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State Courts Declare Payday Lenders Usurious

Arkansas judges are declaring check-cashing agreements invalid, and the rulings are leaving payday lenders no legal recourse for collecting on an estimated $12 million in contracts that judges effectively have labeled void.

Revolutionary Trailers Should Ease Chicks? Trips

Cobb-Vantress has helped a North Carolina company develop a new trailer aimed at reducing losses of chickens in transit.

Springdale has Biotech Superman

Springdale native Kevin Clark, chief operating officer of ImmunoVision Inc., pushes biotechnology forward on professional and personal levels.

Delta Men Are From Mars

Delta Systems Inc. was founded by Software engineers at M&M Mars Co.

Outfitters Out Already in Downtown Fayetteville

Adams Outfitters closes less than four months after opening for business on Dickson Street.

AERT Offsets Texas Trouble

AERT has good news, bad news for shareholders.

Photo Security Cards Come to N.W. Arkansas

So far, Bank of America says, more than 5,000 customers have requested and received the new cards.

NWA Community Foundation in Giving Mood in 2000

Thirty-one nonprofit agencies in Northwest Arkansas received a total of $779,920.

ABF Chief to Lead Trade Association

David E. Stubblefield, CEO of ABF Freight System Inc., is the new chairman of the Motor Freight Carriers Association.

Xtreme Outlet Offers Brand-Name Bargains

Xtreme Outlet opens to offer a revolving stock of high-profile labels such as Nike, Reebok and Ralph Lauren at a lower price than any other discount store.

New Computer Strategy Dawns at Delta Systems

The success of Delta Systems Inc.?s SoftFlow software has readied it to expand into the online retail business.

Jim?s Fiberglass Repair Targets Tubs

Douglas Copeland mainly repairs cracks, holes and weak spots in bathtubs through his new business, Jim?s Fiberglass Repair.

Hamco and Arkansas.net Top Tech Lists

Many of the names on the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s 2000 list of Internet service providers and computer dealers disappeared from the updated 2001 version.