Arkansas Business News

Newton-based Iowa Telecommunications Services Inc. said this morning that the local service telephone company has agreed to be acquired by Windstream Corp. of Little Rock, Ark., for stock and cash valued at about $1.1 billion. The acquisition would include Iowa...

Payday lenders , banished from Arkansas after years of legal action, are still punishing borrowers via Internet loans. The attorney general is hounding the lenders and advising victims not to stop paying on the illegal loans. Article notes that the Southern Bancorp, which targets underserved...

His appointment signals a recovery for the meat giant's chicken business. Published: 11/20/2009  2:23 AM Last Modified: 11/20/2009  2:23 AM Weak economic signals drag down stock market Signs of a subdued economic recovery sent Wall Street lower Thursday.

Federal regulators Thursday allowed Entergy Corp.’s subsidiaries in Mississippi and Arkansas to withdraw from an agreement that includes hundreds of millions of dollars in refunds for the utility’s Louisiana customers. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which regulates the sale...