http://www.adaeveningnews.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:49:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_098144956.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_098144956.html Wesley D. Brantley Jr.., CPA, was recently reappointed as an appointed director of USAgBank, a Farm Credit Bank headquartered in Wichita, Kan. The bank serves as a wholesale bank for 29 Farm Credit Associations located in 11 central and western states. Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:33:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_062213356.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_062213356.html Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:31:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_062213253.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_062213253.html CashFlow Campus will begin finance classes the first Monday of the month. Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:30:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_062213140.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_062213140.html Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:45:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_060134601.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_060134601.html Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:40:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_056164126.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_056164126.html ADA — Vision Bank was recently recognized as a leader among Oklahoma banks offering the CDARS® service. To date, Vision Bank has helped its customers access more than $250 million of Federal deposit insurance coverage by using CDARS. Vision Bank’s Senior Vice President for Money Management Janet M. Wilburn, said CDs issued through the CDARS service are “a very easy product to introduce to customers who are concerned about FDIC coverage. Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:55:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_051125548.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_051125548.html Vision Bank held its first Student Board of Directors meeting for the 2008 spring semester. Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:06:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_358130509.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_358130509.html The True Value store at 10th and Constant in Ada bears store closing signs in this Dec. 15, 2007 photo. (Photo by Richard R. Barron) Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:53:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_358125339.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_358125339.html Surrounded by Ada Area Chamber of Commerce ambassadors, Brian Lorance, Nicole Lillard, Dan Charboneau, Pat Charboneau, Melissa Mann, and Brandi Suffal of the Human Performance Center cut their ribbon at their new office on Monte Vista in Ada Oct. 23. Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:13:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_351101319.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_351101319.html Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:24:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_295102418.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_295102418.html Oklahoma City — The torrential rains that ravaged Oklahoma this spring, summer and early fall generated an estimated $30 million in damages to conservation practices throughout Oklahoma according to early numbers compiled by conservation districts and the Oklahoma Conservation Commission. Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:22:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_295102255.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_295102255.html Fortunately, not all-financial difficulties result in bankruptcies. Financial problems are typically created when expenses and obligations consistently exceed income and the ability to make payments. The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, made it more difficult for individuals to discharge debt. Individuals can avoid a lot of grief by knowing some basic facts about the alternatives available to a person with serious financial difficulties. Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:29:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_281092933.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_281092933.html ATLANTA, Ga. — Firethorn Holdings LLC, (www.firethornmobile.com) the mobile banking and payments enabler, and CheckFree Corporation (Nasdaq: CKFR), a leading provider of financial electronic commerce services and products, announced today that Bentonville, Ark.-based Arvest Bank Group (www.arvest.com), a $9.3 billion-asset community banking leader throughout Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas, will offer the Firethorn mobile banking and payments solution beginning first quarter 2008 to its 164,000 active online banking customers and over 24,000 monthly online bill-pay users. Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:28:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_281092851.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_281092851.html PAULS VALLEY — Bedre’ Fine Chocolates is expanding its line of gourmet European-style chocolates to upscale department stores across the U.S.  Oklahoma’s largest chocolate manufacturer will sell its line of chocolates to additional Neiman Marcus stores across the U.S. and will add select Bloomingdales stores to its list of clients. Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:26:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_281092718.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/business/local_story_281092718.html If you are about to retire or change jobs, or if your employer is terminating the company retirement plan, you may be eligible to receive a "lump sum distribution" as defined in the Internal Revenue Code. Such a distribution may be substantial and may represent the cornerstone of your retirement security. So it is important to consider your options carefully before making a decision regarding distributions.