by - July 6, 2004 12:00 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville and Acxicom Corp. of Little Rock were named in Computerworld magazine?s June 14 issue that ranked the top 100 best companies to work for in information technology.
by - July 6, 2004 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to require its top 300 vendors to have radio frequency identification tags on crates and pallets by January 2006.
by - July 6, 2004 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on June 28 lowered its sales forecast for the month of June citing cool weather and weak Father?s Day sales.
by - July 6, 2004 12:00 am
Geno’s Pizza by the Slice in Fayetteville’s UARK Bowl building received two stars in our restaurant review.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
The Nolan Richardson federal discrimination lawsuit against the University of Arkansas may make for splashy headlines, but win or lose, may not have any long-term impact.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Cameron Smith runs the world’s largest executive search firm specializing in vendors to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Not taking a vacation or checking with the office while on vacation can lead to stress, illness and job burnout.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Employee retention is a great way to reduce annual taxes on a business.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
NorthWest Arkansas Community College’s Shewmaker Center for Workforce Technologies in Bentonville has a new dean and new $4.6 million facility.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Team-building is essential for a healthy company, but things like forced sumo wrestling might be carrying it a bit too far.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
The Haynes family of Rogers, whose properties include upscale, mixed-use developments, pay $2.02 million for 17.5 acres on the north side of Johnson Road in Johnson.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Seth Kaffka, a former loan officer at Community Bank of North Arkansas, just joined forces with Brandon Barber to become president of The Barber Group.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Securities Commission calls Business Journal after reading about Valentin Guaranteed Home Mortgage, which the commission discovered was under the umbrella of Guaranteed Home Mortgage of New York.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
A recent Los Angeles Business Journal feature on its wealthiest citizens made us think ? there’s probably still more money in Northwest Arkansas than Beverly Hills.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Developers Ronnie Hissom and Gary Combs said infrastructure, including a stepped water treatment plant, will cost at least $6.5 million at their 200-home development Waterford Estates near Goshen.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Fans of the Arkansas Razorbacks football team have been finding bargains in Benton County’s new hotels, which cater to Wal-Mart vendors and are usually empty on the weekends.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
University of Arkansas department chairpeople were busy in late June trying to spend down their reserve accounts before the end of the fiscal year on June 30.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Allen W. Bird lll, a former Rose Law Firm attorney, now faces a civil lawsuit of more than $6 million generated from his alleged mishandling of a bankruptcy case that started nearly two decades ago.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Baldwin & Shell Construction Co. of Rogers has started site work on a 167,000-SF building project for the Church at Pinnacle Hills in Rogers.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
The McIntosh Group Inc., a brand development company in Fort Smith, opened an office on the downtown Bentonville square on June 1. It is the first satellite office for the 13-year-old-company.
