SPONSORED: Arkansas Businesses Should Prepare for New Laws Passed by the...
Laws affecting unemployment insurance taxes, child labor and more take effect July 31.
View ArticleIs it a 'Richcession'? Or a 'Rolling Recession'? Or Maybe No Recession At All?
The warnings have been sounded for more than a year: A recession is going to hit the United States. If not this quarter, then by next quarter. Or the quarter after that. Or maybe next year.
View ArticleArkansas Business Announces This Year's 20 in Their 20s Honorees
This year's honorees range from engineers and lawyers to rising stars in the financial sector.
View ArticleMcClard’s Owners Seek to Franchise
Veteran restaurateur Lee Beasley, whose Beasley Properties bought McClard’s in 2020, is franchising the restaurant, seeking to leverage the McClard’s legend but to preserve the qualities that made it a...
View ArticleFamily-Owned Peoples Bank Keeps Legacy Alive
Mary Fowler is CEO of Peoples Bank of Magnolia, which had 88 employees and $239.3 million in assets as of Dec. 31.
View ArticleArkansas Employment Data Called ‘Remarkable’
In the past four months, the number unemployed has fallen by 9,509.
View ArticleLittle Rock Tourism Bureau Launches Redesigned Website
Officials said the redesign was intended to immerse visitors and locals into a deeper, user-friendly experience.
View ArticleNo More Free Coffee on Your Birthday? Companies Rein in Customer Rewards...
Some experts say the cost of maintaining loyalty programs, as well as recent impacts of inflation and changes in consumer behavior since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, are among the reasons why...
View ArticleRetailers, Beware: Resumption of Student Loan Payments Could Lead Some Buyers...
Though many hoped their loans might at least be lightened, the Supreme Court last week struck down a Biden administration plan that would have given millions of people some relief from the return of...
View ArticleUS Hiring Slowed in June, but Stayed Solid
The latest evidence of economic strength makes it all but certain that the Fed will resume its interest rate hikes later this month after having ended a streak of 10 rate increases that have been...
View ArticleAvoiding Common Cybersecurity Mistakes (Christopher Wright Commentary)
It's a fact — online attacks and breaches happen, and no business or industry is immune.
View ArticleMississippi County Rebuilds on Steel
With its recent revenue jump due to the steel industry, government officials hope to attract new residents and reverse a longtime decline in population.
View ArticleFAB&T Seeks $5.7M Judgment Against Wright's Cabinets
The Jacksonville bank filed a lawsuit in May against Wright’s Cabinets and its related company RDH Cabinets LLC, seeking a judgment of $5.7 million for allegedly defaulting on loans.
View ArticleAmazon Wants Small Businesses to Help Make Deliveries in Rural Areas and Big...
The e-commerce giant has officially launched a program it has been piloting since 2020 that pays small business owners to deliver packages during the "last mile" of delivery to customers' doorsteps.
View ArticleAEDC Restructures Small Business & Entrepreneurship Division
Esperanza Massana-Crane of Little Rock was named director of the division.
View ArticleY2K Fashion Has Taken Over. And Gen Z is Loving It
College interns and young workers are donning wide-legged slacks at the office. The claw clip, a retro hair staple, is back; as are mesh tops, miniskirts and a host of colorful apparel that can make...
View ArticleUS Wholesale Prices for June Point to Further Easing of Inflation Pressures
The government's producer price index — which measures inflation before it reaches consumers — rose just 0.1% last month from June 2022, the smallest such increase since August 2020. And from May to...
View ArticleUS Inflation Hits Lowest Point Since Early 2021
Even with Wednesday's better-than-expected inflation data, the Fed is considered all but sure to raise its benchmark rate when it meets in two weeks.
View ArticleSenior Market Sales of Omaha Acquires The ASA Group of Little Rock
The ASA Group, founded in 1977 by Walter "Jiggs" Ramsey Jr., offers life insurance, long-term care and disability insurance, and fixed annuity products to advisers and brokers of high net worth clients.
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