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Grinch May Steal Retail Christmas

Retail sales lag nationally during November, but Wal-Mart Stores Inc. weathers the storm with a modest 4.4 increase in same-store sales.

The Priority Is to Keep Tech Firms in Town

Arkansas? budding telecommunications sector has the potential to rid the state of its hillbilly image and turn its Northwest corridor into a mecca of technology.

Triad and What?s True

Triad Health Partners closes on property for construction of a new hospital in Bentonville.

Patio or Parking?

Will owners of the C.D. Lounge be able to get their plan to turn a Dickson Street parking lot into a patio past the Fayetteville Planning Commission?

Nutt?n Here

Razorback head football coach Houston Nutt doesn’t show for an awards ceremony attended by 100 high school athletes and their families.

Rolling Down the Road

The word is that entrepreneur Mike Jeffcoat plans to buy the Suzuki portion of the Best Buick Pontiac GMC Suzuki dealership in Rogers and reopen under the name of Razorback Suzuki.

Pizza, Anyone?

Mike Jeffcoat buys a Springdale restaurant on 8th Street that he will reopen as a pizzeria.

Year?s Headlines Include Hogs, Roosters, Flies

We saw tree sitting, another daily newspaper war and a lawyer-turned-fly killer in Northwest Arkansas. Business as usual? Yes, but only because there is rarely anything usual about it.

Man-o-Mana, Vendor Bites Dust

Mexican American-Native American Corp. of Bentonville enjoyed three years as a high-flying vendor to Wal-Mart before legal troubles, mismanagement and AT&T hit.

Merger Pays Off for Thompson Murray

Thompson Murray evolved from two companies heading in different directions to become a brand consulting and advertising agency combo.

Cargill Urges Consumers to Beware of Recalled Items

Cargill Turkey Products warns consumers to beware of its recalled turkey deli products.

Dutch Firm to Buy Loislaw.com

Arkansas? only Web-based information technology company, Loislaw.com Inc., agrees to be acquired by Dutch publisher Wolters Kluwer NV in a $95 million deal.

NWACC Sets Fund-Raising Record

The Northwest Arkansas Community College Foundation in Rogers sees its best fund-raising year ever, with more than $2.5 million in donations in 2000.

UA Board Expected to Approve Westark Merger

B. Alan Sugg, president of the UA system, says he expects the board of trustees on Friday to approve a proposal allowing Westark College into the system.

Tyson Foods Begins Offer to Buy IBP Stock

Tyson Foods begins a cash offer for IBP for $26 a share; Arkansas? elected officials ask President Clinton to pardon Tyson?s Archie Schaffer.

High-Tech Companies to Rattle Region

Major 2001 initiatives are expected from Beta-Rubicon LLC of Fayetteville and Virtual Incubation Corp.

Rockline Throws Rockin? Employee Parties

The turnover rate at Springdale’s Rockline Industries Inc. drops dramatically, thanks in part to events like Employee Appreciation Celebration Day.

Bosses Crack Down on Work-Time Surfing

“If they’re spending 30 minutes eBaying for Barbie doll clothes, they need to do that at home,” says the director of the University of Arkansas’ Small Business Development Center.

Ervin & Co. Accounts for Growth

Through acquisitions, Ervin & Co. CPAs PA of Fayetteville has grown to what is believed to be the largest single-practitioner accounting business in Arkansas.

Pizzeria to Trim Virtual Services (Web Review)

Eureka Pizza’s Web site says it will trim down it’s virtual services after online ordering flops.

Opinions differ on use of former ACME Brick property

Jones Center raises $310,000 at ‘Big Night’

Colliers | Arkansas to manage Regions Center; firm closes 2 major deals for $10.7M

Architect Reese Rowland honored with AIA Arkansas E. Fay Jones gold medal