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Embrace Successful, Meaningful Meetings (Human Factor)

If you must endure meetings, make them productive.

Liar Loans Faulted For Subprime Mess (Market Forecast)

You want to buy a house. You have no job, not enough income to buy the house you want, own a business or for some other reason do not want to disclose your financial information to your friendly mortgage broker. Welcome to the Liar Loan.

Lofts at Underwood Elevated by $7.4M Building Permit (Real Deals)

On Oct. 15 Crossland Construction bought a $7.24 million building permit for the construction of The Lofts at Underwood Plaza in Fayetteville.

Wal-Mart Not Taking Sides in DVD Battle (Touch Points)

Retail observers monitoring the ongoing high-definition DVD format battle between Toshiba-backed HD-DVD and Sony?s Blu-Ray are still waiting on Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to take a side.

Northwest Brings Brilliance, da Vinci

New diagnostic and surgical technologies are improving patient outcomes at Northwest Health System.

Policies on Vacant Homes Spike in Slow Market

As the area?s real estate market lags, insurance agents said they are writing more policies for vacant homes.

Insurance Regulation Pending

The National Insurance Act would create an optional federal charting system for the insurance industry.

Equine Insurance Niche Too Risky for Many Agencies

Many area insurance companies are reluctant to offer equine insurance because the policies are often very high risk.

Second Zaxby?s Opening Nears

Local restaurateurs set to open second Zaxby?s in Springdale

Park Opens Spot For Steak, Sushi

Japanese specialty restaurant opens on Springdale?s west side.

Second Springdale Crye-Leike Office Set

Crye-Leike acquires second Springdale location and begins construction on permanent westside location

Solomon Partners Sign Grubb Firm

National commercial realty company joins with Bentonville team.

Broken Arrow Hospital Site Set

Development group acquires land for new hospital and commercial development space

KMOD Tops Tulsa Radio

KMOD-FM tops Tulsa?s fall Arbitron ratings.

Peak Methods, UpTime Merge

Peak Methods Inc. headquartered in Tulsa, and UpTime Ltd., headquartered in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, will merge the businesses to form Peak UpTime.

Arkansas State Chamber Sets up Local Presence

The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce has established a permanent presence in Northwest Arkansas. Angela DeLille, director of government affairs, and Angie Cooper, head of Northwest Arkansas