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XNA to Expand Terminal

The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport board voted on April 28 to solicit proposals from four architectural firms to expand the lobby and ticket counters in the airport?s Alice Walton Terminal.

Large Firms Dominate Arkansas? Trucking Market

Of the 1,400 for-hire trucking firms in Arkansas, 300 of them have more than 50 trucks and they handle 90 percent of the business.

Arkansas Dream Builders Inc. Is Building New Homes

Annabelle Nickell hadn?t planned to open her own business, but with the help of her sister she’s building homes.

L & M Mowers Offers Commercial Mowers, Equipment

Michael Undernehr believes the secret to good service for commercial mowers is to provide a ?true zero downtime guarantee.?

O?Charley?s Plans CMN Restaurant

O?Charley?s Inc. plans to build a 6,413-SF restaurant in Fayetteville?s CMN Business Park, and the Old Post Office will open in June.

Cool Water Village Cafe Gets Four Stars (Business Lunch Review)

With the new ownership firmly entrenched, we thought it was high time we got drenched at Cool Water Village Cafe.

First Federal Nets 13 Percent Increase

First Federal Bancshares, the Harrison holding company for First Federal Bank, recently reported a 13 percent increase in first quarter net income year-over-year.

MasterCard to Pay Retailers $1 Billion

MasterCard International Inc. broke with Visa USA Inc. and agreed to pay the nation’s biggest retailers about $1 billion to settle a lawsuit against the two credit-card behemoths over the fees they charge, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Tyson Reports Earnings Increase

A vitamin antitrust litigation settlement helped Tyson Foods Inc. post a second quarter earnings increase.

Daily Record Wins Four First-Place APME Awards

The Benton County Daily Record won four first-place awards on May 3 at the Arkansas Associated Press Managing Editors Association?s annual convention in Hot Springs. The Bentonville newspaper won 10 awards altogether.

Walker Goes DOXA, Opens Seattle Office

Tim Walker has changed the name of his Fayetteville design firm from Walker Creative to DOXA Total Design Strategy.

Former Times Publisher Dies

Alden H. Spencer of Des Plains, Ill., died April 20.

UA Names New Media Manager

The University of Arkansas announced on April 25 that Charles A. Crowson had been hired as manager of media relations.

Borengasser Wins Bronze at WorldFest

Dan Borengasser, vice president of Ozark Film & Video Productions of Springdale, won a bronze award at the 36th annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival for an original screenplay titled ?Media Circus.?

Masterson Right on Madison/Ackerman Feud (Media Review)

We thought Mike Masterson did a good job summing up the Madison/Ackerman feud in his May 6 column in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Bashful Bankers Near $1B

With $958.8 million in assets through the first quarter, First Bank Corp. is positioned to make some noise as the third-biggest banking, insurance and investments power in western Arkansas.

Tradition and Change Give FNB Firm Foundation, Wings

Sam T. Sicard said he embraces his family?s legacy at First National Bank of Fort Smith.

UA Foundation Ready For Bulls

Fund raising is hard enough when times are good, but during an economic downturn, it can be a bear.

Program Builds Business Leaders

The Center for Management and Executive Development at the Sam M. Walton College of Business is getting serious about improving the level of leadership at Arkansas businesses.

Crystal Now Clear

A press conference is planned for the week of April 28 to announce that the movie ?Crystal? will be filmed in Northwest Arkansas.

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

Dope Medicinal Wellness opens Fayetteville clinic

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

Opinions differ on use of former ACME Brick property