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Champions For Kids Steps up Giving

Champions for Kids founder Adelaide Schaeffer is spending the year at Harvard to study ways to improve the nonprofit organization?s performance.

Economy Slows Sports Spending

As the economy weakens, consumers tighten their belts on leisure and sports spending.

Washington County Buys Terminella Building for $4.5M (Real Deals)

Washington County purchased the Terminella Building at 123 N. College Ave. from Terminella Associates Inc. on Aug. 25. The county paid $4.5 million for the two-story structure.

Leaders: Learn to Listen Or Miss the Vital Points (Commentary)

The Financial Times recently introduced ?Madame Zazou? in an article on Cirque du Soleil. But it went on to write about the succession plan and strategic future of the Montreal-based entertainment company.

Entrepreneur Adds Festive Flair to Doggy Daycare

Dog lover turns passion into viable business.

Confidence Must Be Gained For Home Market Recovery (Market Forecast)

In late July, President Bush quietly signed a housing bill intended to help struggling homeowners.rnThis piece of legislation is regarded as the most significant housing bill in decades but it may not fix the financial crisis.

Past Due Loan Values Skyrocket 121 Percent

Twenty-one banks doing business in Benton and Washington counties had a combined $313.8 million worth of loans on their books that were not accruing interest as of June 30.

Discount Retailers a Shelter in the Storm (Touch Points)

While financials have been battered and the broader index is now down more than 25 percent from its all-time high of 14,164 set Oct. 9, investors ? reckoning correctly that folks still have to eat and dress ? have put their faith in discount retailers dur

The Ignorant American (Commentary)

If I were a conspiracy theorist, I might conclude that keeping Americans financially ignorant was part of a plot. If consumers truly understood personal finance, a lot of business plans would fall apart.

Lottery Beneficiaries (Editorial)

We can’t blame convenience store operators for supporting a proposal that will directly benefit its members. We just don’t agree.

Tyson Credit Upgraded After Debt Restructure

Tyson Foods Inc. debt got an upgrade from one agency a week after Standard & Poor?s downgraded its credit rating to junk status on Sept. 4.

Wal-Mart Buys Superior; Boosts Occupancy Rates

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. purchased the 375,000-SF Superior Building in Bentonville for $29.9 million on Sept. 16, to serve as the new headquarters for its Sam?s Club division and around 1,000 of its associates.

Colliers Begins Bellafont Leasing

Colliers International has taken over the leasing from Flake and Kelley Commercial for Bellafont, a retail development on Joyce Boulevard in Fayetteville.

Toastmasters Set Tri-State Meeting

Toastmasters, a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing better public speakers, will hold a tri-state district conference Oct. 10-11 in Bentonville at the Clarion Inn on Walton Boulevard.

Spending Card New Bank Product

Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank introduced a new card-based product in early September, but it has its limits.

Retailers Share at ICSC Meeting

Several hundred commercial real estate brokers, retailers and shopping center developers gathered at the Embassy Suites in Rogers on Sept. 9 for the International Council of Shopping Centers? 2008 Oklahoma/Arkansas Idea Exchange.

Barber Denied

Developer Brandon Barber?s request to employ attorney Vaughn Knight in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of his Lynnkohn LLC was denied by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Arkansas, on Sept. 8.

More Wrangling

The upcoming Oct. 20 trial date to resolve the 16-month conflict between developer Tom Terminella and Metropolitan National Bank of Little Rock is in jeopardy after a series of motions filed on both sides.

Bauman?s Moves Rogers Store

Bauman?s Studio, an upscale men?s clothing store in Rogers, is moving up ? up the street that is.

Fort Smith Food Market

Plans submitted to the Arkansas Department of Health indicate a couple new eateries heading for the Fort Smith market.

Bank OZK authorizes $200 million stock repurchase program

First Community Bank buys naming rights for Ridge Athletics Center

Retailers prep for SNAP junk food limits; app will help

Walmart to acquire connected TV platform Vibe.co for $1.4 billion