by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
Cafe Santa Fe Closes Two Franchises
Cafe Santa Fe has closed two of its franchise restaurants and repossessed another two from franchisees Sad and Frances Haleema, known collectively as Abu-Haleema Enterprises.
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by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
Copeland?s Breaks Ground on Rogers Restaurant
Construction began in September on an 8,000-SF Copeland?s Famous New Orleans Restaurant and Bar in Rogers.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
Once and For All Tyson Acquires IBP
Tyson Foods Inc. finally completed the long-awaited buyout of meatpacking power IBP Inc. from Dakota Dunes, S.D.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
XNA Hires Extra Security Officers
The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport in Highfill has hired four additional security officers to patrol the facility in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorism.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
UA Teams with UVA on Clinton Project
The University of Arkansas will work with the University of Virginia to conduct the Clinton History Project, chronicling the life of the nation?s 42nd President, the UA announced on Oct. 5.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
Administration Breaks Ground for New Benton County Hospital
On Oct. 9, officials from Northwest Health System broke ground for a new 221,000-SF facility that will replace Bates Medical Center in Bentonville.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
Pricey Insurance Offers Last Stop
Recently, Northwest Arkansas company leaders have seen some peers lose painful battles with employees who filed claims with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
Legal Dream Team Starts With Everett
Northwest Arkansas? top lawyers come from diverse backgrounds.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
Baldor Electric Co. Rides Out Downturn
Baldor Electric Co. has gained a reputation for doing a mean impersonation of the American economy.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
Law Firm Suffers Rare Court Defeat
Wilkes & McHugh, the law firm whose very name causes nursing home operators and their insurers to tremble, lost a case in Russellville on Sept. 27.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
Ticketsage Markets Box-Office Service
Before opening the doors to his new box-office business, Ticketsage Inc. owner Stephen Cassar invested two years and $250,000 to research and develop the necessary software.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
Sparks Fly at New Springdale Welding Shop
In September, Soto fired up his welding torch for the first time to make money for his own business, Quality Steel and Fabrication.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
Cobbs Launches Multimedia Production Studio
After his career in television production, Barry Cobbs moved his family from California to Northwest Arkansas and opened Live Light Media Services Inc.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
Daily Record Names Ramos Night Editor
Steve Ramos was recently named night editor of Bentonville?s Benton County Daily Record, a section of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
Morning News? Caldwell Got it Right
It was good to see The Morning News give proper play on its sports section front to the news that six arrest warrants were recently issued for Brandon Holmes.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
Daily Record Looks Good, Times Doesn?t
Separate redesigns in August of two D-G sections ? the Benton County Daily Record and the Northwest Arkansas Times in Fayetteville ? could not have had more drastically different results.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
Bassett Still King of the Mountain
W.W. ?Bill? Bassett said he remembers being the youngest member of the local bar association. Now Bassett, a 1949 graduate of the University of Arkansas Law School, said he?s one of the oldest.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
Beverly Announce Earnings Expectations
Beverly Enterprises Inc. officials expect earnings from operations, before special charges, of 13 cents a diluted share for the third quarter of 2001 and 14 cents for the fourth quarter.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
Delta Systems Scores Seattle Deal
Bentonville?s Delta Systems Inc., the automation and motion control company, has signed yet another big client.
by - October 15, 2001 12:00 am
CEO Approved to Buy National Home Centers
National Home Centers Inc. of Springdale announced on Oct. 5 that its board of directors has approved a revised offer from chairman and CEO, Dwain Newman, to buy all of the company?s outstanding stock he doesn?t already own for about $3.6 million.