by - February 18, 2002 12:00 am
Will Cities Unite in Harmony?
Harmony Products Inc. wants to turn Northwest Arkansas? wastewater woes into a Midas tale by constructing a fertilizer plant.
Northwest Arkansas
Nominate for our Best in Class Awards
by - February 18, 2002 12:00 am
GCs Not Always to Blame When Subs Feel Snubbed
It does not take long for coffee shop talk among subcontractors to turn to slow- and no-paying ?GCs.? It often takes subs more than a year to get paid for their work and that could cause a cash crunch for any business.
by - February 18, 2002 12:00 am
K-Mac, BRM Take Over KFC Franchising Turf
The territory that includes eight closed KFC restaurants in Northwest Arkansas is being taken over by two Arkansas KFC franchisees, K-Mac Enterprises Inc. of Fort Smith and BRM Foods Inc. of Searcy.
by - February 18, 2002 12:00 am
Moore Plans to Open Three Firehouse Subs
Austin Moore opened his first restaurant, a Firehouse Subs store, on Feb. 14 in Fayetteville. If all goes well, Moore plans to open a second location in Fayetteville and a third Firehouse Subs in Springdale.
by - February 18, 2002 12:00 am
La Playa Earns 2.5 Stars
Mexican restaurant offers fresh fare at slow pace.
by - February 18, 2002 12:00 am
Enronitis Outbreak Spreads to Fort Smith (Commentary)
The pundits are calling it ?Enronitis,? the contagious fear that any publicly traded company?s financial statements might be suspect. Arkansas is not immune.
by - February 18, 2002 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Can Learn from Kmart Fall (Commentary)
No one could have predicted five years ago that two corporate giants like Kmart Corp. and Enron Corp. would be bankrupt within months of each other.
by - February 18, 2002 12:00 am
Cooperatives Help States Manage Ice Storm Damage
Ozarks Electric Cooperative, a member of the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, dispatched three teams of work crews to assist the cooperatives in Oklahoma and Kansas that were disabled by the January winter storms.
by - February 18, 2002 12:00 am
J.B. Hunt Plans to Sell $56.6 Million in Stock
J.B. Hunt, chairman of the board and founder of J.B. Hunt Transport Services of Lowell, is proposing to sell 2.2 million shares of company stock, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
by - February 18, 2002 12:00 am
Nelms Goes to the Birds
Don Nelms of Fayetteville is the first board chairman for state chapter of the National Audubon Society
by - February 18, 2002 12:00 am
State Ranks 51st for Family Income
Family income in Arkansas will be the lowest in the nation during the next federal fiscal year the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported recently.
by - February 18, 2002 12:00 am
HeRo Productions Readies Miz Caraway
In March, Nancy Hendricks, Grady Jim Robinson and a silent partner will open the first production of their professional theater company, HeRo Productions.
by - February 18, 2002 12:00 am
The Great Frame Up Franchise Opens
Deb Holmquest recently opened the first Arkansas franchise of The Great Frame Up, a custom-framing store owned by Franchise Concepts Inc. of Houston.
by - February 18, 2002 12:00 am
Twigs Is a Branch of a Family Tree
People told Chad and Rebecca Smith they were brave to settle their new furniture store in the middle of Springdale’s furniture row.
by - February 18, 2002 12:00 am
Fayetteville Ads to Go Up for bid
The city of Fayetteville plans to put its newspaper advertising contract up for bid in late February.
by - February 18, 2002 12:00 am
D-G ‘s Hustle Pays off for Sunday Package
Jeff Krupsaw, deputy sports editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, surely had a hand in his section’s Feb. 10 feature package on the University of Arkansas’ NCAA woes.
by - February 18, 2002 12:00 am
From Fayettevillecq to Zurichcq
Since we misspelled February in the masthead in our last issue, we probably shouldn?t be making fun of anybody else for such things, but we couldn?t help wondering about a travel story in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
by - February 18, 2002 12:00 am
Superior Delays Year-end Report, Orders Audit Review
Superior Financial Corp. of Little Rock said Feb. 4 that its 2001 earnings report would be delayed while management and outside auditors review financial statements issued during the former comptroller?s tenure.
by - February 18, 2002 12:00 am
Baldor Declined 4Q Sales
On Jan. 31, Baldor Electric Co. of Fort Smith reported decreases in diluted earnings per share and a decline in sales.
by - February 18, 2002 12:00 am
Florida Sale Drops Beverly 4Q Figures
On Feb. 5, Beverly Enterprises Inc. of Fort Smith announced a fourth-quarter net loss of $266.6 million, about 4.6 times more than the $46.8 million lost in the comparable quarter of 2000.