by - August 2, 2004 12:00 am
Emelia?s Opens On Dickson Street
Kevork Ouyoumjian and Sara Lusher, both of Hot Springs, opened Emelia?s Mediterranean Kitchen & Bar at 309 W. Dickson St. on June 24.
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by - August 2, 2004 12:00 am
First Buffalo Wild Wings Slated for Bentonville
B&K Wings LLC plans to build in Bentonville the first of six Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants planned for the state.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
Behringer Harvard Buys Beau Terre
The 70-acre Beau Terre Office Park in Bentonville sells to Behringer Harvard Funds of Dallas for $55.87 million. The original developers turned down previous offers for the retail vendor haven before BHF approached them in August.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
Strategy Still Key Enabler (Jeff Hankins Commentary)
The second annual Arkansas Executive Summit, which is fast becoming a must-attend event for the state?s business leaders, assembled a panel to discuss their strategies.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
ERC Raises Standard
ERC Properties Inc. is the best company in Arkansas that no one has ever heard of. At least, that?s what one of its investment partners said. And ERC president Rod Coleman would like to keep it that way.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
Fort Smith Rounds Up Spirit of Cooperation
Tom Manskey, president of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce, says victories such as the May re-roping of Graphic Packaging Corp. are happening because groups in the city are working together like a posse possessed.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
Women File Wal-Mart-sized Suit
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., also the country?s biggest employer, faces the biggest class-action lawsuit ever in a civil case ? a suit that could affect 1.6 million current and former female employees.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
Benefit Bank Breaks Tradition, Centers On ?Homey? Branches
The homespun, no-frills approach of Benefit Bank of Fort Smith is an apparent hit with a certain demographic of the market.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
Fort Town Gets ‘OK’ For Private Business
The Arkansas River Valley boasts eight of the 49 largest privately held companies in the six-county area. With their combined $1.24 billion in 2003 revenue, those firms bring in more money than the largest private concerns in any other area city.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
Hiram Walker Plant Hits 5 Million Mark
The Hiram Walker plant in Fort Smith has gone from bottling 1.5 million cases of liquor per year when it opened in 1980 to 5 million now.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
Van Buren Company Lumbers to Success
In 2002, Steve Gann, Dennis Joyce and Bill Dodson started Lumber One in Van Buren, filling the void for a locally owned, full-service contract lumber yard. It remains the only one of its kind in the Arkansas River Valley.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
Banks Share $2.47B River Valley Market
Of the 13 private and public banking institutions operating in Crawford and Sebastian counties, 76 percent of the deposit market share is held by five banks.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
La Quinta Starts Construction
Construction begins on the La Quinta Inn in Bentonville. Champion Builders adds units at Mill Creek. Terminella develops Abington subdivision in Rogers.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
D-G, Daily Record, MN Win APA Business Awards
As usual, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette won first place in the large daily category for general excellence from the Arkansas Press Association followed by The Morning News of Springdale and Southwest Times Record of Fort Smith.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
Jim Harvill Promoted to 107.9 Program Director
Clear Channel Radio has promoted Jim Harvill to program director for KEZA Magic 107.9 to fill the vacancy left when Chip Arledge, known as ?the rotund one,? moved to Alabama in June.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
Maloney, Arvest Win ABA Awards
Maloney Marketing Group of Cave Springs recently won three first-place awards from the Arkansas Chapter of the American Bankers Association Marketing Network.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
Rogers Chamber Wins ACCE Award
The Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce won the American Chamber of Commerce Executives 2003 Award for Communications Excellence for its annual tourism and relocation guide.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
New Publications Serve Niche Markets (Outtakes Opinion)
We?ve noticed several new publications in the area lately.
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
Funniest Headline We?ve Seen in a Long Time (Outtakes Opinion)
On the front page of the July 15 issue of The Benton County Daily Record: ?Sheriff: No Mo. nudity.?
by - July 19, 2004 12:00 am
Best News Lead We?ve Seen in a Long Time (Outtakes Opinion)
?Chris Mills, stabbed in a parking lot fight, died early Wednesday not long after collapsing on the welcome mat of the Good Vibrations nightclub in Rogers, witnesses said.?