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Public Company Report – Wal-Mart Stores

The retailer announces plans to open 300 stores worldwide next year and shuts down its e-commerce site for remodeling.

Public Company Report – McLane and Beverly

James W. McLane, who has served as an executive in the health care, insurance and banking industries, has been elected to the board of directors of the nursing home company.

Outtakes – Morning News Blows Fuse

Its electrical system fried, the newspaper delivers the same edition to all its zoned areas.

Outtakes – Departure Affects News Zoning

The loss of Darin Bunch, in charge of redesign, causes “some manpower problems” at the Morning News.

Outtakes – Twice the News Coverage?

Duplication of coverage is noted as the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and CPI join forces.

New Edge Comes to Arkansas Cities

New Edge Networks of Vancouver, Wash., uses $77 million in venture capital to bring high-speed Internet access to Arkansas.

UA Students Receive Investment Fund

MBA students at the Sam M. Walton College of Business Administration will learn to invest and manage money firsthand this spring.

Tenants Are Sought for Mercantile Building

Partners who have poured $1 million into renovations are trying to get a restaurant and a bar for the Fayetteville building.

Mercantile Building Nears Completion

Cal Canfield has been working hard to land a restaurant and a bar for the Fayetteville Mercantile Building, but so far he’s had no luck. “We’ve had three restaurants who…

Baseball, Investing Prove a ‘Natural’ Fit (Michael W. Britt Commentary)

Imagine Roy Hobbs from the baseball movie, “The Natural,” bleeding business commentary in and out a broadcast from this year’s Subway Series … “Good evening, baseball fans, this is Roy…

Complaints Flood Banks and Fayetteville Officials

Bankers and city officials find themselves in deep water with mortgage holders over changes in Fayetteville?s flood insurance rate maps.

JBU Starts Web-Based Christian Radio Station

Internet users can get contemporary Christian music through John Brown University?s radio Web site, www.klrc.com.

Employers Warned About Germ Season

Most workplace illness is caused by employees who come in while they?re sick, experts say.

Southwestern Energy Drills for Major Overhaul

Ditching the Fayetteville utility would mean moving the company to Houston.

Banks, Fayetteville Flooded with Insurance Complaints

Bankers and city officials are finding themselves in hot water with borrowers over changes in Fayetteville’s flood insurance rate maps. The changes could cost business owners hundreds of dollars per…

Tulsa Stays Afloat with Flood Precautions

Fourteen inches of rain fell in Tulsa, Okla., on Memorial Day in 1984. The resulting flash flood killed 14 people and did more than $300 million in damage to businesses…

Major Rogers employer Bekaert Corp. connects an international legend of success across the sea from Belgium to Northwest Arkansas. A wholly owned subsidiary of the Bekaert Group of Zwevegem, Belgium,…

Rob Brothers/Banking Rainmaker

While several banks have carved their own niche in Benton County, Arvest Bank has a stronghold on the Rogers market. And president Rob Brothers is continuing the precedent set before…

No Ice, Yet, at Mercantile Building

Cal Canfield has been working hard to land a restaurant and a bar for the Fayetteville Mercantile Building, but so far he’s had no luck. r”We’ve had three restaurants who…

Business Lunch – The Market at Pinnacle Point

In keeping with our Rogers Rainmakers theme for this issue, The Market at Pinnacle Point has certainly managed to make something special happen with its most unique combination rest-aurant/retail food…

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

2nd cohort of new lithium accelerator shows innovations in Bentonville