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UA Names Building For Dan Ferritor

The University of Arkansas has named a three-story, 40,000-SF building on the Fayetteville campus in honor of Daniel Ferritor, who has served the UA for almost three decades.

Local Men to Build Condos in the Sand

A trio of Northwest Arkansas businessmen are taking their show on the road, or better yet, to the beach.

City?s Town Center Scores Venture Forum

As of mid-March, the largest event scheduled for the new Fayetteville Town Center is a National Association of Seed and Venture Funds seminar titled, ?Seed Investing as a Team Sport.?

McHardy to Close Kitchen Table

Skip McHardy, chef and co-owner of The Kitchen Table in Bentonville, said he plans to close the upscale restaurant the week of March 19.

Curious Movements

Design engineer Patrick Turner didn?t set out to start a business, but his venture, Curious Movements, now seems inevitable.

The Boat Place LLC

The Boat Place LLC opened in Springdale just in time to reach all of the customers that will need a lake vessel this summer.

The Village Gallery

Husband-and-wife art collectors John and Darcy Gay couldn?t resist Northwest Arkansas.

Masterson Joins D-G staff as Columnist

Mike Masterson, former executive editor of the Northwest Arkansas Times, will begin writing an opinion column three times a week for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in April.

No Hard Feelings, by George

Former Northwest Arkansas Times publisher George Smith was among the 1,000 employees of Alltel Corp. nationwide who recently lost their jobs because of layoffs, attrition or early retirement.

No Sources, Please: Is This a Trend?

On March 4, The Sunday Times of London published an article quoting an unnamed source with Amazon.com saying the troubled e-tailer was in talks with bricks-and-mortar monolith Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and an ?alliance? was to be announced within six weeks.

First Arvest Blows Away Competition

First Arvest Bank of Siloam Springs dominated Small Business Administration lending in 2000. Its 12 SBA loans were double that of any other single bank in the market.

Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc.

Springdale?s Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. announced that unaudited annual sales for the year ended Dec. 31, increased to $28.3 million, up 38 percent from $20.5 million in 1999.

Lehman Properties Expands Village on the Creeks

Carmen Lehman of C.R. Lehman Properties on Feb. 7 held a ground breaking ceremony for the $4 million expansion of Village on the Creeks Retail Center in west Rogers.

Loophole Defers Company Taxes

Internal Revenue Code Section 419 offers companies a little-known tax strategy.

The Times They Are a Changin?

Bob Dylan was concerned about businessmen drinking his wine. Ray Stevens extolled them to ?get down to business … if you can.?

Pinnacle Makes Point with Alltel

One of the area?s most upscale office parks is now offering off-the-scale wireless, dial-up and dial tone service.

King of Newroads Starts Wireless Firm

EarthLink Inc.?s $308 million buyout of OneMain.com in September spelled the end of the latter?s Fort Smith call center.

Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce

We were a little leery of this site at first glance. The home page is a little helter skelter, and at least one of our reviewers dubbed it ?overwhelming and jumbled.?

Everyday Low Cable Bills II

We whispered in our March 5 issue that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has ? for years ? been paying $30 per month for cable television service, then routing the cable to about 200 TV sets in and around the company?s headquarters building in Bentonville.

Sparking a Charge

Clients of now defunct Charger Inc. are beginning to receive some of Charger?s debts paid through its Chapter 7 bankruptcy filed Dec. 28, 1999.

Real Deals: Tyson Foods buys former Cargill plant for $23 million

Velocity NWA launches leadership storytelling series

Report shows continued weakness in Arkansas’ manufacturing sector

Payment rates, timeline progressing on $12 billion farmer aid package