Author: Talk Business & Politics

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KKEG Retaps its Format

Recent Arbitron books show a slide for KKEG that culminated with a 48.6 percent drop from a 7 share in spring 2001 to a 3.6 share last spring. Now the station’s format has changed.

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‘Buying Media’ Half the Ad Battle

Producing slick advertisements won?t do any good if your potential customers don?t see them. It?s all about reaching that target audience, and Fayetteville?s Taylor Mack ad firm has been creative in doing just that.

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D-G Says No to Creeps

We need to follow-up on our Dec. 23 note about the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette?s delivery to one of its subscribers in Benton County (who just happened to be an employee of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal).

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Wal-Mart Shows Modest Sales Spike

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said sales at stores open at least a year rose only 2.3 percent in December, as weakness at its Sam’s Club warehouse unit and a slow start to the holiday season dragged on results.

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Feds Put Usury Limit in Legal Limbo

If Arkansas? constitutional restriction on usury wasn?t problematic enough, a recent change in the Federal Reserve?s monetary policy has left the state without a clear definition of the allowable interest rate that can be charged by non-bank lenders.