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Shorty Small?s Short on Service (Business Lunch)

Maybe we just picked the wrong day to ot Shorty Small’s new restaurant in Fayetteville. Or, with a party of 11, maybe there were just too darned many of us.

Messer to Open Pro Image in Mall

Brian Messer of Tulsa was scheduled to open his fourth Pro Image store on Sept. 12 in Fayetteville?s Northwest Arkansas Mall.

Jet Set Adds Competition for Executives in a Hurry

Pinnacle Air Group LLC of Rogers is now not the only firm that?s targeted Northwest Arkansas for jet aircraft and charter service.

Springdale Hospital Makes ?Midnight Run?

At midnight on Sept. 15, all the Northwest Medical Center of Washington County?s obstetrical services were to have moved to Willow Creek Women?s Hospital in Johnson.

George?s to Have New Old Face

Ben Harrison and employees of George?s Majestic Lounge were busy the week of Sept. 9 tearing off the facade that has covered the front of the building since at least the early 1970s.

Here?s the Scoop Cleans K9 Kennels

Michelle Webb’s Here?s the Scoop in Rogers handles dog-waste removal needs in neighborhoods.

Bennett Solutions Has Designs on Wal-Mart Vendors

Bennett Solutions specializes in designing packaging for specific products for Wal-Mart vendors and displays within Wal-Mart stores.

Business Journal Hires Assistant Editor

Lori Harrison-Stone, most recently the city reporter for The Morning News? Rogers edition, joins the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal as an assistant editor.

Dateline: Journalism School (Outtakes Opinion)

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette continues to misuse datelines in its news sections.

Morning News Does the Ostrich Dance

The Morning News? coverage of the apparent stock fraud violations of Springdale?s Golf Entertainment Inc. is at best laughable and, at worst, a disservice to the Springdale publication?s readers.

Lindsey, Woodworks Add to Simsberry

John David Lindsey Development on Aug. 5 receives five loans totaling $1.98 million from Arvest Bank to build homes at a west Bentonville subdivision, and Sterling Anders buys a building permit to build a large warehouse/ office building.

Sam?s Comps Slip as Costco Climbs

For the past couple of months, comparable-store sales at Sam?s Club have been about as flat as a warehouse store?s concrete floor. But the world?s largest retailer isn?t about to abandon its wholesale-club division.

Simmons First National Comes of Age in Market

It used to be that college students looked to Simmons First National Bank of Northwest Arkansas for a loan to get through school. Now many of those customers are apparently coming back for the loans they need to get through life.

Virtual Satellite Becoming Reality

Bob Friedman, chairman and CEO of Virtual Satellite Corp., says he will travel to London, England, in September to meet with satellite broadcasting providers about a future deal with his Fayetteville company.

Poultry, Agriculture Account for Largest Hunk of Revenue Pie

Thirty local firms that participated in this year?s annual largest private companies list account for about $4.3 billion in annual revenue.

Bank of Arkansas Site Among the Snazziest (Web Review)

Bank of Arkansas, a subsidiary of publicly traded BOK Financial Corp., has one of the snazziest Internet banking sites we?ve ever seen.

Golf Entertainment Is Mum to Investors on ASD Probe

The Arkansas Securities Department apparently moves a lot faster than Golf Entertainment Inc. of Springdale.

Lewises Cut Cord on Nord

David and Ellen Lewis list their 5,456-SF mansion at 1 Mt. Nord St. in Fayetteville for $1.45 million with Lindsey & Associates Inc.

United Bank to Establish Investment Company

United Bank in Springdale is close to finalizing an agreement to establish UB Financial LLC, a diversified investment company that will operate under the United Holding Co. umbrella.

Alice Walton Bust Placed at Highfill Airport

In August, a bust of Alice Walton was placed on a platform just inside the front door of the terminal that bears her name at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport in Highfill.

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

Fort Smith metro job numbers up less than 1% in September report