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NWACF Awards $95K to Nonprofits

Northwest Arkansas Community Foundation Inc. has awarded $95,750 in grants to ten regional nonprofit organizations.

Triad Partners With Sparks

Sparks Health System in Fort Smith agreed Oct. 28 to a partnership with Triad Hospitals Inc. to operate the health system and build a new hospital.

Baldor Program Pays for Itself

Baldor Electric Co. officials have always prided themselves on the energy-efficient motors produced at the company?s plants worldwide and at its headquarters in Fort Smith.

Mexico Viejo Good For The Price (Business Lunch)

Mexico Viejo gets a three-star food review.

Bed Bugs Offers Unique Items, Looks To Add More

Offering unique gifts and home d?cor for babies and children, Bed Bugs of Rogers has found a niche in Northwest Arkansas. Lisa Gray opened the store in May, catering to young couples and families in the area.

RabBoar Provides Tech Solutions To Local Businesses

Having offered information technology services to large companies since 1992, RabBoar Enterprises recently began offering specialized information-technology services to local businesses.

Nexstar Buys NBC 24/51

JDG Television of Muskogee, Okla., sold its Fayetteville television station,, NBC 24/51, KPOM/KFAA, to Nexstar Broadcasting Group of Irving, Texas, on Oct. 16.

Audit Docks Newspaper Circ

The Audit Bureau of Circulations has docked The Morning News? ?average paid circulation? by 1,082 daily (Monday through Saturday) and 555 on Sundays for the 12-month period that ended March 31.

D-G Tells Wal-Mart How the Cow Ate the Cabbage (Opinion)

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette had an excellent editorial on Oct. 30 about 245 illegal workers being nabbed by U.S. immigration agents at 61 Wal-Mart stores.

Thanks for the Graphic (Opinion)

While we?re bragging on the Democrat-Gazette, we would also like to say thanks for publishing a chart every time the U.S. Department of Commerce issues new gross domestic product numbers.

P.A.M.?s Revenue Is up; Net is Down

P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. released its third quarter earnings on Oct. 27. While operating revenues increased 14 percent to $74.2 million compared with 2002?s third quarter tally of $65.1 million, net income decreased from 2002.

J.B. Hunt Increases 3Q Revenue 7 Percent

Lowell?s J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. reported a 7 percent increase in third quarter operating revenue from $583 million in 2002 to $622 million.

Wal-Mart Receives Target Letter

Wal-Mart officials said the company received a letter from the government on Oct. 31 saying that a federal grand jury is investigating the world?s largest retailer for violating immigration laws.

Wal-Mart to Roll Out Sam?s Clubs in Canada

Wal-Mart Canada Corp., a division of Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc., opened the first four Sam?s Club warehouse stores in Canada on Oct. 30 and said the warehouse outlets will become a national chain.

Income Drops for Triad Hospitals

?Doubtful accounts? led to a 68 percent decrease in net income for Triad Hospitals Inc. for the third quarter compared to the same three-month period in 2002, according to an earnings announcement on Oct. 27.

Wal-Mart is Largest ?Corporate Cash Giver?

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been recognized by Forbes magazine as the ?largest corporate cash giver? in the United States. The magazine cited The Chronicle of Philanthropy?s annual survey based on sales and cash donations for 2002.

Schwyharts Get Concorde Seats

Bill and Carolyn Schwyhart, the well-known Rogers developer and his wife, were supposed to win the charity auction for the last seats on the invitation-only, final charter flight of the Concorde on Oct. 22.

Tucker Buys out Alpha

Don Tucker has led a buyout of Springdale-based Alpha Pickup & Delivery.

Jail Progress Slowed

Progress on the Washington County Jail might have a severe case of ?he said/he said.?

Shaffer Wins Judgement

Although a $199,979 judgment was ordered against former Rose Law Firm lawyer Allen W. Bird III on Aug. 29 for fraudulent billing in a bankruptcy case, he has yet to pay it.

Oklahoma court ruling threatens poultry industry in Arkansas

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson