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Baldor Posts Record 3Q Sales, Earnings

Baldor Electric Co. announces record sales, earnings and earnings per share for the third quarter of 2000.

USA Truck’s Earnings Fall From Last Year

Net income for the trucking firm decreases 69.7 percent to $512,357 for the third quarter of 2000.

Wal-Mart To Relaunch Web Site in November

Barron’s says the the world’s largest retailer will reopen its Internet operation in November as e-tailers watch with interest.

J.B. Hunt Transport Announces Earnings

J.B. Hunt hauls in third-quarter earnings of $9.1 million, compared with 1999 third-quarter net earnings of $5 million.

New Stephens Building To Be Ready in May

Construction on the 25,000-SF, $3.2 million building, which will be on Futrall Drive in Fayetteville, should begin Nov. 1.

The New School To Get New Buildings

Debbie Walker says future additions, which are in the master planning stage, are necessary for the school to expand in numbers and quality.

Loan for Champions Lot Secured in Rogers

Raymond and Lydia McAllister receive a $750,000 loan from First Security Bank of Searcy to buy a lot and home in an upscale west Rogers subdivision.

Loan To Finish Tontitown Love Box

A $550,000 loan from the Bank of Fayetteville completes the construction of a warehouse in Tontitown.

Brothers Buy Parents? Concrete Operation

A $500,000 loan from Bank of Fayetteville helps brothers buy their parents? concrete operation facility in Johnson.

Millennium Offices Under Construction

A $500,000 loan from Arvest McIlroy Bank & Trust helps begin construction on two office buildings in northeast Fayetteville.

Lehman Properties Plans New Office Building

Lehman Properties buys a building permit for $437,000 from the City of Rogers to build a 12,800-SF office building at Village on the Creeks.

What To Do When the Market?s Down

Five tips on how to survive a bear attack.

Safe Foods Corp. To Open New Lab

Safe Foods Corp., the North Little Rock biotechnology company, is moving its research and development to Northwest Arkansas, where its research director is located.

Laser Technology to Diagnose Glaucoma

Fayetteville’s McDonald Eye Associates on North Hills Boulevard and The Eye Center on Millsap Road both recently acquired a new laser technology that helps diagnose glaucoma in its earliest stages….

Stogies Site Lacks Interactivity

Stogies Fine Cigars & TobaccosRogerswww.stogies.com Our reviewers concluded that www.stogies.com offers customers everything but the most important option a retail business’ Web site should — a way to buy stuff….

Editor Denies That Hussman Spiked Walton Story

Griffin Smith Jr., executive editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, says the publisher didn’t spike a story on Helen Walton.

Paper Allowed Wal-Mart Criticism, Ex-Editor Says

A former Arkansas Democrat-Gazette editor says he heard no complaints from management about his column on Wal-Mart.

Boys & Girls Club Interviews Contractors

The Fayetteville Boys & Girls Club searches for a contractor after receiving $9.26 million from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation for a new home.

Bank of Fayetteville Expands

The Bank of Fayetteville negotiates for office space in one of two new office buildings owned by Jim Lindsey and Stan Green on Millsap Road in Fayetteville.

Two N.W. Ark. Hospitals Get New Owners

Northwest Health Center and Bates Medical Center sell as part of Triad Health Partners Inc.?s $2.4 billion acquisition of Quorum Health Group Inc.

Fairfield Bay launches strategic growth plan

Fort Smith parks director seeks ‘park warriors,’ touts amenities

NRF: Retail sales rose 3.54% in December from year ago

$6 billion data center to locate near Little Rock