Tag: Business Services

Stephens Family Splitting Business

The heirs of Jack and Witt Stephens announced on May 22 that they would be reorganizing the family business into two entities with both separate and joint business interests.

Area Lenders Not Hot On 50-Year Mortgage

A handful of Northwest Arkansas lenders said they?re not looking at the new 50-year mortgage product ? not yet anyway.

Car-Mart: 25 Years Old and Still Growing Up

America?s Car-Mart Inc. of Bentonville is using a strong third quarter to recover from an otherwise recent slump. The chain of used-car lots has now expanded to 85 locations throughout eight states and is poised to keep on growing.)

Networking with Former Co-Workers (Worth Sparkman Commentary)

Your most effective networking asset may be sitting at the desk next to you.

Putman Opens Law Firm in Fayetteville

Bill Putman, a former in-house attorney for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., has left the world?s largest retailer and opened his own firm in downtown Fayetteville.

Law Changes School Construction

New guidelines make it easier for schools to select general contractors for construction management services, rather than having to use a contractor in a competitive bid situation.

WayLink Analyzes Pavement Distress

WayLink Systems Corp. of Fayetteville has a solution to detect pavement problems earlier. The company has retrofitted a Ford van with a laser-based digital camera that can detect cracks in the pavement that are almost invisible to the human eye ? cracks a

PB2, CEI Engineering Top Largest List

The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal ranks the largest architecture and engineering firms by local employees in Washington and Benton counties. PB2 of Rogers ranks No. 1 with 260 employees in 2006, down 8 percent from last year.

Arvest Debit Users Rank High With Visa

We hear the debit card division of the blue Bentonville banking behemoth is going gangbusters, with Arvest its 29th most active bank customer by debit card sales dollars processed for 2005.

Building Banks Bites Into Efficiency Ratio

Many Northwest Arkansas banks use efficiency ratios as a performance barometer, but it?s only one of many. Includes the lists of the region’s largest banks, public and private.

Correspondent Banks Share Loan Load

Without correspondent banking partners, local banks couldn?t make as many large loans as they do. A peak at correspondent banks and how they work.

Liberty Bank Stakes its Claim

Liberty Bank of Arkansas is making its move into Northwest Arkansas? booming market. A look at the bank that Wallace Fowler built.

Corporate Credit Cards Produce Bank Revenue

Corporate credit cards help banks make money one swipe at a time. But smaller credit card providers must stay competitive with larger credit card providers like Bank of America and MBNA.

FNB Sees Green in its Communities

The First National Bank in Green Forest has amassed $381.9 million in assets, continuing a steady growth over the past decade that its CEO says was fueled by a 1994 Arkansas law that allowed banks to branch outside of their home county.

First Security Offers Multicultural Banking

A year ago, First Security Bank converted the first floor of its 99-year-old building in downtown Springdale into its Multicultural Banking Center, helping immigrants get checking accounts and home loans.

Spring Training: Area Banks Step Up to Home Plate With Management Training Initiatives

The old adage ?good help is hard to find? seems to fit the local banking industry. And with the influx of several new and new-to-the-market banks, good help is becoming even harder to keep.

Yeager to Work With Banks Through ABA Chair

Tim Yeager, the new associate professor of economics in the University of Arkansas? Walton College of Business, wants to help Arkansas banks manage their interest-rate risk.

Payroll Co. Buys AutoTime of Fayetteville

The Payroll Co. of Springfield, Mo., buys AutoTime, a Web-based time-keeping system, from PayTime Inc. of Fayetteville for an undisclosed sum.

Organizers Start Rolling AVF Ball

About 12 entrepreneurs, investors and economic development leaders gather in Fayetteville to discuss an action plan for the upcoming Arkansas Venture Forum.

Rheem Offers Internet Leads to Contractors

Rheem Manufacturing Co.?s Air Conditioning Division in Fort Smith partners with ServiceMagic Inc. to provide contractors with real-time Internet leads.

Walmart leaders note company history, push AI adoption

ArcBest raises its guidance for the second quarter

Walton-led entity buys 900,000 square feet of former Walmart Home Office for $73 million

Gladner to retire from Arkansas Broadcasters Association later this year