015 9:28 am
A Little Rock Republican announced Monday (Nov. 9) he will take on U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., in next year’s Republican primary. Democrat Conner Eldridge and Libertarian Frank Gilbert filed…
by - November 8, 2015 11:40 pm
story by David Rice Editor’s note: Welcome to the fourth season of Tusk to Tail – the sport of tailgating as organized, performed and perfected by a group of Hog…
by - November 8, 2015 7:54 pm
Weyerhaeuser Company and Plum Creek, both companies with vast operations and long histories in Arkansas, announced on Sunday (Nov. 8) a deal to create the largest timber, land and forest…
by - November 8, 2015 7:38 pm
Voters will likely know by the end of Monday who will be on the ballot for the March 1 primary as well as the November 2016 general election. However, the…
by - November 8, 2015 7:02 pm
State Sen. Jon Woods, R-Springdale, announced Saturday (Nov. 7) he is not running for re-election to his Senate District 7 seat. Later that day, Rep. Lance Eads, R-Springdale, announced he…
by - November 8, 2015 11:38 am
Editor’s note: This essay about my grandfather, Raymond Evans, was first published November 2002. Raymond Evans died Dec. 6, 2008. There is no expiration on the need to remember Veterans…
by - November 8, 2015 9:58 am
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, argues that new House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, can unify the House Republican conference, defended his vote for last week’s budget bill, and explained that a…
by - November 8, 2015 9:57 am
In two separate roundtables on this week’s edition of Talk Business & Politics, pundits discussed Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s latest announcement that he’ll travel to China and Japan, the Arkansas Poll…
by - November 8, 2015 7:37 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. TOYOTA TO INVEST $1 BILLION IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, ROBOTICS: Japanese auto giant Toyota…
by - November 7, 2015 7:52 am
TV PREVIEW: U.S. REP. STEVE WOMACK On this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics with Roby Brock, which airs Sunday at 9:30 a.m. on KATV Ch. 7: Changes in…
by - November 6, 2015 6:15 pm
A key judicial race in the state appears to be set as a Stone County Circuit Judge filed paperwork Friday to run for a seat on the state’s highest court….
by - November 6, 2015 5:52 pm
The Lowell-based Central Research announced Friday (Nov. 6) it was recently awarded a four-year Service Center Operations Support Services contract along with FCi Federal. The contract is with the U.S….
by - November 6, 2015 4:47 pm
Their success in life will define his success as governor and Arkansas’ success as a state, Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) told 13 graduates of The Exodus Project, a program that…
