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Digging Digital

Cox Communications prepares to replace old cable in Fayetteville with a digitally compressed analog fiber-optics line, giving cable viewers 200 channels instead of 60.

Siccardi Flying With Coenco Success

Coordinated Environmental Control Inc. has bought a turboprop to help it take care of business in 30 states.

St. Edward Pushes CEO and Web

Clients of St. Edward Mercy Medical Center in Fort Smith take their suggestions to the top.

TWA/American Deal May Affect XNA

The pending merger agreement between American Airlines and Trans World Airlines may affect air travel between the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport and St. Louis.

Frank Fletcher Opens Daewoo Lot

Frank Fletcher Daewoo opens with about 50 of the new Korean-made vehicles on the Rogers lot.

Behind the Berlin Wal-Mart

On a street named for the antithesis of capitalism, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. fights for a toehold in the land of Aldi, Germany’s dominant retailer.

Nursing Homes Face Quality Assurance Fee

Nursing homes seek funds for a new Medicaid payment system.

Garden.com Sells Assets to Walmart.com, Burpee

Garden.com, an online gardening products retailer, says it has sold its Web page content assets to Walmart.com.

ADEQ Targets Simmons Foods for Illegal Spill

A surprise inspection at one of Simmons Foods Inc.?s Van Buren plants finds evidence of a wrongful spill into the Arkansas River.

New Poultry Trailers to Aid Companies

Cobb-Vantress Inc. of Siloam Springs and Smithway Inc. of Fairview, N.C., test a vehicle that could reduce chicken fatalities during transportation.

State Courts Declare Payday Lenders Usurious

Arkansas judges are declaring check-cashing agreements invalid, and the rulings are leaving payday lenders no legal recourse for collecting on an estimated $12 million in contracts that judges effectively have labeled void.

Revolutionary Trailers Should Ease Chicks? Trips

Cobb-Vantress has helped a North Carolina company develop a new trailer aimed at reducing losses of chickens in transit.

Springdale has Biotech Superman

Springdale native Kevin Clark, chief operating officer of ImmunoVision Inc., pushes biotechnology forward on professional and personal levels.

AERT Offsets Texas Trouble

AERT has good news, bad news for shareholders.

Photo Security Cards Come to N.W. Arkansas

So far, Bank of America says, more than 5,000 customers have requested and received the new cards.

NWA Community Foundation in Giving Mood in 2000

Thirty-one nonprofit agencies in Northwest Arkansas received a total of $779,920.

ABF Chief to Lead Trade Association

David E. Stubblefield, CEO of ABF Freight System Inc., is the new chairman of the Motor Freight Carriers Association.

Xtreme Outlet Offers Brand-Name Bargains

Xtreme Outlet opens to offer a revolving stock of high-profile labels such as Nike, Reebok and Ralph Lauren at a lower price than any other discount store.

New Computer Strategy Dawns at Delta Systems

The success of Delta Systems Inc.?s SoftFlow software has readied it to expand into the online retail business.

Jim?s Fiberglass Repair Targets Tubs

Douglas Copeland mainly repairs cracks, holes and weak spots in bathtubs through his new business, Jim?s Fiberglass Repair.

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

Opinions differ on use of former ACME Brick property