Tag: Banking & Finance

Bank Deposit Market Share: Slow, Steady

As of June 30, Northwest Arkansas deposits were near the $11 billion mark.

How’s Your Budget Looking?

Budgeting for 2011 seems just about as difficult as it has for the past two trying years, but I’m more hopeful.

Arkansas? Return Third in Region

Arkansas’ ROA was up 0.23 points from the second quarter a year earlier.

Terminella Relaunches Campaign Against MNB

New 20-page suit alleges bank interfered with a contract, engaged in deceptive trade practices and was negligent.

Group Granted Class Status Against ANB

Discovery and depositions in the case are ongoing.

Estate Tax Makes Even Death Uncertain

Estate planners have had to put clients on hold in many regards due to the one-year suspension of a key federal tax.

Garrison Tops SEC-RIAs List

Company’s assets under management grew 8.6 percent.

Women Take Financial Charge

Women are responsible for their financial well-being, something wealth managers like Barbara Still spend their days preaching.

Plaza Development Bubbles with Profits

The successful Fountain Plaza project, a mixed-use commercial development with retail, office and more, is a profitable survivor of the northwest Arkansas real estate boom gone bust. It stands apart from the casualty list of failed and struggling Benton C

Consumer Wealth Impacted By Negative Home Equity (Opinion)

We are continually reminded that the consumer represents near two-thirds of all economic activity. If the consumer feels good about their own situation with respect to wealth, and the overall direction the economy is heading, then spending is likely to in

Winning at the Tax Game Takes Forward Thinking (Opinion)

In the last two years, those making more than $250,000 per year understand who the government considers wealthy. No one I know that makes over $250,000 feels they are wealthy. The government is clearly targeting this group.

Arvest Bank Sets Gold Standard

The Arvest Bank branch on Joyce Boulevard in Fayetteville was the unanimous pick as this year’s overall Greenest Office exemplar.

Bank Branch Realizes Green Dividends

Arvest Bank Group Inc.’s green efforts are creating major dividends.

Casualty & Surety Co. of America File Federal Lawsuit Against Little Rock CPA

An insurance company claims that relying on false financial statements cost it $5.7 million.

Underwood Plaza Developers Target of Arvest Bank Complaint

Arvest Bank of Fayetteville has filed a complaint against developers of the Lofts at Underwood Plaza. The suit is seeking more than $21.6 million in principal and more than $350,000 in interest and late charges.

Schwyhart’s Motion Denied; Ordered to Return Fixtures

A judge on Oct. 12 denied Bill Schwyhart?s bid to void the auction sale of 10 buildings he once managed at Pinnacle Point and ordered him to return TVs, appliances and other items he took while vacating the offices.

Wal-Mart VP is No. 23 on Fortune ‘Most Powerful Women’ Poll

Susan Chambers, executive vice president of Wal-Mart’s Global People Division, is ranked 23rd on a recent Fortune magazine poll of the “50 Most Powerful Women in Business.”

Thomas Adds ‘Bounce’ to Kids’ Entertainment Options

At Boingo Bounce, about 4,700 SF of the total 6,700-SF space is devoted to housing giant slides and bounce houses.

Compare and Contrast

Editor Gwen Moritz is struck by the contrast between the late Charles Murphy Jr.’s philosophy on business and that of Steve Clary, the Little Rock businessman who was in bankruptcy court last week and is scheduled for criminal court next May.

Retail Sector Improves In 2010’s Second Quarter

Streetsmart NWA researches both Class “A” and Class “B” non-owner occupied retail space in Benton and Washington counties. In the second quarter of 2010, the total 6.25 million SF was researched for both classes of space.

USDA awards funding for 21 solar projects, more in Arkansas

PRSA names 2025 board of directors and officers

BSR REIT acquires Texas apartment property for $61 million

Prioritizing entrepreneurship in the new year