Author: Talk Business & Politics

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Wealthiest Profiles

Walton Family $51.5 billion, Bentonville Country’s wealthiest family, owns 38 percent of world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Phenomenal growth of nearly 880 million shares of stock (mostly held in…

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Scholars Snub

With more than 450 Chancellor’s Scholarships being tossed at the best high school graduates in the state, University of Arkansas administrators thought enrollment in the UA’s College of Arts and…

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Plugging the Brain Drain

One of the main objectives of John A. White, who took over a year ago as UA chancellor, is to lure the state’s best students by offering Chancellor’s Scholarships —…

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Neffer Nefferland

Kent Neff, a former Rogers resident who now lives in Miami, and Dr. Jeff Erickson of Rogers plan to begin construction by the end of July on a 300-acre residential…

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1,000 Buyers

This seems to be a banner year for Harris McHaney Shearin Realtors in Rogers. The state’s largest real estate agency has already reached the 1,000th buyer for the year, a…

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Found Home

The University of Arkansas Foundation, the fundraising arm for academics at the university, will have new quarters before year’s end. We hear the foundation expects to leave its cramped but…

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AERT Patent

Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. finally has its key patent. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office notified the Springdale-based company last February that its application had been approved, but the…

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Black Gold, Arkansas Tea

A Canadian oil company will begin drilling soon on a well in western Arkansas in the famed Arkoma Basin. The company, Hegco Canada Inc., recently received the funding necessary to…