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Congrats to this year's finalists! 🎉
09/24/2025

Congrats to this year's finalists! 🎉

Arkansas Business announced finalists for the 2025 Arkansas Executive of the Year awards, honoring top leaders across business, nonprofit, public sector, and finance.Do you like this personality?Ask ChatGPT

He joined Simmons in 2021 as CFO and was named president in 2023.
09/24/2025

He joined Simmons in 2021 as CFO and was named president in 2023.

Simmons Bank announced CEO George Makris Jr. will retire at the end of 2025. President Jay Brogdon will succeed him, marking a planned leadership transition.

The check was meant for a Little Rock charter school. That's not where it ended up.
09/24/2025

The check was meant for a Little Rock charter school. That's not where it ended up.

Simmons Bank sues Chase to recover $226K after a check intended for a contractor was altered and deposited into another firm's account.

The change takes effect Oct. 1.
09/24/2025

The change takes effect Oct. 1.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is ending remote work for state employees and extending state office hours starting Oct. 1.

He had been with the Little Rock bank since 2008.
09/24/2025

He had been with the Little Rock bank since 2008.

Bank OZK of Little Rock fired Chief Lending Officer Alan Jessup, who had been with the bank since 2008, amid a realignment of lending units. Loans and interest income hit record levels in Q2.

Investors accused him of diverting funds and mismanaging hotels in Fayetteville, Bentonville and Rogers.
09/24/2025

Investors accused him of diverting funds and mismanaging hotels in Fayetteville, Bentonville and Rogers.

Arkansas hotelier Shashwat Goyal faces lawsuits alleging mismanagement, self-dealing and misuse of investor funds at multiple hotels.

Market volatility and uncertainty over tariffs have compounded farmers' challenges.
09/24/2025

Market volatility and uncertainty over tariffs have compounded farmers' challenges.

Arkansas farmers face rising bankruptcies, low crop prices and soaring costs, but new federal price supports offer a rare glimmer of hope.

The former Razorback football great is now in the commercial real estate industry.
09/22/2025

The former Razorback football great is now in the commercial real estate industry.

Former Razorback QB Tyler Wilson leads Wilson Real Estate Investment Services, developing single-tenant net-lease projects nationwide.

Here's this week's roundup of hires, promotions and leadership moves.
09/22/2025

Here's this week's roundup of hires, promotions and leadership moves.

Arkansas business moves: new hires, promotions and awards in banking, construction, health care, education, law and nonprofits.

The rate has been climbing since the third quarter of 2021.
09/22/2025

The rate has been climbing since the third quarter of 2021.

The delinquency rate on commercial real estate loans, excluding farmland, totaled 1.57% in the second quarter of 2025, a slight increase over the 1.42% for the year-ago period, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

The college game has always been a business, he said.
09/22/2025

The college game has always been a business, he said.

Tyler Wilson reflects on college football before NIL, SEC earnings vs. NFL, and how football shaped his real estate career.

The seller of the 13-acre site was PotlatchDeltic Real Estate.
09/22/2025

The seller of the 13-acre site was PotlatchDeltic Real Estate.

West Little Rock church site sale tops this week’s million-dollar real estate and construction deals in central Arkansas.

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