by - November 5, 2007 12:00 am
Budget cuts for the U.S. Department of Education have cost Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas, which serves Benton and Washington counties, about $100,000 for its 2008 budget.
by - November 5, 2007 12:00 am
The number of financial planning designations is increasing, so it’s important to know what those letters after someone’s name means.
by - November 5, 2007 12:00 am
Business succession plans can help ease transitions of family companies by mitigating tax burden and lessening the chances of sibling squabbles.
by - November 5, 2007 12:00 am
The 2006 Pension Protection Act included an IRA charitable rollover provision which permits people age 70 and-a-half and older to make up to $100,000 worth of charitable gifts directly from an Individual Retirement Account through December 31, 2007.
by - November 5, 2007 12:00 am
While the average homeowner is unlikely to see a $250,000 change in the value of their home in 12 months, all homeowners should consider the likelihood that their home equity is less than they think.
by - November 5, 2007 12:00 am
The top 99 executives at Arkansas’ 21 public companies together earned more than $197 million in 2006.
by - November 5, 2007 12:00 am
For the first time since the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal began tracking SEC-registered investment advisers, a firm has surpassed Garrison Asset Management in terms of managed assets.
by - November 5, 2007 12:00 am
Risk management boils down to a relationship between a client’s fear and greed according to Jim Blount of The Point Financial Group.
by - November 5, 2007 12:00 am
Young professionals? propensity to spend and lack of interest in saving for the future have many investors looking for ways to get those under 40 on the savings bandwagon.
by - November 5, 2007 12:00 am
Many would-be entrepreneurs see the idea of a Web store as an inexpensive alternative to bricks and mortar. And this is true, to an extent.
by - November 5, 2007 12:00 am
Surfing You-Tube for office funnies, chatting up colleagues in the hall or piddling with low-priority projects are ways to spend the business day. Rolling up your sleeves and tackling initiatives that bring real value to your company and customers are inv
by - November 5, 2007 12:00 am
New and new-to-the market banks are stunting the deposit growth of the larger, more established banks in Northwest Arkansas.
by - November 5, 2007 12:00 am
The new Sam’s Club liquor store in Fayetteville represents a challenge to retailers in the $50 million Washington County market.
by - November 5, 2007 12:00 am
An article in The Wall Street Journal in October reminds us that nothing remains the same forever.
by - November 5, 2007 12:00 am
I started my business in 2002 with less than $50 in my pocket. Last year our revenue was $2.4 million.
by - November 5, 2007 12:00 am
If you must endure meetings, make them productive.
by - November 5, 2007 12:00 am
You want to buy a house. You have no job, not enough income to buy the house you want, own a business or for some other reason do not want to disclose your financial information to your friendly mortgage broker. Welcome to the Liar Loan.
by - November 5, 2007 12:00 am
On Oct. 15 Crossland Construction bought a $7.24 million building permit for the construction of The Lofts at Underwood Plaza in Fayetteville.
by - November 5, 2007 12:00 am
Retail observers monitoring the ongoing high-definition DVD format battle between Toshiba-backed HD-DVD and Sony?s Blu-Ray are still waiting on Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to take a side.
by - October 22, 2007 12:00 am
New diagnostic and surgical technologies are improving patient outcomes at Northwest Health System.
