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Wal-Mart Brass Bags Big Bucks

Together, the top five Wal-Mart leaders earned 43.3 percent of the total compensation for public-company executives in Northwest Arkansas.

Northwest Arkansas Mall Food Court Offers Standard Fare

We don?t normally head to the mall to eat lunch, but lots of folks work there or find themselves shopping there during the noon hour, so the food court is the logical choice.

Tusk?s Bottling Co. to Open on Dickson

Jim Oliver is renovating the building at 200 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville to reopen it as Tusk?s Bottling Co. by the third week of October.

Shakey?s Custard, Says ?y? Not

Shakey?s Frozen Custard has dropped the ?y.?

Nibbles Moves to Original Site

Suzie Stephens has moved Nibbles Food Emporium back to its original location at 3290 N. Lee Ave. in Fayetteville.

Everybody?s Food Co. Takes Over Anne?s Cafe Spot

David Rodriguez opened Everybody?s Food Co. in July in a space on the south side of the downtown Fayetteville square that previously was occupied by Ann?s Cafe, owned by Ron and Ann Welker.

Wal-Mart Sells 500,000 American Flags

On Sept. 11, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. saw sales of gasoline cans jump by 900 percent and television antennas by 400 percent at its 2,600 stores across the United States.

Survey Says Applicants Don?t Do Proper Homework

Accountemps Inc. of Menlo Park, Calif., which operates a Springdale office, asked 150 executives from 1,000 of the nation?s largest firms about the most frequent mistakes made by candidates during job interviews.

Chamber Uses Web to Attract R?sum

The Rogers-Lowell Chamber of Commerce is already getting results from the latest features introduced on its Web site, www.rogerslowell.com.

American, Northwest Cancel XNA Flights

Three of the 46 round-trip flights leaving the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) were canceled permanently in the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, said Scott Van Laningham, executive director of the airport in Highfill.

ABF Freight Provides New Service to Mexico

ABF Freight System Inc., the largest division of Fort Smith?s Arkansas Best Corp., announced it is now providing daily direct service to Juarez and Chihuahua, Mexico, after gaining border clearance through El Paso, Texas.

Small Business Development Center Supported by Statistical Study

Small Business Development Center clients created 1,175 new jobs in Arkansas in 1999, according to a study released by the University of Arkansas SBDC.

Traveler by Andr? Totes Upscale Luggage

Northwest Arkansas resident Willie Ming co-owns and manages Traveler by Andr?, a new luggage and travel accessory store in the Three Sisters building on Dickson Street in Fayetteville.

Midwest Aero Inc. Opens Repair-Hangar

On the east side of the runway at Carter Field in Rogers, Carl and Lois Kinney opened Midwest Aero Inc., an airplane maintenance, inspection and repair shop.

Morning News Trims Staff

The Morning News laid off two full-time editorial employees and one half-timer in mid-September.

Local Papers Give Extra Effort

Newspapers showed a lot of initiative in coverage of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, but in an age of instant communications, TV has an advantage when it comes to covering breaking international stories.

This Time They Were There

We would like to commend the D-G for sending Dan Zehr, a business writer, and Rick McFarland, a photographer, to New York to cover the aftermath of the attacks.

AERT Announces Increased Sales

Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. announced a 15 percent increase in gross sales for July and August over figures from the comparable period of 2000.

Beverly Announces Plans to Appeal Ruling

Beverly Enterprises Inc. of Fort Smith told the Associated Press that it will appeal a National Labor Relations Board ruling that the chain illegally laid off hundreds of employees following a 1996 strike in Pennsylvania.

Delta Systems Heads for Canadian Market

Delta Systems Inc. announced on Sept. 26 that it has finalized the terms of a proposed rights offering and has engaged First Associates Investments Inc. to act as soliciting dealer in connection with the transaction.

Westerman’s SPEED Act accelerates to the Senate

Fort Smith Metro News Briefs: ACME input now online, UAFS students receive SURF grants

Arkansas to lead National Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeship expansion

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