by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
We saw the recent episode of HBO?s ?Real Sports? program that featured Bryant Gumbel interviewing Nolan Richardson, the firery and fired University of Arkansas coach turned ?benevolent victim.?
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
Arkansas Best Corp. of Fort Smith on April 19 reported first-quarter income that was $7.6 million less than income from the first quarter of 2001.
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
Headquartered in Fort Smith, Baldor Electric Co. recently declared a regular quarterly dividend of 13 cents for the second quarter, payable to shareholders of record on June 7.
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
A truck driver for Springdale-based Cannon Express Inc. was arrested April 20 in Dublin, Ga., after an Alabama woman scrawled a message pleading for help on a bathroom wall in Tennessee.
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell announced a 206 percent increase in first-quarter net earnings in 2002 as compared to the same period last year.
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. of Tontitown on April 16 said first-quarter net income and earnings per share have increased since the same time last year.
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
Superior Financial Corp. of Little Rock released on April 1 delayed year-end earnings figures that include restatements going back to the fourth quarter of 2000.
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
Van Buren-based USA Truck Inc. said its first-quarter net income increased to $73,853, or 1 cent a share, compared with a net loss of $404,910, or 4 cents a share, for the first quarter of 2001.
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
The annual shareholders meeting of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will be held at 9 a.m. Friday, June 7, in Bud Walton Arena on the Univeristy of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville.
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale, the nation?s largest producer of beef and poultry, announced on April 16 that it has signed a letter of intent to buy a Nebraska bacon processing facility.
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
John Brown University of Siloam Springs is targeting January 2003 for occupancy of its $8.5 million William H. Bell Science Hall.
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
Ed Lewis, president of Ekba Inc. in Ashdown, has approached the University of Arkansas? Genesis Technology Incubator in Fayetteville about becoming one of its clients.
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
Genesis client Space Photonics Inc. on April 17 signed a new R&D contract with the Air Force Research Lab at Kirkland Air Force Base in New Mexico.
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
A girls softball game and a father and son fixing a leaky sink are only two of the scenes depicted in Arvest Bank Group Inc.?s latest multimedia advertising campaign.
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
Amid tax inquiry, Toney Goucher has given up on his own barbecue restaurant and gone to work as general manager of the 18,000-SF Cool Water Village Cafe in Fayetteville.
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
Many of the Republican women in Washington County are irritated with Jim Bob Duggar, who is running against incumbent Tim Hutchinson in the May 21 Republican primary for U.S. Senate.
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
A sign on the door at Corky?s Ribs & BBQ in Fayetteville says ?Temporarily closed. Thank you for your business.?
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
Buried in UA Chancellor John White?s lengthy notes regarding the decline and fall of Nolan Richardson was a comment about Broyles putting a possible timeline on his employment.
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
New UA basketball coach Stan Heath has a lot of work to do to restore the program?s tarnished reputation thanks to the recently fired Nolan Richardson.
by - April 29, 2002 12:00 am
Frank Siccardi has been asked to speak before a congressional subcommittee during the May 6-8 National Small Business Week ceremonies in Washington, D.C.
