Tag: Banking & Finance

Trudo Topples

Bank of the Ozarks has filed a foreclosure suit against Christopher Trudo, president of Christopher Custom Homes Inc., in Benton County.

Arkansas Capital Corp. Bridges Borrowing Gap (Bottom Line by Robert Bell)

Money is the lifeblood of a small business. When business owners need a transfusion for a major operation – whether startup, a major acquisition or new equipment – many turn to Small Business Administration loans.

‘Practice-What-You-Teach? Leadership Inspires Teams (Human Factor)

Through consistent hard work, long hours some have climbed the career ladder with little (if any) training in how to be an effective leader.

Arvest Makes Mortgage Message

Everyone is looking for real estate market indicators ? good or bad ? so they can adjust their plans for 2008 and 2009. Arvest was showing good numbers in January.

Arvest Builds New Springfield Branch

Arvest Bank plans for new Springfield branch in 2008

Arkansas? ROA Second in District

Arkansas Banks Report Decrease In ROA From 2006

Contractors Keen on Commercial

Commercial construction projected to slow, but remain profitable in 2008.

Wal-Mart Tops the of Biggest Deals of 2007

Wal-Mart occupies the top positions in our annual Biggest Deals list.

Do You Have What it Takes To be a Respected Leader? (The Human Factor)

Leaders are not only respected for their obvious accomplishments, but also for their integrity, strong families, engagement with their churches and involvement in their communities.

Paint the Town Red Reaches Funding Goal

The Northwest Arkansas’s 2008 Paint the Town Red event, hosted at the Fayetteville Town Center, raised more than $90,000 for the American Heart Association.

Recession is Here, Economists Say

The 14th annual Business Forecast Luncheon, hosted by the Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, recently drew more than 1,200 people from across the state’s business and education sectors.

Legacy Partner’s House For Sale

Brandon Barber’s partner on the Legacy Building, Seth Kaffka, is selling his house. Kaffka is also Barber’s brother-in-law.

Bloomington Crossing Blooming

New life has been pumped into the once stagnate Blooming Crossing commercial development in Lowell thanks to Fairchild Construction Inc. and First Federal Bank.

Peer Praise Dynamic Proves Most Valuable for Creatures (Human Factor by Patrick Sbarra)

Preparing an inspiring year-end team meeting had been a bit of challenge until I had a moment of insight and clarity while preparing a program to celebrate a record- setting year in 2006.

New Year, New Developments (Editorial)

Now that everyone has made it through all those lists of Top Stories of 2007 regarding every subject under the sun, it’s time to wade through all the predictions for 2008 on every subject under the sun.