by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Scott to Sell Chunk of Wal-Mart Stock
Lee Scott, president and CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., filed with U.S. regulators on Oct. 18 to sell almost $8.4 million of the world’s largest retailer’s shares.
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by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Area Seniors Detail Career Plans
With so much ink spilled of late about the lack of well-trained students and workers coming out of Arkansas? schools, the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal selected a few of the area?s best students to profile for area companies.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
CADIS Rose from EAST
Five years ago, former Greenbriar High School teacher Tim Stephenson launched a program called Environmental and Spatial Technology, a hands-on, team-oriented, project-heavy program for teaching tomorrow?s lessons.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Technology Cornered Education
Today?s educators and students face new direction for learning.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Research Ripples Beyond Colleges
A $6 million National Institutes of Health grant awarded in October University of Arkansas is expected to create a network of research laboratories, spawn more graduate students and perhaps even attract high-tech industries to the state.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Breadth of Plan Helped Secure Grant
Lawrence Cornett is a professor of physiology and biophysics at UAMS and the statewide director of Arkansas BRIN. He said including institutions from across the state in the project?s proposal probably helped the UA System acquire the NIH grant.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
University of Arkansas Libraries Earns 3.5 Mice
The University of Arkansas libraries’ Web site is an excellent online resource for research.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Walton Re-structures Management
After years of having 21 different bank presidents and division heads reporting directly to him, Jim Walton is implementing a new regional management structure that will cut that number to eight.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Waschka Eyes Pinnacle
Larry Waschka and a nationally recognized authority on the stock market, was so taken with Rogers? Pinnacle Point commercial development recently that he?s interested in opening a branch office there.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Bird?s Ozark Oasis Opening
Bobby Wist of Fayetteville has applied for a beer permit for 1,400 SF of space in the Fayetteville Mercantile Building, but he has yet to sign a lease for the space.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Great Condos May Come
Great Northwest Development has several options for developing the 74-acre tract of land on the northeast corner of the intersection at Interstate 540 and New Hope Road in Rogers.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Bag it and Book ?em
Fayetteville lawyer Dan Ivy was recently found in contempt of court by Benton County Circuit Judge Tom Keith. But what happened next resembled a scene right out of the former television series Night Court.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Weems Claims Chapter 7
Marlon Weems, who formerly operated Weems & Co., an investment banking firm in the TCBY Tower in Little Rock, filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition on Sept. 10 in New Jersey, where he is living.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Denny?s Moving in
Longtime Springdale eatery Shoney?s Restaurant has closed, but the building will be occupied when Denny?s Restaurant moves in Dec. 1.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
The Largest Colleges and Universities
The University of Arkansas tops the list of the region’s largest colleges and universities.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
The Largest Private Schools
Shiloh Christian School of Springdale tops the list of the region’s largest private schools.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
Local Cases Prove Confidentiality Contracts? Worth
A couple of high-profile lawsuits in Northwest Arkansas illustrate the importance of documenting company policies.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
Confidentiality Agreement Legal But Tough to Defend
A company can avoid certain employee situations if it effectively covers its tracks while hiring.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
Road Warriors Make Nice with Talks
As much as political ideologues hate it, the middle of the road can be a worthwhile meeting ground for groups long at odds with each other.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
Walker Getting Bizys in East Fayetteville
Kirby Walker began construction in October on Bizys Express Cafe in Fayetteville?s Crossroads Shopping Center.