by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Don Tyson helped see Tyson Foods Inc. through its biggest acquisition ever recently with the completed purchase of IBP Inc. Now, the 71-year-old has stepped away from the world?s premier protein provider.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
U.S. Airways Express announced it will cut its round-trip flight from the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport to Little Rock.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
On Oct. 15, Landers of Little Rock officially took over the 34-acre Nelms Auto Stores lot at the corner of Interstate 540 and Arkansas Highway 112 in Fayetteville.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
First Security Bank of Northwest Arkansas is sponsoring an event Nov. 6-7 that could be a godsend for area small businesses.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Risk marketing manager SCA Promotions Bentonville Inc., a subsidiary of Dallas-based SCA Promotions, closed its doors Oct. 10 and notified clients and vendors that it?s going out of business.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Don Soderquist was recently elected to Northwest Arkansas Community Foundation?s board of directors. Soderquist is the retired senior vice chairman of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
One bioterrorist act could cause grave damage to agribusinesses and, in the worst case scenario, the national economy and even global financial markets.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
There are numerous steps industries can take to better protect themselves from biological attacks.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Westark College in Fort Smith decided to join the University of Arkansas system because area residents wanted the college to offer more bachelor?s degrees, said Joel R. Stubblefield, president of Westark.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Most people think two-year colleges automatically get more money by being affiliated with one of the two large university systems in Arkansas, but Lu Hardin emphatically says, ?No.?
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Wendell Franklin wants folks in Northwest Arkansas to sing the blues ? in his new private club, Bayou of Rogers.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Five years after launching a virtual storefront at www.joyshoppe.com, Wendy Campbell opened the doors to the physical version of her dance-supply store.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Business leaders considered experts in their field can share their knowledge with students via the Arkansas Department of Education?s nontraditional licensure program.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Kent Marts, editor of the Benton County Daily Record, recently announced the hiring of Josh Johnson as editorial page editor.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Darren Wilhite and Tim Wall, KKIX 104 radio?s morning team known as Wilhite & Wall, won the Country Music Association?s Broadcast Personality of the Year award in the small market category.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Tiffany Stewart began working at KHOG, Channels 29/40, in mid-October as weekend anchor and reporter.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
We know we?ll miss some great reportage in The Morning News during the next month, but we don?t like the idea of being penalized for being good customers.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
The University of Arkansas set a new record for enrollment this fall with 15,795 students, breaking the previous record of 15,604, set in 1980.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. of Springdale on Oct. 15 announced that its September unaudited gross sales were $3.03 million, up 38 percent over last year?s sales of $2.2 million.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Arkansas Best Corp. of Fort Smith on Oct. 18 announced its third quarter 2001 net income of $13 million, or 52 cents per diluted common share, compared with last year?s net income of $23.3 million, or 97 cents per diluted common share.
