by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Oklahoma City-based AARO Broadband Wireless Communications Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Aarow Environmental Group Inc., showed growth in its first quarterly report since the parent company left Northwest Arkansas….
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Construction began in late August on the planned 200-room Pinnacle Hills Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center in Rogers. Pinnacle Hospitality Group LLC, the financial partners of Pinnacle Hills, consists of…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Butterfield Trail Village, a life-care retirement facility in Fayetteville, has begun construction on 72 new three-bedroom cottages. The total cost of the project will be about $18 million. The additional…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
WB Hotels LLC purchased a building permit worth $3.34 million for the new Residence Inn going up in Springdale. Construction has begun on the hotel, which is shooting for an…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Upscale condominiums are planned for the new nine holes at Springdale Country Club. Gary Brandon Enterprises on Aug. 8 secured a loan of $1.28 million from Springdale Bank & Trust…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Red Rock Development Inc. on Aug. 1 got 21 separate loans totaling $1.26 million from J.B. Hunt LLC to build more houses in the Southfork subdivision in Lowell. Tim Graham,…
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Phillip Taldo and Gary Griffin of One Springdale Inc. on Aug. 8 got a loan of $874,000 from Springdale Bank & Trust to begin construction on a retail office building…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Something Urban, a women’s fashion store in Fayetteville, is relocating to Dickson Street after a $24,000 renovation of the former Texaco gas station by building owner Lamar Pettus. Something Urban,…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Arkansas’ slow-to-crank technology sector is on the verge of a multi-billion dollar jump start. Internationally renowned satellite communications engineer Bob Friedman, who operates two companies at the University of Arkansas’…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Advanced Cabling Systems, the Little Rock firm that opened a Springdale office June 1, got the local contract to install high-speed voice and data cable infrastructure in five of John…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Fayetteville’s Faucette School of Real Estate, a click-and-mortar school housed in the offices of Coldwell Banker Faucette Real Estate, launched its information-based Web site in July. Since that time, Faucette…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Do you want to run out of money during your retirement? Do you think the stock market is too risky? You can’t have it both ways. If you are saving…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Thanks to the Waltons, the aggregate wealth of the state’s richest families increased during the past year. Outside of the Wal-Mart fortune, however, times were tough for Arkansas’ wealthiest of…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Walton Family Bentonville 2000 Estimated Wealth: $108 billion The world’s wealthiest family owns 38 percent of the world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Founded by a down-to-earth patriarch, the late…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Daisy Manufacturing Co. Rogers www.daisy.com If Daisy Manufacturing Co.’s technicians had returned our e-mail, their Web site would have gotten five stars. Response time to Web-based inquiries, however, is one…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
In July, we told you about the Chapter 11 “reorganization” bankruptcy of Phillips Litho’s parent company, Master Graphics Inc. of Memphis. Well, now it seems that Phil Phillips Jr., son…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
A sheriff’s deputy finally caught up with Jeffrey Humphreys in Akron, Ohio. He’s the guy we told you about last issue who had written several hot checks around Northwest Arkansas….
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
After only 28 business days of offering long-distance service in Texas, SBC Communications Inc. had captured more than 500,000 customers that represent about 700,000 phone lines. This is noteworthy because…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Kiplinger’s personal finance magazine recently praised a number of prepaid college savings plans. Arkansas didn’t make the top 10 winners, but it did fall in with five other states where…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
The Xerox DocuTrek Road Show, a traveling multimedia demonstration, will make its first ever appearance in Northwest Arkansas Sept. 14 when it visits Rogers. Tim Stanley, president and general manager…
