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Meridian Mortgage Opens in Fayetteville

Profiles of two start-ups in Northwest Arkansas.

Shake’s Plans Prototype Store, New HQ

Shake?s Frozen Custard plans to spend about $825,000 to build a 1,200-SF new restaurant and 6,000-SF operations center at 2785 N. College Ave. in Fayetteville.

Lucky Luke’s BBQ Gets 3.5 Stars (Business Lunch Review)

We were pretty lucky to get to eat at Lucky Luke?s BBQ for a lunch review.

Brass Eagle Sees Net Income Jump 147%

Brass Eagle Inc. of Bentonville, said sales for the fourth quarter of 2002, which ended Dec. 31, increased 5.8 percent to $36.2 million, compared to $34.2 million for the same period of 2001.

Beverly Enterprises Reports $91M Loss

The Fort Smith-based nursing home company, Beverly Enterprises, reported a $91 million loss or 87 cents per share diluted for the fourth quarter of 2002.

P.A.M. to Buy McNeill Trucking

P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. of Tontitown on Feb. 19 said it had signed a ?non-binding letter of intent? to acquire for cash certain assets of McNeill Trucking Co. of Little Rock.

Income Jumps 264% for Triad Hospitals

Dallas-based Triad Hospitals Inc. reported on Feb. 24 that revenue increased by 10.6 percent for the three months ended Dec. 31.

Sales up 10.7% for Wal-Mart in 4Q

In its fiscal fourth quarter, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. had a 10.7 percent increase in sales, a 15.5 percent increase in net income and a 2.7 percent increase in same-store sales.

Big Entertainment Pub Hits Streets

Janie Pritchett-Clark and Jacqueline Wolven, both of Eureka Springs, began publishing an entertainment magazine in December aimed at the ?O-zone,? their word for the Ozarks.

Chaloupek Won?t Return to NBC

Darlee Chaloupek, co-anchor of the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts on NBC 24/51, took maternity leave two months ago and won?t return to work for the Fayetteville television station.

Madison Fights for FOI in State Senate

Sue Madison of Fayetteville, a state senator from the newly created District 7, is starting to look like a champion of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.

Golf Associate Files Libel Suit Against Business Journal

Arkansas Business Publishing Group, one of its publications and three individuals associated with the publishing company were named as defendants in a $12 million libel suit filed Feb. 25 in Washington County Circuit Court.

Ratings Spur Coed Shows For Radio Set

According to Claritas Inc. of San Diego, the estimated 124,100 women age 18 and over in Northwest Arkansas have an annual combined retail spending power of $1.65 billion.

Here?s Looking at Brownstone

The $1.5B Brownstone construction project will merge classic, futuristic motifs near XNA.

Developer Burned By $2.8M Fire

With five finished hotels, three under construction and two more planned, Gary Brandon of Springdale wasn?t prepared for what happened on the night of Feb. 3.

Mercado Mexicano

Mercado Mexicano, a 20,000-SF Mexican market, opens in Springdale.

Sugar Sweet And Sour

Rick Collins has been removed as director of golf at Big Sugar Golf Club and head golf professional Josh Alsip will double up on his duties at the nine-month-old Pea Ridge course.

Golfing Carousel

Mike Dunlap was fired as golf pro at Rogers? Pinnacle Country Club. No replacement was named as of Feb. 13.

Which Bird Is It?

Although ConAgra officials would not say whether its plant in El Dorado was for sale, the suspicion is that it is.

One Liquor Per Millennium

Goshen Mayor Andy Bethell?s attempt to put a second liquor store near the Joyce Boulevard and Arkansas Highway 265 intersection, despite being originally approved by the Fayetteville City Council, is no longer a possibility.

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

Dope Medicinal Wellness opens Fayetteville clinic