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Mooty Named Huntsville Editor

Kyle Mooty, former editor of Celebrate Northwest Arkansas, began work on Jan.

Forbes Rates Hunt No. 1 Over Transportation Firms

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell was recently ranked first among transportation companies in Forbes magazine?s annual Platinum List of America?s Best Big Companies.

Wal-Mart Violated Labor Laws, In-House Audit Indicates

An internal audit in 2000 may have warned top executives at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville that employee records at 128 stores revealed ?extensive violations? of child-labor laws and state regulations requiring time for breaks and meals.

Wal-Mart?s Comps Rose 4.3 Percent in December

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said sales at U.S. stores open at least a year rose 4.3 percent in December, beating Wall Street analysts? estimates by 1 percent.

AT&T, Wal-Mart Renew Phone Card Pact

AT&T Corp. said on Jan. 13 that it had renewed its contract to be the sole provider of prepaid phone cards to Wal-Mart Stores Inc.?s Wal-Mart stores and Sam?s Clubs until the beginning of 2005.

CMN Gets ?Reel? Good News

Malco Theaters of Memphis is designing a stadium-seating movie theater for the southeast corner of Joyce and Steele boulevards in Fayetteville?s CMN Business Park.

Rogers Malco Will Add Four Screens

In addition to the new theater in Fayetteville, Malco Theaters of Memphis plans to add four screens to the Malco Cinema 12 in Rogers.

CMN Expected to Get Hilton Garden Inn

Construction of a four-story, 120-room Hilton Garden Inn is scheduled to begin at CMN business park in the third quarter of this year,

Goodwin Takes Post At Nexus

Emerson Goodwin, formerly director of programs with Community Care Foundation, began a new post on Jan. 1 as president of Nexus Facility Management Inc.

Frazier, Mayfield Move Up Ladder

Two J.B. Hunt Executives Get Promotions

Baney Joins United Bank

United Bank in Springdale lured Rick Baney from Little Rock.

Abdul Makes Bentonville Stop

Paula Abdul recently appeared at a business after hours function for the Bentonville-Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce

Minnelli Show Gets Changes

Liza Minnelli?s Jan. 30 Little Rock performance has been tweaked a bit, and she now won?t be backed by the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.

Werewolves Even Have Fayetteville Club

Fayetteville may be No. 1 with the Milken Institute, but it?s way down the list on a couple of charts the city?s leaders probably don?t even care to be on ? especially under a full moon.

Learning, Litter Might be Area?s Only Road Bumps

Litigation regarding public school funding and phosphorus runoff into the watershed might be the only two things to derail Northwest Arkansas? economic gravy train.