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60,000 Wal-Mart Grills Recalled

In July, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. began the recall of 60,000 Red Devil gas grills.

Cute As Can Bee Offers Parents Choice in Children’s Clothing

After working for J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., Alicia Barrett decided it was time to try something new. And her three-year-old daughter helped her make that decision.

How Big Will NWACC Get?

NorthWest Arkansas Community College?s Benton County campus straddles the Bentonville and Rogers line.

KHOG takes 10, NBC up in Nielsen

KHBS/KHOG, Channels 40/29, took the lead in the 10 p.m. news time slot from KFSM, Channel 5, in the 10-county dominant market area in Nielsen Media Research?s household ratings for May.

Morning News Completes Expansion

The Morning News recently completed a $13 million expansion that included adding two 18-unit Dauphin Graphics M850 press lines, one of which went online in December and the other in May.

Right There in Smith and White

In a front-page story in its Aug. 19 issue, the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal referred to Kevin Smith as Kevin White.

First Federal Bancshares Will Pay Dividend

Harrison-based First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas Inc. declared Aug. 23 that it will pay a 14 cent cash dividend on common stock of the corporation payable on Sept. 25.

Benton County Club Expanding Facilities

The Boys & Girls Club of Benton County is in the midst of a $2.5 million fund-raising campaign to aid in the expansion and construction of several facilities.

Tyson Foods Inc. Drops Wilson

Springdale?s Tyson Foods Inc. is dropping the Thomas E. Wilson brand name, opting instead to use its own name on products from the beef and pork divisions it acquired last year.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Announces Grimm’s Retirement

Thomas Grimm, 58, stepped down as president and CEO of Sam’s Club.

Talk Is Cheap at $300 per Head

They?re vivacious and vociferous, blatant and boisterous, articulate and … well, audible. Very audible.

From an Icy Will to a Fiery King, No Wonking Allowed

The founders of Executive Communications Consultants LLC teach that there are three different styles of speakers: icy, fiery and hazy.

Waltons, Alpha are Angels of Tech Boom (Ron Goforth Commentary)

The $300 million gift to the University of Arkansas from the Walton Family Charitable Trust Foundation has to be a real boost to the fulfillment of John White?s aspirations for the school to become an important research university.

Walton Gift Helps UA Lure Scholars

As fall classes began Aug. 26 at the University of Arkansas, Suzanne McCray was busier than usual, but she certainly wasn?t complaining.

Brookers Face Foreclosure

Tim Brooker and his wife, Paulita Brooker, are facing a foreclosure on their Siloam Springs home by that city?s office of Arvest Bank.

Building on to Baum?

The University of Arkansas? Baum Stadium, ranked in 1998 as the best collegiate baseball facility by Baseball America, may soon be getting a facelift.

Signal Us If You See …

Signal Hill Partners has pulled out of the market. Mark Nydam, its managing director, said the company hoped to be a $25 million-$50 million competitor to Diamond State Ventures in Little Rock and Fayetteville.

Philpot Fills Void

By now everyone has probably heard that Beall Barclay & Co. PLC, the Fort Smith accounting firm with 3,800 customers and $5 million in annual billings, has launched a financial services and planning division.

Jumbo Advertising is Big Business

One of the most effective and popular new medians to advertise in around the Northwest Arkansas market is with the UA?s state-of-the-art Smartvision LED at Reynolds Razorback Stadium.

Patent Lawyer Locates to Fayetteville

The ?for sale? sign had just sprouted outside the former office of Head, Johnson & Kachigian in Fayetteville when another patent lawyer decided to relocate to Fayetteville.

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