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Border Delays Costly to Trucking Industry

Trucking companies have suffered delays since the terrorist attacks on the United States that only an airline could understand.

Biotech Upside Too Big to Ignore (Editorial)

The potential for the biotech industry in Arkansas is enormous. We?re not bioscientists, but we understand the tremendous business opportunities that biotech research could offer.

Freedom Financial Goes Bust

Southern Mortgage takes over operation of Freedom Financial arm in Fort Smith.

Vaccines in My Back Yard, Please! (Goforth Commentary)

Are there projects that we should want in our back yard? When should we say “In my back yard, please” (IMBYP)?

Ferrets, Finches and Wallabies, Oh My!

Nicole and Buddy Teters opened The Pet Stoppe to sell exotic animals in Northwest Arkansas.

New Town Print N Copy Replaces Former Premiere Printing Location

Richard Fischer, owner of the New Town Shopping Center and Fischer?s Heating & Air in Rogers, recently bought a print shop and its equipment from a former tenant to open New Town Print N Copy.

NWA Transport Keeps Area Companies Connected

John Hagan, Levina Miller and Buz Phelps saw a logistical niche that wasn?t being filled. So the three former Polar Express employees founded NWA Transport Inc. in Rogers in March 2001.

Oldies not a Goody, George, Merle are Back

Cumulus Broadcasting Inc. ?oldies? radio station KAMO-FM, 94.3, changed formats on April 8 to ?classic country.?

Break Out the Boy George; All ?80s, All the Time is Here

Cumulus in northwest Arkansas changes the ?light adult contemporary? format of KDAB-FM, 94.9, with a switch to ?all 1980s music, all the time.

Know Your Band

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette?s recent feature story on The Band was really a critique of the new box set of The Last Waltz concert from 1978. Unfortunately, it had some inaccuracies.

BOK Financial to Issue 3 Percent Dividend

Tulsa?s BOK Financial Corp., which owns Bank of Arkansas N.A., will issue a 3 percent stock dividend on May 29 to shareholders of record by May 13.

Beverly Shows Encouraging 1Q

Fort Smith-headquartered Beverly Enterprises Inc. on April 30 announced generally improved first-quarter figures.

Delta Systems 1Q Revenue Recedes

Rogers motion-control solution leader Delta Systems Inc. on April 29 reported 2001 revenue of $6.11 million, down 9 percent from $6.75 million in 2000. Its quest for profitability improved dramatically, however.

Edgewater Suffers 1Q Net Loss of $13.9 Million

Edgewater Technology Inc. of Wakefield, Mass., formerly part of StaffMark Inc. of Fayetteville, reported a net loss of $13.9 million for the first quarter of its fiscal year, which ended March 31.

Acquisition Bolsters Tyson Foods 2Q Net Income

Tyson Foods Inc. said the Springdale company met Wall Street expectations with $65 million in second-quarter net income (or 18 cents a share).

Delta Systems Seeks Higher Revenue, New Projects in Coming Year

Delta Systems Inc., the Rogers PC-based motion-control solutions firm, has established several goals for 2002.

Kraft to Have New Home in Rogers by December

Kraft Foods project tops list of recent real estate deals in Northwest Arkansas.

CandL Glows, Grows as Pea Ridge ISP

Pettyjohn Inc., doing business as CandL Computer & Internet Services, has grown at a rate of about two new customers per day since becoming an Internet service provider in January.

Cingular Effort Touches Arkansas

In April, Cingular Wireless said it would invest $750 million in its south central network, which takes in three Arkansas markets.

I-pager, U-pager, We All Pager for I-pager

In May, Cingular started offering its Interactive Messenger Plus service to Northwest Arkansas.

Arkansas to lead National Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeship expansion

The Supply Side: Boomer generation concedes spending power to young consumers

2nd cohort of new lithium accelerator shows innovations in Bentonville

Weekly wages up 4.2% in Arkansas, Benton County leads with 13.4% wage gain