by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Stewart Replaces Metcalf as KHOG Weekend Anchor
Tiffany Stewart began working at KHOG, Channels 29/40, in mid-October as weekend anchor and reporter.
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by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Morning News Offers a Heck of a Deal
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
UA Sets Record, Springdale Tops Public School List
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
AERT Sales Vault
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 3Q Suffers
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.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Baldor Earnings Drop 53 Percent
Baldor Electric Co. announced third quarter sales of $138.13 million, down 11 percent from $155.38 million from the comparable quarter of 2000.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Brass Eagle 3Q Shows Decreased Sales
Brass Eagle Inc. of Bentonville ? which makes, markets and distributes paintball products ? said sales in the third quarter, which ended Sept. 30, decreased from the same time last year.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
J.B. Hunt 3Q Down 50 Percent
Lowell trucking firm J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. on Oct. 15 reported third-quarter earnings down 50 percent from the same period last year.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Southwestern Energy 3Q Soars
According to Southwestern Energy Co.?s unaudited quarterly filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Department, the Houston-headquartered company netted $5.02 million for the three months ended Sept. 30.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Tyson Standing Strong
Reuters reported Oct. 19 that Tyson Foods Inc. has felt little sales impact from the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, although the Springdale company?s CEO John Tyson told the publication the Northeast and south Florida have had some weakness.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Scott to Sell Chunk of Wal-Mart Stock
Lee Scott, president and CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., filed with U.S. regulators on Oct. 18 to sell almost $8.4 million of the world’s largest retailer’s shares.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Pinnacle Point Gets Another Retail Center
Pinnacle Point Partners, consisting of Collins Haynes, Bill Schwyhart and Bobby Martin, on Sept. 19 got a $2.9 million loan from Arvest Bank to build more commercial property at one of Northwest Arkansas? most upscale commercial developments.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Scott to Sell Chunk of Wal-Mart Stock
Lee Scott, president and CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., filed with U.S. regulators on Oct. 18 to sell almost $8.4 million of the world’s largest retailer’s shares.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Area Seniors Detail Career Plans
With so much ink spilled of late about the lack of well-trained students and workers coming out of Arkansas? schools, the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal selected a few of the area?s best students to profile for area companies.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
CADIS Rose from EAST
Five years ago, former Greenbriar High School teacher Tim Stephenson launched a program called Environmental and Spatial Technology, a hands-on, team-oriented, project-heavy program for teaching tomorrow?s lessons.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Technology Cornered Education
Today?s educators and students face new direction for learning.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Research Ripples Beyond Colleges
A $6 million National Institutes of Health grant awarded in October University of Arkansas is expected to create a network of research laboratories, spawn more graduate students and perhaps even attract high-tech industries to the state.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Breadth of Plan Helped Secure Grant
Lawrence Cornett is a professor of physiology and biophysics at UAMS and the statewide director of Arkansas BRIN. He said including institutions from across the state in the project?s proposal probably helped the UA System acquire the NIH grant.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
University of Arkansas Libraries Earns 3.5 Mice
The University of Arkansas libraries’ Web site is an excellent online resource for research.
by - October 29, 2001 12:00 am
Walton Re-structures Management
After years of having 21 different bank presidents and division heads reporting directly to him, Jim Walton is implementing a new regional management structure that will cut that number to eight.