Little Rock-based Metropolitan National Bank eked out a $537,000 profit in the fourth quarter of 2011, but came up $4.8 million short for the full year, according to call reports filed with Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Friday. Bank management did sock away $6 million in loan loss provisions during 2011 to help offset credit losses totaling [...]

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Not far from downtown Little Rock, you can often find Dennis Kolb tending to his vineyards of muscadine and scuppernong grape-like fruit berries. He uses the fruit to make homemade jams and jellies. He and his wife, Linda, run the business called Bear Kingdom Vineyard. Some of the vines are more than 40 years old, having [...]

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Nada Stirratt has been hired by Acxiom Corp. as the company’s first chief revenue officer and executive vice president. Stirratt is former chief revenue officer for MySpace and former executive vice president of digital advertising at MTV Networks. As CRO, Stirratt will be responsible for all field-facing areas, including sales, account management, delivery and consulting at all [...]

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While a group representing city leaders statewide remains committed to raising the natural gas severance tax, local chamber groups within the heart of the Fayetteville Shale region are opposed. This week, 10 economic development organizations in six counties in natural gas producing regions of the state unveiled matching resolutions opposing former gas executive Sheffield Nelson’s 7% [...]

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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas guard Rickey Scott and the Razorbacks won’t ever forget the jaw-dropping performance.

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The third Monday of every January, the nation observes Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in honor of the civil rights leader whose famous dream gave hope to so many others’ dreams in this country. Commemorative events are held all over the country to remember his legacy.

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Arkansas’ rivers are the equivalent of blood vessels leading to the Atlantic Ocean that carry goods produced here to the world and goods produced by the world to here.

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During my 53 years as a journalist, I’ve covered a lot of stories and been involved in even more as an editor. Many were happy stories, and those are the best kind. But many were sad, and they tug at your heart-strings.

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MULBERRY — Officials say Crawford County will be the site of a new $5.8 million soybean-processing plant that will create more than 50 jobs.

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