by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Summerall at Summit
Legendary sports broadcaster Pat Summerall, an Arkansas Razorback and NFL star, will be the guest speaker April 10 at The Summit Northwest Arkansas Business Luncheon in Rogers.
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by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
The Price Of Celebrity
Someone in Holden, Mass., was trying to sell Don Tyson?s autograph on the online auction site.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Deposits Reflect Broker/Bank Split (Jeff Hankins Publisher’s Note)
The competition among financial institutions for our assets and loans in Arkansas remains intense in the aftermath of the consolidation binge of the ?90s.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Let?s Keep Our Heads Up (Editorial)
The outcome of the competition to land the new Toyota truck plant had been clear for weeks, but Arkansas had to keep trying just because the time clock hadn?t officially run out.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Best Ready For Bentonville
Best Motor Co. will move into its $4.3 million Bentonville automobile facility in April and other real estate transactions in the area.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
First Bank Corp. Runs With Banking Big Boys
Two banking properties held by First Bank Corp. of Fort Smith ? First National Bank of Fort Smith and Citizens Bank & Trust Co. of Van Buren ? were among the 10 most profitable banks in Northwest Arkansas through the first three quarters of 2002.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Cargill To Sell Ozark Plant
Cargill Turkey Products, headquartered in Springdale, announced on Feb. 4 it would sell its integrated turkey production facility in Ozark to ConAgra Foods Inc. of Omaha, Neb.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
St. Mary?s Celebrates A Year Of Heart Care
St. Mary?s Hospital in Rogers will celebrate one year of heart care Feb. 19 by tripling the number of heart surgeries the hospital expected to perform its first year.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
XNA Up 17.9 Percent As Continental Adds Flights
The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport will be back up to 45 flights per day in May when Continental Airlines adds two flights to New Jersey.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Court Privileges Taken From Bird
A Little Rock lawyer won?t be practicing law in the federal courts in the eastern and western districts of Arkansas, if a recent order from Chief U.S. District Judges Susan Webber Wright of Little Rock and Jimm Larry Hendren of Fort Smith stands.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Tyson Foods Donates Plane to UA
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale on Feb. 5 gave a nine-passenger turboprop airplane to the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Slinker worm Succeeds Where The Bubble Gum Slugo Blew It
Shawn Clark knew something had to change when he saw a five-pound bass swim around his bubble gum Slugo to ?slam? a tiny snake.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Deli Delectables Debut For Tyson Shareholders
Tyson Foods Inc. announced this month?s national debut of a new line of deli products, at its Feb. 7 shareholders meeting.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Project Managers Are Hired Guns For Big Jobs
Communication & organizational skills are essential for well-run construction project. (Also included, the list of northwest Arkansas commercial contractors and projects.)
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Reindl Warehouse Gets $2.5M Facelift
After quietly renovating the interior for the past four years, Brian Reindl recently began putting a new roof and brick facade on his 75,000-SF warehouse complex at 509 W. Spring St. in Fayetteville.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Razorback Riviera: Many Northwest Arkansas Residents Make Emerald Coast Their Second Home
A 100-mile stretch of Gulf Coast shoreline on the northeast Florida Panhandle is known as the Emerald Coast. Destin, one of its gems, is beginning to take on quite a flavor of the Ozarks.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Wireless Tech Aids Industry Bottom Line (Joy Wier Commentary)
It’s a $3.9 trillion-per-year industry, but construction ranks 87th globally among industries in the adoption of technology.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Schweik Buys Cool Water and Chili’s Increasas Sales
Richard Schweik took over as owner of Fayetteville?s Cool Water Village Cafe on Feb. 1 and Chili’s took the No. 2 position in gross sales for 2002.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Jimmy John?s Gets Nearly Four Stars (Business Lunch Review)
Jimmy John?s has been open for about a month in the Dickson Street building that previously housed a crafts gallery called Whimsicals.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Profiles of Two Startups in Northwest Arkansas
Frames By Design and Asterix Inc. open for business in northwest Arkansas.