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New Wings for Tyson Foods

Tyson Foods Inc. buys a Global Express jet tailored to fly long distances and provide luxury accommodations for up to nine passengers and sleep facilities for six.

Among those who have inquired about leasing Fayetteville?s historic Old Post Office building in the downtown square is a local man who claims to have a connection with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

Cumulus Lawsuit Clear

Cumulus Broadcasting?s lawsuit against Clear Channel Communications is a sign that media outlets other than daily newspapers are also having a war in Northwest Arkansas.

Alligator Ray?s No Crock

Steve Woodard of Clarksville plans to lease 4,100 SF of Fayetteville?s historic Laundry Building with his new restaurant concept ? Alligator Ray?s Oyster Bar.

Foster Pecks on Tyson

The latest Foster Farms commercial airing on television stations in California appears to be a direct slam at Tyson Foods of Springdale.

Taylor Mack Advertising Takes Employees on Vacation

Greg Mack figures it?s time for a vacation. Not just for him, but for all nine of his employees at Taylor Mack Advertising in Fayetteville.

Arvest, Arkansas National Continue SBA Rule into 2002

Arvest Bank-Springdale, with 10 loans totaling $960,000, tops the list of the area?s top Small Business Administration lenders.

Edgewater Hires Dupre for New Position

Edgewater Technology Inc. of Wakefield, Mass., formerly part of StaffMark Inc. of Fayetteville, hires Peter Dupre as chief technical strategist, a newly created position.

Prenups Prepare Wealthy Couples

For individuals with a high net worth, kissing the bride or groom and saying ?I do? without a premarital agreement can be a kiss of death financially should a divorce come to pass.

Retro Truck Tax Seems Wrong (Editorial)

Still hanging over the head of as many as 400 small trucking companies in Arkansas is the issue of paying retroactive sales taxes.

Cafe Santa Fe to Open in Chimi?s Building

CSF Franchise Group of Fayetteville leases a Rogers building that housed a Chimi?s Mexican Food for four years before that restaurant closed in summer 2001.

Zinger?s to Open in Macomber?s Place

Zinger?s, at 130 W. Emma Ave., will specialize in sandwiches, hamburgers and appetizers ? in addition to beer, of course.

Fennel Mum on Plans

Joe Fennel, the owner of Jose Inc., Fayetteville?s No. 1 locally owned restaurant in gross sales, is uncharacteristically quiet about his plans to build a new restaurant on Dickson Street.

Shorty Small?s Short on Service (Business Lunch)

Maybe we just picked the wrong day to ot Shorty Small’s new restaurant in Fayetteville. Or, with a party of 11, maybe there were just too darned many of us.

Messer to Open Pro Image in Mall

Brian Messer of Tulsa was scheduled to open his fourth Pro Image store on Sept. 12 in Fayetteville?s Northwest Arkansas Mall.

Jet Set Adds Competition for Executives in a Hurry

Pinnacle Air Group LLC of Rogers is now not the only firm that?s targeted Northwest Arkansas for jet aircraft and charter service.

Springdale Hospital Makes ?Midnight Run?

At midnight on Sept. 15, all the Northwest Medical Center of Washington County?s obstetrical services were to have moved to Willow Creek Women?s Hospital in Johnson.

George?s to Have New Old Face

Ben Harrison and employees of George?s Majestic Lounge were busy the week of Sept. 9 tearing off the facade that has covered the front of the building since at least the early 1970s.

Here?s the Scoop Cleans K9 Kennels

Michelle Webb’s Here?s the Scoop in Rogers handles dog-waste removal needs in neighborhoods.

Bennett Solutions Has Designs on Wal-Mart Vendors

Bennett Solutions specializes in designing packaging for specific products for Wal-Mart vendors and displays within Wal-Mart stores.

Oklahoma court ruling threatens poultry industry in Arkansas

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

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

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