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Holy Big Bertha! Golf Tourney Gets $36K Per Team

An 18-hole golf tournament set for Aug. 20 at The Blessing golf course in Johnson is asking ? and getting ? $36,000 per two-man team.

Village on the Squeaks: Retailers Flee Project

Several retailers are departing from Rogers? Village on the Creeks development. First it was Secret Ingredients, then Bed Bugs, and now it?s the upscale clothier Blue.

Clothing, Shoe Stores Join The Shoppes

We hear that future tenants at The Shoppes off Pinnacle Parkway will include a lingerie store, another shoe store and another women?s clothing store besides Pink Bamboo.

The lawsuit triangle over Centerton?s Sienna Estates subdivision is all but settled out of court. A punch list of legal details between litigants John David Lindsey, Gary Combs and Neil Johnson is being finalized.

Six Flags Over Red Sovine

Diesel Downs, Gary Combs? planned mega truck stop off Wagon Wheel Road and Interstate 540 in Springdale, will include five restaurants. The 36-acre development is supposed to include 40,000-SF of space and 94,000-SF office building.

Legacy National Bank Tallies $60 Million in Assets

Legacy National Bank of Springdale, which opened its doors on April 11, already has $60 million in assets as of June 30, officials said.

Signature’s Gary Head Considers Loan Office at Waterford

Signature Bank Chairman Gary Head said that he?s thinking about opening a loan production office at Goshen?s newly approved Waterford Estates.

Former AG Talks Fraud Prevention

Steve Clark, former Arkansas’ attorney general talks turkey about his felony fraud conviction. Fifteen years later, he’s teaching law school and speaking at seminars about what he’s learned and how to rise above it all.

Book ’em, Accountants

The number-crunching branch of forensic accounting isn’t all cloak, dagger and CSI Miami. It’s really about being able to prove a financial theory and back it up in a court of law.

Soderquist Sans Secrets

Some who read Don Soderquist’s new book ask if the Wal-Mart corporate lawyers purged all its secrets. “That’s absolutely wrong,” said Soderquist, Wal-Mart’s former vice chairman and chief operating officer. It is a simple philosophy that works today.

StephensChoice:A Choosy 401(k)

Gary Millican, the chief financial officer at South Arkansas Oil Co., said the reason his El Dorado firm chose Stephens Inc. as its retirement services provider is simple, literally.

Demand for Bankers Raises Area HR Bar

It looks as if the banking job market grew about 35 percent from the same date in 2000. But for the record, nobody is saying what everybody knows: Salaries are going up.

Study Tracks Effects Of Domestic Violence

Domestic violence affects more than just those at home. It can also cost companies money if employers aren’t aware of the situation or don’t know how to handle it.

SOX Compliance Pressures HR Sector

Public accounting firms typically see higher turnover rates than private accounting practices, but the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requirements have further tightened the market.

Workplace Design Is All About People (Lisa and Steve Lockwood Commentary)

Recently organizations have faced some of the most dynamic, continuous, unpredictable, and demanding changes they have ever experienced. Testing every aspect of their business acumen, decision makers have had to make difficult choices.

AMP Artist Have Strange Requests

Artists performing at the Arkansas Music Pavilion have some very specific instructions, or riders, to meet their needs while they are in town.

Bourdeaux Renovates Club Matrix Site

Montana developer Tom Bourdeaux is busy with another Fayetteville renovation project, the former site of Club Matrix at 620 N. College Ave.

Carter & Burgess Puts Office in Fayetteville

The ink is still drying on the lease agreement, but the national engineering powerhouse Carter & Burgess Inc. will have an office in the Bank of America building in Fayetteville.

Lowe’s Has Liberty

Remember the old Modern Fence & Supply Co. site on Sixth Street in Fayetteville? Liberty Bank of Arkansas bought the 1.74-acre piece from owner Roy Milligan for $1.1 million and Modern Fence is moving to Springdale.

West End Lofts Continue Leasing As Space Fills

To all the naysayers who doubted the new luxury lofts in downtown Fort Smith would be a hit, West End Lofts is filling up fast.

Fort Smith metro job numbers up less than 1% in September report

Opinions differ on use of former ACME Brick property

Jones Center raises $310,000 at ‘Big Night’

Colliers | Arkansas to manage Regions Center; firm closes 2 major deals for $10.7M