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SKATE EMPORIUM

Owners: Dena Hazen and Sharon Bogan Address: 122 W. Emma Ave., Springdale, 72764 Phone: 927-3456 Hours: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays; 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays Start-Up Date:…

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Behind the Numbers…

Northwest Arkansas Business Journal and Arkansas Business rankings of the wealthiest Arkansans are not intended to be comprehensive and by their nature cannot be considered definitive. tInstead, the research provides…

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Cannon Express Trial Set

A $20 million lawsuit filed against Cannon Express Inc. of Springdale is scheduled for trial in September in Lufkin, Texas. The lawsuit is a consolidation of three separate suits filed…

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Boatmen?s Sued

A Benton County couple has filed suit against Boatmen’s National Bank of Northwest Arkansas, contending the bank illegally changed its lending policies after being acquired by NationsBank Corp. The suit…

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City Council Sees The Light

The plan for construction of a 2,228-SF McDonald’s restaurant in Fayetteville was almost aborted Tuesday because of a debate over the color of roof beams. McDonald’s wanted white. The Fayetteville…

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Arkansas Best

Arkansas Best Corp. announced that it signed a definitive agreement to sell Cardinal Freight Carriers Inc. for about $38 million in cash to an acquisition company organized by Golder, Thoma,…

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Crossover Station Refinanced

Cozart Properties LLC of Fayetteville received a $1.25 million mortgage from the Bank of Fayetteville on May 22 to refinance the debt the company incurred building a 5,171-SF retail outlet…

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Bank of Fayetteville Buys Lot

The Bank of Fayetteville bought a lot May 23 in the Crossroads Village Shopping Center (formerly the Glennwood Shopping Center) being developed at the corner of Arkansas Highways 45 and…

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Company Buys Building

Mark and Laura Schaefer of Fayetteville bought the 15,000-SF Metro Roofing Supply building in the Springdale Industrial Park on May 27 for $295,000 ($19.66 per SF). Schaefer is the branch…

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Marvin?s IGA Expanding

An expansion of the Marvin’s IGA store in Siloam Springs is being financed with a $1.3 million loan from the Bank of Gravett. Marvin’s Inc. of Salisaw, Okla., received the…

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Carlson Metals Sells Land

Triple Seven LLC bought five blocks of the Glenwood addition to Siloam Springs from Carlson Metals Corp. on May 15 for $326,667. Wayne Carlson signed the deed as president of…

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Wal-Mart Rocks

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville, the largest retailer in the world, is now trying to become the largest music retailer in the United States, according to an article in the…

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Wal-mart Online

The nation’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart Store’s Inc., is making moves to become the biggest on-line retailer with the addition of more than 100,000 titles to its music catalog. Wal-Mart Online,…

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Alltel Branching to Bentonville

Alltel Corp. is opening a new retail store July 1 on Walton Boulevard in Bentonville, says Mitch Johnson, vice president/general manager of western Arkansas. The new location will offer Alltel’s…