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Standards Tighten in Secondary Mortgage Market

Mortgage brokers and lenders insist that despite endless repetition in the media about the economy, reports that credit markets are “frozen” are untrue.

Women Business Owners Find Value in Networking

After reading an article about marketing to female entrepreneurs, Lorrie Madden wanted to form a group geared toward women business owners in Northwest Arkansas.

Auto Dealers Fight Uphill Battle

Arkansas sales of new cars declined by 28 percent during January 2009 versus January 2008, from 9,718 to 6,906. But that compares favorably to the national January totals that were off anywhere from 34 percent for Toyota to 55 percent for Chrysler and wer

Airways Freight Delivers Mission-Critical Cargo

Airways Freight has carved out a few niches that depend on time-critical delivery – trade shows and exhibits, the utilities and nuclear power industries, and the medical industry are constants.

City Signage to Guide Tourist Traffic

Bentonville is working with the Philadelphia-based firm MERJE Graphic Design to develop a wayfinding plan that will guide visitors to key attractions such as the downtown Bentonville Square and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

State Seeks Federal Grant Funding for Bella Vista Bypass

With only a portion of stimulus money available for the 20-mile Bella Vista bypass, highway officials are trying to acquire the full funding through a federal grant program.

Fuel Prices Give Willis Shaw Lesson in Going Green

Dealing with skyrocketing diesel prices during 2008 was a “wild ride” for Willis Shaw Express president Chris Kozak.

Wal-Mart Presents to Full Panel in Dukes Case

The clashing sides in the long-running case of Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. presented arguments to a full panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals March 24 on whether the case should proceed as a class action.

Focus the Key to Effective E-mail (Commentary by Jim Karrh)

Have you gotten around to launching an e-mail campaign for your business? If so, have you been satisfied with the results?

Specter Bounces Card Check

We just don’t think that the Employee Free Choice Act is the best proposal that Congress can devise. Despite what its supporters say, it would erode a bedrock principle of American democracy: the secret ballot. If the National Labor Relations Act needs to

NWA Mall Locking Up Leases

Jeff Bishop at the Northwest Arkansas Mall tells us more than 14,000 SF of space has recently been leased up.

United Bilt Makes Moves Into Oklahoma, Texas

United Bilt Homes of Springdale recently closed on a deal that will give them seven new locations in Texas and Oklahoma.

New Recycling Company Helps Industrial Clients Go Green

Milver Investments of Fayetteville, which owns Threet Waste Management, has launched a complementary recycling subsidiary called MR2 along with two out-of-state investors.