by - November 25, 2002 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Plans new Rogers Supercenter
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to build a new 200,000-SF Supercenter on the southeast corner of Pleasant Grove Road and Interstate 540 in Rogers.
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by - November 25, 2002 12:00 am
Banker Smith Co-Signed Howell Notes
Richard T. Smith, chairman and CEO of Smith Associated Banking Corp. (SABCO) of Hot Springs, helped the late M. David Howell Jr. of Little Rock line up investors and even co-signed some of the promissory notes that Howell issued in return.
by - November 25, 2002 12:00 am
Big House, Small Yard Becoming the Rule
Aside from a few notable exceptions, the trend for new upscale homes being built in Northwest Arkansas is that the business class prefers to spend little time on the exterior of their friendly confines.
by - November 25, 2002 12:00 am
?Fun Rooms? Picking Up Steam in Market
Fun rooms are becoming more popular in Northwest Arkansas, and there seems to be no end to just how much consumers can integrate into their households.
by - November 25, 2002 12:00 am
Lowell Kitchen Comes Together With Warmth
Kitchen Distributors carries factory-built kitchen models and does custom jobs. rnAnother company that does high-end custom pantry and laundry-room designs is Closets by Design in Springdale.
by - November 25, 2002 12:00 am
A Real Privy ? His and Her Master Baths
Master baths have been getting bigger, but a new trend may be separate baths for him and her.
by - November 25, 2002 12:00 am
Don?s Does Computers, Plasma
The centerpiece of upscale home theater systems are plasma-display screens, which can be used as television, DVD or video-game screens.
by - November 25, 2002 12:00 am
Olive Garden to Open Dec. 11
The long-awaited Olive Garden is scheduled to open Dec. 11 in Fayetteville?s Steel Crossing area ? 366 days after Darden Restaurants Inc. of Orlando, Fla., submitted a large-scale development with the city to build the restaurant.
by - November 25, 2002 12:00 am
Orient Express (Business Lunch Review)
We had a huge problem with the food at Orient Express in Bentonville ? we couldn?t eat it all.
by - November 25, 2002 12:00 am
Like a Dream Massage
Laura O?Connell has opened a massage-therapy clinic at 316 N. Eighth St., Rogers, sharing a building with a bridal shop.
by - November 25, 2002 12:00 am
Shreve Imaging
Don Shreve is taking his photography and journalism skills on the road in a mobile photography business catering to business and editorial needs.
by - November 25, 2002 12:00 am
Rent-a-DVD gets trial at Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart has started a ?trial? online DVD rental service that appears to be a direct challenge to Netflix, which was founded in 1998 by Reed Hastings and has more than 742,000 subscribers.
by - November 25, 2002 12:00 am
Brass Eagle Inc.
Sales for the quarter ended Sept. 30 jumped 40.4 percent to $21.9 million from $15.6 million in the comparable quarter of 2001 for Brass Eagle Inc.
by - November 25, 2002 12:00 am
Cannon Express Inc.
Cannon Express Inc. announced on Oct. 14 that it had revenues of $18.8 million for the first quarter of its fiscal 2003, down 13 percent from $21.7 during 2002?s comparable period.
by - November 25, 2002 12:00 am
Triad Hospitals Inc.
Triad Hospitals Inc. took steps to assure analysts that its earnings estimates are sound after Prudential Securities said Nov. 8 that it had lowered the hospital group?s rating from ?buy? to ?hold.?
by - November 25, 2002 12:00 am
Tyson Foods Inc.
Tyson Foods Inc. reported earnings for the quarter ended Sept. 28 at 24 cents a share, up from 22 cents from the same period in 2001. It credited gains from its IBP beef operations, which offset lower poultry sales and prices.
by - November 25, 2002 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported on Nov. 13 that sales for the quarter ended Oct. 31 jumped 11.5 percent to $58.8 billion and net income increased by 23 percent to $1.82 billion, when compared to the third quarter of the previous fiscal year.
by - November 25, 2002 12:00 am
Business Matters Losing Two Reporters
Nell Smith and Edward Klump plan to leave the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette?s Business Matters section in Springdale to work at the newspaper?s main office in Little Rock.
by - November 25, 2002 12:00 am
$6 Million Dollar Mouth Opens Again
Nolan Richardson Jr., the former University of Arkansas basketball coach who for the 2001-2002 school year was paid $1.03 million plus another $5 million in severance, was back on television Nov. 10.
by - November 25, 2002 12:00 am
Times Headlines Wearing Thin
The Northwest Arkansas Times has been publishing very short Page 1 headlines that tell readers almost nothing about the story underneath.