by - December 10, 2001 12:00 am
Broyles Pens Invitations to Walton
Broyles sent letters to season-ticket holders of Razorback basketball, pleading them to attend games or to let others use their seats.
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by - December 10, 2001 12:00 am
Ex-pros Give Pep Talks to Tigers
A Wal-Mart executive phoned BHS just before the Tigers? bus left Bentonville for Little Rock?s War Memorial Stadium and said former Dallas Cowboys tight end Jay Novacek wanted to come give them a pep talk.
by - December 10, 2001 12:00 am
Newroads Dials Into New Markets
Newroads Telecom of Fort Smith is on the offensive again in Northwest Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri.
by - November 26, 2001 12:00 am
Wealthiest Arkansans: Stephenses Hang on Behind Waltons Despite Tough Year
The Stephens family of Little Rock has lost almost a third of its stock holding wealth since mid-2000, but it manages to hang on in Arkansas Business? 2001 listing of Arkansans? stock holdings.
by - November 26, 2001 12:00 am
Value of a Buck Varies; NWA Dollar Holds its Own
Benjamin Franklin?s paper smile beams a little brighter in Springdale, Rogers and Fort Smith than in Fayetteville, according to a salary calculator on Homestore.com.
by - November 26, 2001 12:00 am
Korean Restaurant Serves Exotic Lunch Specials
Unlike anything else we?ve found in Northwest Arkansas, Arirang Korea House offers 14 reasonably priced lunch dishes that sample the restaurant?s exotic dinner menu.
by - November 26, 2001 12:00 am
Thanh?s, The Bayou New in New Town
Two restaurants opened in Rogers’ new Town Square shopping center.
by - November 26, 2001 12:00 am
Georgia?s Gyros Closed ? for Now
After two years, Georgia?s Gyros closed its Fayetteville restaurant on Nov. 10.
by - November 26, 2001 12:00 am
Cafe Santa Fe Closed in Harrison
At about the same time CSF Franchise Group was closing two of its Cafe Santa Fe restaurants operated by Abu-Haleema Enterprises, the company?s franchisees in Harrison apparently locked the doors and abandoned the restaurant there.
by - November 26, 2001 12:00 am
Federal Judge Sides with IBP Employees
IBP Inc., purchased in a $4.6 billion package by Springdale?s Tyson Foods Inc. in September, has been ordered to pay $3.1 million to current and former employees at a plant in Washington state.
by - November 26, 2001 12:00 am
Merging Law Firms to Open Local Office
Citing better service to clients as their motivation, the Little Rock law firms of Dover & Dixon and Horne Hollingsworth & Parker are merging to form Dover Dixon Horne PLLC.
by - November 26, 2001 12:00 am
Financial Services Firm Offers Blount Advice
Jim Blount, formerly of MetLife Financial Services Inc.?s branch in Springdale, opened an independent financial and investment counseling company on Nov. 16 in Springdale.
by - November 26, 2001 12:00 am
Berryville Bank Converting Shell
First National Bank of Berryville, a 112-year-old institution held by First Carroll Bankshares Inc., is converting from a ?C? corporation to an ?S? corp.
by - November 26, 2001 12:00 am
Edgewater Hopes Software Grabs Truckers
Edgewater Technology Inc., a Massachusetts firm with a substantial presence in Arkansas, launched a logistics software package recently at the premier trucking industry conference.
by - November 26, 2001 12:00 am
VA Nursing Home Still a Possibility
Washington Regional Medical Center will have to wait at least another 18 months to find out whether construction of a state veterans? nursing home will be possible for northwest Arkansas.
by - November 26, 2001 12:00 am
Signs of Affection Sells Birth Announcements
A modern-day town crier, Holly Neyland uses her flock of stork signs to announce births with her home-based business, Signs of Affection.
by - November 26, 2001 12:00 am
Drivers Select Fills Empty Seats
Drivers Select leases class A, commercial-driver?s-licensed and U.S. Department of Transportation-qualified drivers to trucking companies in Northwest Arkansas.
by - November 26, 2001 12:00 am
Lindsey to Build 240 Fayetteville Apartments
A $9.5 million loan from First National Bank of Fort Smith for Lindsey Construction Co. topped the recent list of area real estate deals.
by - November 26, 2001 12:00 am
Fogg Lifts More Vendor Clients
Fogg Business Solutions Inc. of Lowell has signed its sixth retail vending client and is in the process of implementing software for the well-known company.
by - November 26, 2001 12:00 am
Local Free ISP Nixed in Buyout
About 2,500 area Internet users formerly served by GetOn4Free.com are now likely being absorbed by local ISPs. That?s the result of the Joplin, Mo., firm roaring ?in like a lion? in March 2000 and going ?out like a lamb? last spring.