by - July 21, 2003 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Opens First Store In China?s Capital
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. opened its first store in Beijing, China, on July 11, marking the start of its expansion in one of China’s most lucrative but competitive cities.
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by - July 21, 2003 12:00 am
NBC 24/51 Owner Considers Sale
The owner of NBC 24/51 is considering selling the television station, said David Needham, general manager of 24/51, which has offices in Fayetteville and Fort Smith and uses the call letters KPOM/KFAA.
by - July 21, 2003 12:00 am
Lonchar, Gore Promoted at News
Donna Lonchar will take over as Fayetteville metro editor at The Morning News and John Gore will become The Morning News? Springdale metro editor.
by - July 21, 2003 12:00 am
Partner Buys Out The Ride Magazine
Janet Feichtel-Wright has sold her half of Full Throttle Inc., doing business as The Ride, to her former business partner, Shane Crawford, who is now sole owner of the magazine for motorcycle enthusiasts.
by - July 21, 2003 12:00 am
Grin and Barrett (Media Review)
During the July 7 edition of his ?Sports Rap? call-in talk show on the Arkansas Radio Network, host Chuck Barrett compared San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds to University of Arkansas Chancellor John White.
by - July 21, 2003 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Tops Annual Reports List
With more than $8 billion in net income for the fiscal year ending 2003, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville leads the list of Arkansas public company annual reports.
by - July 8, 2003 8:40 am
Apparent Robbery Attempt Sees No One Injured at Bank of America
A man on foot pulled a knife on a clerk at Bank of America?s Dickson Street branch in Fayetteville late Monday afternoon in what was an apparent attempted bank robbery.
by - July 7, 2003 11:11 am
Cryovac Counteracts Region’s Layoffs with Rogers Plant
Three local businesses will lay off a combined 465 workers by summer?s end. But Cryovac, a subsidiary of Fortune 500 firm Sealed Air Corp., announced on June 26 that it plans to open a plant in Rogers to produce shrink film food packaging.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Firm Expands Local Presence
Mitchell Williams Selig Gates Woodyard PLLC has leased 4,300 SF of posh fifth-floor space overlooking Pinnacle Point Drive in Rogers to house five lawyers, three paralegals, four support personnel and a part-time messenger.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Home Builders Executive Decries Impact Fees
Bobby Rayburn, first vice president of the National Association of Home Builders, toured the 2003 Premiere Parade of Homes put on by the Northwest Arkansas Home Builders Association in June and was able to see various developments in the area.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Blair Gets Religion
Jim Blair found many passions in life including God.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Blair Is Holding His Own
For the past quarter century, Jim Blair, the former general counsel for Tyson Foods Inc., has been one of Arkansas? most powerful and flamboyant lawyers.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Lisles ‘R.N.’ Rollout Mode
Springdale?s Lisle Law Firm P.A., the statewide provider for Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc., of Ada, Okla., recently announced that its Arkansas customer base has more than doubled from about 6,500 in 1997 to more than 14,000 in June
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Marching North
United Bank in Springdale recently made its first foray into Benton County by opening a UB Mortgage loan office in Rogers.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Jarhead Joins Ranks
Bob Corscadden, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Tyson Foods Inc. in Springdale, has joined the board of directors at United Bank.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Hey Food Guys, Process This
Rong Murphy?s Fayetteville company BioKinetic Controls LLC, a software firm specializing in food process modeling and control, has just received a $100,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institutes of Health.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Cigarette Lighter on Venus
Arkansas Power Electronics International Inc., a client of the Genesis Technology Incubator in Fayetteville, got a $60,000 SBIR award in February for the most unusual category we?ve ever heard.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Zeus ?Logical? About Genesis
Three new startups have become clients of Genesis including Cal-Zark LLC, a vehicle design and manufacturing firm that?s patented a spider suspension for high capacity, long-wheel-travel, compact off-road vehicles.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Sell or Own?
Alan Kilgore, president of Cornerstone Health Care of Rogers, may not be purchasing two nursing homes (also owned by Arkansas Teacher Retirement System).
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Decade Of Change Unimaginable (Jeff Hankins Publisher’s Note)
My journey here with Arkansas Business began 10 years ago in June, so I?ve been reflecting on how much has changed for business in Arkansas, our company and me.