by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Land Issues Lead Legal Debates
Land continues to be a hot-button legal issue in the minds of many local lawyers.
Author: Talk Business & Politics
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Examiners, Law Students Ready For Test Changes
The state?s bar exam has come under scrutiny for its pass rates and allegations of unfair grading practices.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Nixon: Payday Lenders Are Circumventing Law
Industry goes to out-of-state banks for financing.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Tax Lawsuits Help Firm, Despite Legal Uproar
Dale Evans’ drive to keep government from collecting illegal taxes has helped his firm.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Wilkes & McHugh Test New Practice Area in Arkansas
When he learned that the firm?s Little Rock office had filed a class-action suit against computer-maker Hewlett Packard over the functionality of a Microsoft Windows operating system, Andy McCumber started to chuckle.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Firm Challenges Roaming Fees
Three of the four known class-action lawsuits filed in Arkansas by the Wilkes & McHugh law firm challenge billing and marketing for long-distance phone service by wireless phone companies.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
SmitCo To Open Popeyes
SmitCo Eateries Inc. of Pine Bluff plans to open a Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits restaurant at 538 E. Robinson Ave. in Springdale by July 21.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Lenny?s Closes Three Sisters Store
Lenny?s Sub Shop closed its restaurant in Fayetteville?s Three Sisters building in mid June. The restaurant had been open since September 2000.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Famous Dave?s Opens at Scottsdale
Famous Dave?s Bar-B-Que opened a restaurant in Rogers? Scottsdale Center on June 23.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Roma Pizzeria Opens in Rogers
Shelia Keene opened Roma Pizzeria in Rogers? Village on the Creeks shopping center at the end of May.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Las Palmas Gets Four Stars (Business Lunch Review)
We were ready to shake our maracas after a recent visit to Restaurant? Las Palmas in Rogers.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Ozark Herb & Spice Opens In Bentonville
Ozark Herb & Spice offers herbal supplements and more.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Rut and Strut Outdoor Supply Opens in Elkins
Rut and Strut Outdoor Supply is offering sportsmen supplies from a new shop in Elkins.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
GE Suit Not Expected to Snuff Cannon?s Fuse
Springdale?s Cannon Express Inc. was sued on June 11 in the District Court of Dallas County, Texas, by GE Capital Corp., a division of the publicly traded conglomerate General Electric Co. of Fairfield, Conn.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
AERT Opens Third Plastic Recycling Facility
Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. of Springdale, which manufactures a wood-and-plastic decking product sold by Weyerhauser, announced on June 26 that it has begun operating a plastic recycling facility in Alexandria, La.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Car-Mart Sales Jump 22 Percent in 4Q
America’s Car-Mart Inc. of Bentonville said revenue from continuing operations in its fourth quarter of fiscal 2003, which ended April 30, increased 22 percent to $42.2 million, compared with $34.7 million in the same period of the prior fiscal year.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
ABF Revises Rates, Arkansas Best Buys Rigs
Fort Smith?s ABF Freight System Inc. announced on June 20 that it is revising its general rates and charges on July 14.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Tyson Reaches Wastewater Deal
Tyson Foods, Inc. has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the State of Missouri to resolve issues relating to past dischargee of wastewater at operations in Sedalia, Mo.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Morgan Stanley Downgrades J.B. Hunt
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is expected to underperform in its peer group, according to the recent rating change that Morgan Stanley Investment issued on June 23.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
KFSM Edges Past KHOG in Nielsens
KFSM, Channel 5, retook the lead during the 10 p.m. newscast from KHBS/KHOG, Channels 40/29, in the 11-county dominant market area in Nielsen Media Research?s household ratings for May.rnBut it was by a very slim margin.