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Stars Touch Down At UA Track Center

The Arkansas Stars, a National Indoor Football League team, will be playing at the Randall Tyson Indoor Track Center on the University of Arkansas campus.

Ar-Tech Offers New Data Back-Up Service

For a fee between $39 and $129 a month, Ar-Tech Computer Solutions of Rogers will bring in a computer with a large hard drive, hook it up to a client?s server and copy up to 1.2 terabytes of data.

Whirlpool?s Layoffs Ripple Through Banking Community

Whirlpool Corp. of Benton Harbor, Mich., announced 730 more layoffs at the company?s Fort Smith plant as it prepares to begin operations at a new manufacturing facility in Mexico.

Premier Advertising Named Small Business of the Year

The Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce selected Premier Advertising Specialties as the 2005 Small Business of the Year.

Builders Shuffle at Shadow Valley

Shadow Valley lot owners will now have some new builder choices.

The Bank of Fayetteville Checks In

The Bank of Fayetteville will unveil an interest-earning checking account for the masses.

Payday Lenders Political Contributions Top $20,000

Check Cashers show their love for the Democratic Party of Arkansas.

Call Hung Up on Justice

More on the defunct business agreement between VeriSource Inc. of Rogers and Advanced Control Solutions in Bentonville.

When a Bono isn?t a Bono

Fayetteville?s KFSM, Channel 5 confuses Bono for Bono.

52 Entities Apply for New Bank Branches

How Northwest Arkansas? six counties and some of the state?s most active banks stacked up for the year.

CPI, Gray Matters Partner in Tulsa

Community Publishers Inc. of Bentonville hired Gray Matters LLC, parent company of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, to manage and operate three of its recently acquired publications in Tulsa beginning Jan. 1.

Razorbacks Go Regional On Cox Sports Television

Cox Sports Television will televise at least seven Razorback sporting events, produce a new monthly news magazine, called ?Hog Tales? and rebroadcast three weekly and monthly coach?s shows.

Meteorite Magazine Lands in Fayetteville

A quarterly journal dedicated to meteorites will be published from the University of Arkansas? Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences beginning in February.

Maloney Marketing Makes Move to ?Green? Workweek

In an effort to conserve natural resources, Maloney Marketing Group of Cave Springs is allowing its employees to work four 10-hour days.

The Region’s Largest Internet Service Providers

PG Telco Internet of Prairie Grove tops the list of the region’s largest Internet service providers.

Forty Under 40: Bill Akins

Bill Akins said never accepting mediocrity and being an early adapter to technology have helped him most in his career. Im never satisfied in the status quo, Akins said. That…

Forty Under 40: Bob Balfe

Bob Balfe started his career in radio, earning his bachelors degree in broadcast news in 1990 from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. While working in broadcast news, the Ash Flat…

Forty Under 40: Clifton Beckham

Clifton Beckham is one great example of climbing the corporate ladder. After graduating in 1994 with a bachelors degree in science and accounting from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Beckham…

Forty Under 40: Mark Bethell

Mark Bethells heart has always been in health care. He attended Lynchburg College in Virginia in 1988 to play basketball but soon quit the team to volunteer as an EMT…

Forty Under 40: Steven Brooks

Steven Brooks was born in Springdale but grew up at various naval bases around the country. He attended the University of Arkansas where he earned a degree in accounting in…