by - April 10, 2006 12:00 am
According to Weiss Ratings Inc. of Jupiter, Fla., Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Little Rock was one of the strongest HMO and health insurers in the state for the third quarter of 2005, and five companies in Arkansas were rated as the weakest.
by - April 10, 2006 12:00 am
The McIntosh Group Inc., an advertising agency based in Fort Smith, merges with Rockfish Studio, a Fayetteville-based interactive design and communications firm, to form Rockfish Interactive.
by - April 10, 2006 12:00 am
On April 4, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced that it would build more than 50 stores in struggling urban neighborhoods over the next two years to create jobs.
by - April 10, 2006 12:00 am
Several technology companies are prepping to move their offices around the University of Arkansas, the Genesis Technology Incubator and the Innovation Center located at the UA Research and Technology Park in south Fayetteville.
by - April 10, 2006 12:00 am
The Springdale office of Technisource opened its doors to about 30 IT professionals on March 28 to discuss a variety of software options that help increase network efficiencies.
by - April 10, 2006 12:00 am
Northwest Arkansas is working to make sure locals have ample, clean supply of water, including creation of a watershed, implementing programs and providing education to real estate professionals.
by - April 10, 2006 12:00 am
KonaWare Inc., based in Menlo Park, Calif., which has has an office in Harrison, is close to closing on $3 million in investment capital.
by - April 10, 2006 12:00 am
Arkansas Venture Forum is coming back to Northwest Arkansas and is scheduling dates for sometime in October.
by - April 10, 2006 12:00 am
The 29th annual Joe Martin Stage Race is set for May 12-14 in Fayetteville.
by - April 10, 2006 12:00 am
Clete Brewer, founder of StaffMark Inc., established an endowment professorship in the Walton College of Business.
by - April 10, 2006 12:00 am
The Walton Arts Center has solicited bids for a feasibility study for a larger performing arts venue in Northwest Arkansas.
by - April 10, 2006 12:00 am
Lowe?s is looking at a location next to the Wal-Mart Supercenter on Arkansas Highway 412 in Siloam Springs.
by - April 10, 2006 12:00 am
The Northwest Arkansas Museum Foundation has gathered $135,000 in seed money and is close to becoming a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation.
by - April 10, 2006 12:00 am
The Walton Family Foundation tops the list of the region’s largest nonprofit organizations.
by - March 27, 2006 12:00 am
Deciding what kind of home to build and where to build it isn?t an exact science. Appraisers are charged with determining a house?s value at an given time.
by - March 27, 2006 12:00 am
Experts say there?s an oversupply of upscale residential lots in Northwest Arkansas. But some sellers of those lots disagree.
by - March 27, 2006 12:00 am
If you build it, they might not come. That?s what Fort Smith developers are thinking when it comes to upscale spec houses. A struggling economy and the possibility of Beverly Enterprises leaving has builders shying away from specs.
by - March 27, 2006 12:00 am
So much has been written about diversity in the workplace that some business executives feel it is a trend that will eventually fade away, only to be replaced by another hot management nuance. Those executives are wrong.
by - March 27, 2006 12:00 am
Even without what most would call a major attraction such as the Grand Canyon, a sea coast, casino gambling or a Great White Way, Arkansas pulls in plenty of people to fuel the state?s tourism business.
by - March 27, 2006 12:00 am
From hogs to homes, Charles Reaves transformed the Shadow Valley landscape into a community boasting not ?just? 900 lots, but a way of living in the 534-acre subdivision. Includes the 2006 Neighborhood Profile of Phase I of the subdivision.
