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Fort Chaffee Barbershop Museum To Open in July

A little more than 50 years ago, one of the most famous haircuts this side of the Bible took place at Fort Chaffee military base, adjacent to Fort Smith.

A Fare to Remember Relocates to Drake Field

Jayn and Paul Parenti, owners of A Fare to Remember catering company, have a new address, a new view and plenty of new and exciting business plans.

Two Van Buren Hotels Under Construction

Van Buren will be getting two new hotels soon, bringing the total number of rooms in the city to 355, a 37 percent increase from the 259 rooms available now.

Catering Unlimited Tops Caterers List

Caterers in Northwest Arkansas handled 3,865 events in 2007, a 14.5 percent increase from the 2006 total of 3,376.

Pleasant Grove Carwash Changes Ownership Groups (Real Deals)

Harold W. Hamlin, through his Pleasant Grove Car Wash LLC purchased Boomerang Car Wash at 2000 Pleasant Grove Rd. in the Pleasant Crossing development in south Rogers from Rogers Pleasant Crossing Carwash LLC for $3 million.

Flying Burrito Co. Owners Spread Wings, Fly North

Flying Burrito Co. founders opened their third full-service location on May 6 and will open a fourth location in Bentonville in June.

NWA Business Journal Kicks off Downturn Series

With this issue, I?m pleased to introduce Business Journal readers with the first in a series of stories entitled ?Dealing with the Downturn.? The aim of this series is to help our readers make sense of the economic issues we face together as a self-suffi

Feds Rush In (Editorial)

In closing ANB Financial, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said the bank, with $2.1 billion in total assets, was undercapitalized and that its “unsafe and unsound practices also weakened the bank’s condition and seriously prejudiced the inter

Restaurateurs Struggle to Reconcile With Rising Prices

Area restaurant owners are learning to deal with rising commodity and fuel costs while trying to avoid increasing meal costs.

State, Gov?s Humanity Shines Through (Editorial)

Making 18 on-site visits to communities hard hit by floods, storms and tornadoes since February has made an impact on the governor. Even more so than any visible effect, the impressions made on his heart are clear.

Senate Proposal Could Add Costs For Small Business Owners

A proposal before Congress could raise the cost of doing business with credit and debit card issuers.

Mathews Brothers Brew Cafe Concept

Bill and Walter Mathews, who own and operate 31 McDonald’s in the region, are investing millions to upgrade their stores, incorporating the McCafe concept of specialty coffee drinks.

LiveLight Crafts 3D Video for McDonald’s

LiveLight, a Rogers-based full-service advertising and marketing company, just finished a 3D video for McDonald?s Corp. to promote Destination 10, the company?s initiative to introduce a new ergonomic, modular, sustainable kitchen plan.

Trump Talk Garners Comments

After we reported on Donald Trump?s speech at the Economics Arkansas luncheon May 8, posting some of his more quotable comments on arkansasbusiness.com, word might have gotten back to New York before Trump did.

LiveLight Creates Multidimensional Marketing

It looks like there?s a good chance there will be more 3D productions in the future for the folks at LiveLight. They are negotiating a job to create another 3D video, this one for an installation at a new international airport in Qatar.

UA Nets Small Gain For Guitar Grief

The University of Arkansas? case against a Florida guitar company has ended, with the company agreeing to pay the UA $50 a year to use the word “Razorback.”

Schwyhart House Hunting

We don?t know if he?s leaving us or just looking for a few extra rooms to stash his stuff but we do know that Bill Schwyhart recently paid $2.2 million for a six-bedroom, six-bathroom house in Memphis, Tenn.

Haynes Counters Lawsuit Charges

was an investor in Rogers-based Vision Technologies Inc. and a plaintiff in a 19-count lawsuit that was filed against VTI and company CEO Lee Thompson for actions so salacious that the case documents were eventually sealed.

Bank of Arkansas Sues Benton County Builder

On May 1, Bank of Arkansas NA filed three lawsuits again Christopher Trudo, owner of Christopher?s Custom Homes in Benton County Circuit Court.

Couple Scoops up Burgeoning Scooter Business (First Person)

Leonard and Melody Zechiedrich have seen an unexpected surge in demand for scooters at their Vespa dealership in Rogers.

Oklahoma court ruling threatens poultry industry in Arkansas

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson