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Pinnacle Makes Point with Alltel

One of the area?s most upscale office parks is now offering off-the-scale wireless, dial-up and dial tone service.

King of Newroads Starts Wireless Firm

EarthLink Inc.?s $308 million buyout of OneMain.com in September spelled the end of the latter?s Fort Smith call center.

Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce

We were a little leery of this site at first glance. The home page is a little helter skelter, and at least one of our reviewers dubbed it ?overwhelming and jumbled.?

We whispered in our March 5 issue that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has ? for years ? been paying $30 per month for cable television service, then routing the cable to about 200 TV sets in and around the company?s headquarters building in Bentonville.

Sparking a Charge

Clients of now defunct Charger Inc. are beginning to receive some of Charger?s debts paid through its Chapter 7 bankruptcy filed Dec. 28, 1999.

Jumping Aboard at Arvest

Susan Barrett and Matt Mawby were recently elected to the board of directors at Arvest Bank in Rogers.

Bentonville Lights Up

John Denson, owner of Stogie?s Fine Cigars Tobaccos and Much More in the Old Post Office building on the Fayetteville Square, will be opening a new store soon in Bentonville.

No Mas Dishonorable Discharge

Simmons Foods Inc. has complied with the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality on problems involving discharges into the Arkansas River from one of its Van Buren plants.

Peek-a-boo, Ic-all

Internet video streamer ic-all.com wants to expand into Northwest Arkansas. The St. Louis company is still developing a local sales team, but establishing a base here within the year is a real possibility.

A Pool of Rumors Whirls

Despite a tip that we received, the Whirlpool Fort Smith Division of Whirlpool Corp. denies that it has had any major employee cutbacks.

Franchising the Love: Care Northwest to Top $1 Million

In 1996, Care Northwest Ltd. began developing a system of in-home services for seniors and their families.

Competitors Come Home Instead

Nursing homes have become only one option for elders and their families as assisted living companies gain momentum.

Regions Bank Plays ?Red Rover?

On Feb. 8, the Birmingham, Ala., bank bought Rebsamen Insurance Inc. of Little Rock for an undisclosed amount.

Regions Family Portrait

Regions Bank?s acquisitions of Rebsamen?s Insurance Inc. and Morgan Keegan Inc. will make for a powerful combination.

Food Tax Too High?

Within the past six months, the sales tax in Fayetteville increased by 2 percent, bringing the total to 8.125 percent for most goods and services, 10.125 percent at restaurants and 12.125 percent at hotels.

Fayetteville Sales Taxes

Manry Fills Gibson?s NW Bank of America Post

Bank of America has a new pointman in northwest Arkansas ? Larry A. Manry.

BES Plans Large, Upscale Complex for Bentonville

Kevin Harrison, project manager for BES LLC, says a hotel/convention center and three office buildings planned in Bentonville will be an $80 million-$100 million project.

Bar Owners Plan Dickson Street Theater

The owners of JR?s Lightbulb Club and Pizzeria plan a ?multi-type venue? in the building on Fayetteville?s Dickson Street that previously housed Adam?s Outfitters.

Software Company Bought by Election.com

CMIS Inc., the Fayetteville election software firm, is purchased by Election.com Inc. of Garden City, N.Y.

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson

Dope Medicinal Wellness opens Fayetteville clinic

Fort Smith metro job numbers up less than 1% in September report