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Copeland?s on Track for $5.2 Million in 2003 Sales

Copeland?s Famous New Orleans Restaurant and Bar in Rogers is on track to gross $5.2 million to $5.3 million in sales in 2003.

Bikes, Blues & BBQ Targets Local Vendors

The number of local food vendors at the 2003 Bikes, Blues & BBQ could be triple what it was last year.

Picasso?s Not Exactly a Masterpiece (Business Lunch)

Picasso?s restaurant in Fayetteville get?s a two-star lunch review.

Technicality Tabs ANB Ready To Rock

Arkansas National Bancshares Inc. in Bentonville passed another regulatory hurdle to sell insurance.

First Federal Bank Doubles Up on Bentonville

First Federal Bank has opened its second Bentonville branch.

Insurance/Real Estate Firm Offers Dual Services

Jones, Clark, Long & Associates Real Estate and Insurance has opened a dual services office in Fayetteville

Locally Based Firms Had $653.4M in 2002 Revenue

Four of the Top 10 largest automobile dealers in the state are based in Northwest Arkansas or operate satellite offices here, according to a recent report by Arkansas Business.

Multicultural Center Planned for Rogers

A $1 million construction project is under way to renovate the old Consumers IGA supermarket building in Rogers and convert it to be a 55,000-SF multicultural retail and entertainment center.

Foundation Reaches $5 Million Goal Early

The Northwest Arkansas Community Foundation hoped to reach $5 million in endowed funds by the end of this year, but that goal was already met in September.

Paint the Town Red Gets in the Black

The third Paint the Town Red, a fund-raiser benefiting the American Heart Association on Jan. 23, is on track to being the event?s biggest year, already having collected $9,000 of its $30,000 goal.

Philanthropist Jones Dies at 97

Bernice Young Jones, the 97-year-old philanthropist and widow to the late Jones Truck Lines founder Harvey Jones, died Sept. 10.

MSF Buyout Created KPMG Culture Shock

The acquisition in March 2000 of accounting firm KPMG?s Little Rock operations by Moore Stephens Frost created some culture shock.

NW Arkansas Recruiting Has Been Easier for MSF

Greg Barnes, a former Arthur Andersen partner who joined Staffmark Inc. in 2000, recently became an audit partner at Moore Stephens Frost.

Strack?s Take on MSF

The acquisition in March 2000 of accounting firm KPMG?s Little Rock operations by Moore Stephens Frost created some culture shock.

T.I.G.E.R. Keeping Things Clean

T.I.G.E.R. Team Cleaning of Rogers has started a new business.

HondaPro Offers Dealership Quality Service at Lower Price

Tim McClelland and Seth McClelland have opened HondaPro in Fayetteville.

May Construction Buys $7.6 Million Permit to Build Lowe?s

May Construction Co. obtains $7.6 million permit to build a Lowe?s Home Improvement Warehouse in Fayetteville and Shamrock Ventures LP purchased permits for $3.2 million to build two office buildings in Bentonville.

Backstage Plan Offers Culture at a Bargain

Backstage, a program at the Walton Arts Center, offers three cultural evenings and a new world of social gatherings for young professionals.

Nexstar Plans to Buy NBC 24/51

Griffin Holdings Co. of Muskogee, Okla., is working on a deal to sell its Fayetteville television station, NBC 24/51, KPOM/KFAA, to Nexstar Broadcasting Group Inc. of Irving, Texas.

KIGL Ties KKIX in Arbitron Ratings

KIGL-FM, ?The Eagle,? 93.3 FM, a classic rock radio station, has tied country-music format KKIX-FM, 103.9, in the spring Arbitron ratings.

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