Stephens News

RailAmerica Inc., the railroad operator controlled by Fortress Investment Group LLC that reached an all-time high last week, is poised to reap about 30 percent more for investors as a takeover target.

An investment firm was awarded the contract to sell municipal bonds before making a contribution to a committee promoting the bond election.

Tyson Foods, Inc. will present at the Stephens Inc. Spring Investment Conference in New York City on Wednesday, June 6, at 11:30 a.m. Eastern.

That's how the CEO of Lifetime Group Limited Warren Stephens and Director of Wellington based Meridian Brokers Ltd John Ashby, describe the recent acquisition of MBL by LGL.

John R. Lawrence joins Stephens as a managing director and senior analyst in its specialty retail research practice.

In 2010, after years of addiction to prescription drugs and having relapsed following a fourth visit to rehab, 24-year-old Cameron Bradbury locked himself in his room at his parents' home and shot himself.

Verizon Wireless said on Monday it hired Loop Capital as a second adviser for a proposed sale of wireless spectrum, a move seen as an attempt to help it gain regulatory approval for its controversial plan to buy $3.9 billion of airwaves from cable companies.

Truman Arnold Cos. returned to the top of Arkansas Business' annual list of the state's largest private companies last year and remains there with 2011 annual revenue that is more than double the next-highest confirmed figure on the list.

The Wall Street Journal today has a feature on the 4th District Republican primary race between Beth Anne Rankin and Tom Cotton .

ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. , a world leader in highly reliable and secure mobile communication technology, has been invited to present at the Stephens Spring Investment Conference.

JPMorgan Chase's $2 billion trading loss illustrates the need to tear apart the country's largest banks, says former New York Gov.

For ten students receiving their diploma from UALR this weekend, graduation is a bittersweet academic victory.

President Obama standing up for civil rights, Mike Huckabee getting attention as a vice presidential candidate, Warren Stephens talking like a liberal, central Little Rock neighborhoods talking back to the Technology Park Authority - all covered this week, a day earlier than usual because I'm not going to be around tomorrow.

Bed Bath & Beyond's acquisition of Cost Plus Inc., announced Wednesday, represents a big payday for Warren Stephens of Little Rock.

Ernie Dumas writes this week about financier Warren Stephens' op-ed in the Wall Street Journal - a call to revive something like the bank regulatory legislation of the Roosevelt era, the Glass Steagall Act, that generally only liberals love.

One of the organizations working to unseat radical Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is keeping tabs on the big money flowing into the campaign to keep him in office.

MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's fan list reads like a who's who of some of the richest people in America - financial gurus, a Las Vegas casino president, even an NBA team owner.

Warren A. Stephens, whom I like to refer to as the Lord of Little Rock because that's where his investment bank and bond brokerage is headquartered, has penned an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal .