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CD Raises $5,000 For Local Nonprofit

A CD filled with 15 songs by 15 local bands and musicians has raised slightly less than $5,000 for Fayetteville-based LifeSource International since it went on sale this fall.

Clampit Releases Christmas CD

Jed Clampit, former Fayetteville resident released a Christmas CD in late November, titled ?Jed Clampit: Christmas Favorites.?

‘Kidnapped’ by Johnny Cash (Outtakes Opinion)

Hoyt Purvis, a professor of journalism at the University of Arkansas, recalls run in with Johnny Cash.

Toothpicks Chop House Food Review (Business Lunch)

Toothpicks Chop House gets 3.5 stars in our lunch review.

Benton County Single-Family Outlook (Market Analysis)

Despite warnings of becoming overbuilt, there were more than 1,000 lots delivered in Benton County during the first half of 2005, which could be another record year for single-family housing in the county.

Restaurants Go Wireless

George Babb is installing free wireless Internet in all five of his Village Inn Restaurants.

Wireless Boosts Panera Revenue

Panera Bread Co. was the first restaurant in the area to provide free wireless Internet service. The Panera locations in Fayetteville, Bentonville and Fort Smith all went wireless in the summer of 2004.

McDonald?s Offers Wireless for Fee

Three McDonald?s restaurants in Northwest Arkansas have wireless Internet service for a fee: the stores on Joyce Boulevard in Fayetteville, Hudson Road in Rogers and Arkansas Highway 102 in Bentonville.

Signature Bank to Open New Office in Siloam Springs

Fayetteville-chartered Signature Bank of Arkansas has received approval to open a full-service office in Siloam Springs.

AEB Investments Focus of Two Lawsuits

First State Bank of Lonoke and Rhino Investment Co. filed separate lawsuits against AEB Investments LLC of Springdale in Washington County Circuit Court in October and November.

VIC Client Receives Research Award

OmniPak LLC, a Fayetteville client of Virtual Incubation Corp., has received a $100,000 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research award from the National Science Foundation.

VeriSource, Advanced Control Solutions Merger Called Off

VeriSource Inc. of Rogers and Advanced Control Solutions Inc. of Bentonville ?revenue sharing arrangement? has apparently fallen through.

AMP to Pursue Classic Acts for 2006 Season

The Arkansas Music Pavilion is pursuing possible acts for its 2006 season, such as Pat Benatar, Lyle Lovett and Hall & Oates, among others.

Glass Sells 300K Shares

David Glass, chairman of the executive committee of the board of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., filed a plan with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to sell 300,000 shares of the company?s stock, worth an estimated $13.54 million.

The Region’s Largest Public Utilities

Southwestern Electric Power Co. and Arkansas Western Gas Co. top the lists of the region’s largest public electric companies and public gas companies.

The Region’s Largest Telecommunications Firms

Southwestern Bell Communications Services Inc. and Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. tops the lists of the regions’s largest local and national telecommunications firms.

The Two Faces of Wal-Mart (Bill Bowden Editor’s Note)

Two documentary films premiered in mid-November presenting both sides of the Wal-Mart argument. In Northwest Arkansas, we?ve heard all this before. Was it really Wal-Mart that put mom out of business, or did the consumers do that?

Technology Advances in Arkansas (Editorial)

Arkansas may be on its way to picking itself up by its economic bootstraps and building the technological utopia scientists and politicians dreamed of.

Banks Battle for Deposits

Northwest Arkansas? deposit market grows 7 percent to $9.18 billion, and Arvest Bank of Bentonville is still No. 1 with 31 percent of the market.

Toxic Mold Can Damage Even Brand New Homes

Building new homes with wet lumber can encase a mold-breeding habitat within the walls. EGIS Inc. of Bentonville works to detect and remove mold from residential and commercial buildings.

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