by - September 18, 2000 12:00 am
Advertisers in Northwest Arkansas seem to be happy with the area’s newspaper war. The competition has resulted in basically the same advertising rates at the two regional newspapers when cost-per-thousand…
by - September 18, 2000 12:00 am
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has denied rumors that the editorial staffs of the Northwest Arkansas Times and The Benton County Daily Record would be slashed by two-thirds in the wake of…
by - September 18, 2000 12:00 am
We knew something was brewing, so is was little surprise when Clear Channel Communications Inc. announced it was purchasing Donrey Media Group’s outdoor advertising division. Actually, it was Eller Media…
by - September 18, 2000 12:00 am
Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. announced on Sept. 11 that its largest subsidiary, ABF Freight System Inc., had chosen its 2001 Load Team. The group of freight-handling professionals, selected based…
by - September 18, 2000 12:00 am
In conjunction with its diminishing Fayetteville presence, Edgewater Technologies Inc. announced on Sept. 11 that its Edgewater Technology division has expanded its presence in the Midwest by opening a new…
by - September 18, 2000 12:00 am
Trinity Temple Assembly of God in Fayetteville on Aug. 23 secured a $500,000 loan from First National Bank of Springdale for a large, multi-purpose building. Construction began in September on…
by - September 18, 2000 12:00 am
Mercari Technologies Inc. of Fayetteville got $20 million in venture capital funding Sept. 6 from a group of investors led by Baltimore-based ABS Ventures, the venture capital arm of Duetche…
by - September 18, 2000 12:00 am
Northwest Arkansas is quickly becoming a haven for geostationary satellite technology. Two weeks after the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal first reported that Virtual Satellite Corp. is locating and marketing its…
by - September 18, 2000 12:00 am
Shaun Jackson of Design Inc. in Ann Arbor, Mich., has come up with a novel idea — a computer carrying case that actually allows users to operate laptop computers on…
by - September 18, 2000 12:00 am
Six members of the Arkansas congressional delegation joined Gov. Mike Huckabee on Sept. 10 in asking President Clinton to pardon an executive of Tyson Foods Inc. in Springdale. The governmental…
by - September 18, 2000 12:00 am
Osage Partners on July 14 got a $2.1 million loan from Community Bank of Northwest Arkansas to build a 20,000-SF office complex at Pinnacle Point in Rogers. Osage Partners consists…
by - September 18, 2000 12:00 am
ARC Construction Co. of Centerton on Aug. 2 got a $1.4 million loan from Bank of Bentonville to build the infrastructure of a large new subdivision in Centerton. The subdivision…
by - September 18, 2000 12:00 am
Kirk Elsass and John David Lindsey of L&E Equity Investments secured six loans in August totaling $754,375 from First Federal Bank of Rogers to build the final six houses at…
by - September 18, 2000 12:00 am
Bill Lazenby of Lazenby Construction on Aug. 24 secured a loan of $539,200 from McIlroy Bank & Trust of Fayetteville to build two houses in one of Fayetteville’s newest upscale…
by - September 18, 2000 12:00 am
Ditching Fayetteville utility could help Slammed with a royalty lawsuit for more than $100 million, Southwestern Energy Co. administrators agreed to ultimately change the direction of the business. A casualty…
by - September 18, 2000 12:00 am
The way has been cleared for an elaborate trial in which a veteran judge for the Workers’ Compensation Commission will argue that she was fired for being “too fair” to…
by - September 18, 2000 12:00 am
Candlemart.com Fayetteville www.candlemart.com The dot-com subsidiary of Hanna’s Candles Inc. in Fayetteville, Candlemart.com is a true click-and-mortar retailer of candles, aromatherapy merchandise and bath and body products. The division and…
by - September 18, 2000 12:00 am
Springdale-based trucking company Charger Inc. closed after filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Dec. 28, but that didn’t stop former owner Mike Bradley from purchasing a $480,000 home Aug. 4 in…
by - September 18, 2000 12:00 am
Around 7 a.m. on Sept. 13, we found an envelope left anonymously on the front step of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. It contained a copy of a page from…
by - September 18, 2000 12:00 am
Times editor Rita Martin-Basu said she killed the article. “I first saw Randal’s column while I was proofing it on a page on deadline,” Basu said. “I saw that the…
