by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
There’s a been a musical chairs sort of shake-up, albeit a friendly one, among three Fayetteville financial services companies recently. First, Llama Asset Management Co. hired Kerry Watkins, a certified…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
As of Jan. 11, Ozark Baking & Catering of Fayetteville will no longer serve breakfast and lunch, but the establishment will continue to cater events, serve baked goods and will…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
Stockholders aren’t the only ones watching Wal-Mart Stores Inc. stock rise.Bloomberg Personal Finance magazine picked the Bentonville-based retailer for its list of the year’s 100 hot stocks. But Wal-Mart’s 98.46…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
Magnetek is going for good this time. After announcing last March it would close its Prairie Grove plant and eliminate 105 jobs over the next nine months, the company managed…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
Quorum Health Group is paying $66 million for real estate owned by Northwest Health Systems Inc. of Springdale. The deal was finalized Dec. 4. The sale included the 222-bed Northwest…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
Woodland Plaza at 700 N. 13th St. in Rogers has sold, but its four tenants are staying. Schmeiding Enterprises Inc. of Springdale bought the professional building Dec. 3 for $700,000…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
Air America Aviation LLC of Springdale is building a 20,000-SF hangar at the Springdale Airport. The company received a $650,000 construction loan Dec. 21 from McIlroy Bank & Trust of…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
A Rogers eyesore is being turned into the state’s first semiconductor processing equipment manufacturing plant. The former Gordos electronic component manufacturing plant at 1000 N. 2nd St. in Rogers was…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
Richard Alexander and Robert Merry-Ship bought the old Pyatt Building at 205 N. College Ave. for $360,000 through their North College Development Co. Alexander and Merry-Ship purchased the 8,500-SF property…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
There’s a move afoot by several Northwest Arkansas Internet service providers to form a local association — a group that they hope will give them greater lobbying power and provide…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
The board of Dillard’s Inc. has declared a cash dividend of 4 cents per share on class A and B common stock. The dividend is payable Feb. 1 to shareholders…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
Hudson Foods Inc. and two former employees entered “not guilty” pleas Jan. 5 to federal charges that they lied during a government investigation that led to the largest meat recall…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
Treadco Inc. has settled its dispute with Bandag Inc. and certain of Bandag’s current and former employees. Under the settlement terms, Treadco received a one-time payment and will report additional…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
Century 21 Cupit Street Realtors of Fayetteville scored a major coup Dec. 18 when it merged with Cooper Homes Realty in Bella Vista. Cooper Homes, a division Cooper Communities, the…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
Two Northwest Arkansas consulting firms have created an alliance with a third firm to integrate and combine their services in OSHA consulting, compliance programs and training and other areas. Mike…
by - January 1, 1999 12:00 am
After 10 years in BudgeText Corp.’s retail sales division, Park Anders was promoted two years ago to the family business’ corporate offices in Fayetteville. Now BudgeText’s vice president of operations,…
by - January 1, 1999 12:00 am
Jennifer Apolskis, 32, grew up in North Little Rock and earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Arkansas in 1990. From 1991 to 1994, she was a…
by - January 1, 1999 12:00 am
A former lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, Matt Bodishbaugh, 33, has come full circle. The Fayetteville native says the reasons he left Northwest Arkansas after graduating from the University of…
by - January 1, 1999 12:00 am
He studied business and economics at Hendrix College in Conway, but that doesn’t mean Nat Bothwell, 28, had dreams of being a banker. Marketing was his intended profession. But Bothwell…
by - January 1, 1999 12:00 am
J. Kevin Brown, 32, has trouble telling work from play. The vice president for information systems at StaffMark Inc. has been working with computer systems since his freshman year at…
