by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Cameron Smith of Cameron Smith & Associates in Rogers is back from a whirlwind trip to China where he and his team hosted 200 to 300 companies at a conference on the benefits of doing business in Northwest Arkansas with Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Joe Bender believes the cost of health care in the United States is out of control. That’s why he started his own company to help patients wanting to save money on expensive medical procedures.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
O.K. Industries Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. top this year’s Northwest Arkansas Business Journal lists of the area’s largest private companies and employers, respectively.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
It seems as though every year about this time the media come out with a rash of stories of excessive pay for CEOs and no one knows better than we do the enduring curiosity about other people’s money.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
State organizations are shifting their approach to landing high-wage employment in Arkansas.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
After a second shipment of unapproved beef arrived on June 2 in South Korea, the country has banned imports from two more Tyson Foods Inc. plants in the U.S.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
A former Wal-Mart Stores Inc. pharmacist was awarded $2 million from a Massachusetts jury who agreed with her claims of gender bias.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. of Springdale announced June 20 that the 2006 annual report and proxy statement have been mailed to shareholders.
by - June 18, 2007 12:00 am
Northwest Arkansas’ top three public companies — J.B. Hunt, Tyson Foods and Wal-Mart — have reported steady earnings in the first half of 2006, but earnings could fall below expectations in the second half of the year.
by - June 18, 2007 12:00 am
Ozarks Electric and Southwestern Electric Power have teamed on projects to produce more electricity locally in Northwest Arkansas.
by - June 18, 2007 12:00 am
City sales tax collections are down in Fayetteville and Springdale and up in Rogers and Bentonville. Analysts and city finance directors said the rise of retail business in Benton County contributed to lagging collections in Washington County.
by - June 18, 2007 12:00 am
Would you like your stock portfolio to yield 6 percent, 10 percent or even 15 percent? With the S&P 500 currently yielding 1.8 percent, you might think those higher yields are impossible.
by - June 18, 2007 12:00 am
A Fayetteville developer is replacing an old mobile home park with mix of single-family and multi-family homes.
by - June 18, 2007 12:00 am
John Lewis was the very first client who signed on to advertise in the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. That’s probably no surprise. He was everyone’s first customer.
by - June 18, 2007 12:00 am
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, speaking recently in northwest Arkansas, said he saw no evidence of gouging by the oil companies. Many Arkansans would tell him to open his eyes.
by - June 18, 2007 12:00 am
The price of gas is eating into people’s pocketbooks, and that means they are eating out less. Fuel prices in Northwest Arkansas could have an adverse effect on growth in the local economy.
by - June 18, 2007 12:00 am
Flying Investments LLC of Fayetteville is offering an alternative to commercial and charter flights with a fractional ownership program on its Dassault Falcon 20F.
by - June 18, 2007 12:00 am
Robert Bell, Wende Willbanks and Jason Kaundart all making moves at the Business Journal.
by - June 18, 2007 12:00 am
Just because AT&T’s scramble to line up video agreements with Arkansas municipalities has quieted down some in recent months, it didn’t mean they were done pursuing them.
by - June 18, 2007 12:00 am
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale announces a new $70 million advertising campaign called “Thank You.”
