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P&G Upping Presence

The Procter & Gamble Distributing Co. in Fayetteville, which already employs about 250 people, is looking into further expansion

Multiple Interests

At least two other businesses were apparently being operated during 2002 at the same address as Golf Entertainment Inc., the Springdale penny stock embroiled in numerous legal fights.

Hotel Hell

We hear Fayetteville?s historic old Mountain Inn has gone to the dogs.

Hotel Heaven

The New Orleans Hotel in Eureka Springs is getting a makeover.

Here?s H.O.P.E.

Steve and Kelly Zega of Fayetteville have joined Team H.O.P.E., a national volunteer organization.

Love Box Co., the packaging concepts and merchandise fulfillment firm that serves vendors through its Springdale facility, earns the highest honors at the Point of Purchase Advertising International Outstanding Merchandising Achievement Awards contest

One Bun Shy

At least some of the Big Macs served during the lunch hour at the NASCAR-themed McDonalds in Bentonville have been missing the bun in recent weeks.

Spending Cuts Are Needed (Editorial)

We?re hearing from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office that President Bush?s spending plans will turn a $900 billion surplus into a $1.8 trillion deficit in the next 10 years.

Balance Work With Family Life (Jeff Hankins Commentary)

We have a company strategy for recruiting and keeping good employees. Simply put, we?re working hard to be a family-friendly company.

A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions

Apartments are coming to Steele Crossing, and Arkansas Dream Builders gets its first building permits.

Gateway Closes Fayetteville Store

Computer maker Gateway Inc. closed its Fayetteville store on March 23.

Tradehome, AT&T Opening Mall Stores

Tradehome Shoes opened a 1,600-SF store in Fayetteville?s Northwest Arkansas Mall on Feb. 28. And AT&T plans to open a 1,802-SF store there by the end of April.

Barloworld Acquires Springdale Company

Barloworld Ltd., a South African industrial brand management firm, announced on March 24 that it paid $5 million to acquire Northwest Arkansas Truck and Equipment Inc. in Springdale.

Sunbelt Sells Out to its Franchisees

Sunbelt Business Brokers, the Charleston, S.C., business brokerage with local offices in Fayetteville, Fort Smith and Little Rock, was recently bought out by its franchisees.

Airport Bonds get ?BBB? Rating from Fitch

Fitch Ratings, a San Francisco-based credit rating agency, recently assigned a ?BBB? rating to $37.3 million worth of Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority revenue bonds for the 2003 refunding series.

World?s Richest Dozen Includes Walton Family

Members of the Walton family of Bentonville individually, ranked Nos. 7-11 with $16.5 billion each on Forbes’ annual list.

Four Northwest Arkansas Firms win Family Friendly Employer Awards

DaySpring Cards of Siloam Springs, a manufacturer of inspirational greeting cards, took the gold for medium employers at the first Arkansas Governor?s Family Friendly Employer Awards in Little Rock.

Rounds Of Golf Played in Central Arkansas Dip

Since 2000, the number of rounds of golf played at War Memorial Golf Course has dropped by 30 percent.

It All Adds Up to Meza Once Again

As sure as there are going to be beads at Mardi Gras and cheese heads at a Green Bay game, so is Meza Harris at the top of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal?s annual real estate agents list.

Penny Stock Blunders Its Way To First-Ever Profit

Capitol Communities Corp., now of Boca Raton, Fla., ended its fiscal year in 2002 with something never seen in its eight-year history as a public company: a profit.

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

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