by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas has hired Wesley Brown as business editor and Kristal Kuykendall as assistant business editor. Both began work at the Springdale office in mid-August. Brown,…
by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
Stephen Butler, owner and operator of Butler Broadcasting Co., recently moved his 24-hour sports format from 99.5 and 96.7 FM to 1190 AM, now known as KREB “The Fan.” The…
by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
We knew the premiere of a new television station in the area would heighten competition, but we couldn’t believe it when KHOG/KHBS, Channels 40/29, ran a segment Aug. 7 (and…
by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
Every year the University of Arkansas releases a mass of fresh minds to join the swirl of the business world. Each face in the pool of black pointed caps ventures…
by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
With the rapidly changing business software environment today, business people are faced with the following three fundamental questions: 1) How can I maximizing the return on the software that I…
by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
A 70 percent vault in pharmaceutical costs from 1995 to 1998 made the University of Arkansas woozy. So it swallowed a three-tiered pharmacy co-payment plan, and in just one year…
by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
The Harvey and Bernice Jones Charitable Trust of $11.5 million was formally organized July 19 in a mortgage note for the Har-Ber Meadows Development in west Springdale. The 425-acre, 677-lot…
by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
Bill Schwyhart and Collins Haynes of Hart and Haynes LLC on June 1 secured a loan of $1.3 million from Community Bank of North Arkansas in Fayetteville for a new…
by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
Ken Ewing recently purchased a building permit valued at $1.1 million to add 36 new apartments to Wellington Place Apartments in Rogers. Ewing is completing work on a 44-unit addition…
by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
John and Mike Charlton of Charlton Construction Co. recently purchased the final two of three building permits valued at a combined $1 million for an office complex in Bentonville. The…
by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
McDonald’s Corp. of Oak Brook, Ill., recently purchased a building permit valued at $675,000 to build a new restaurant in Fayetteville. The new McDonald’s will be located at 3380 W….
by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
The Seventh Day Adventist Church of Springdale recently purchased a building permit for $616,932 for its new home in southwest Springdale. The church, formerly at 1383 E. Robinson Ave., will…
by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
Ozark Natural Foods recently purchased a building permit valued at $600,000 for its new structure in Fayetteville. ONF is currently located in a 3,000-SF building at 205 Dickson St., but…
by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
Publicly traded Murphy Oil Corp. of El Dorado has purchased a building permit valued at $450,000 to construct a gas station at a Fayetteville Wal-Mart store. Murphy USA, with 16…
by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
Fellowship Bible Church of Northwest Arkansas on July 12 got a loan of $425,000 from Arvest Bank to build a new multi-purpose lodge. Located at 208 E. Pleasant Grove Road…
by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
For a decade, Sam Walton tried to hire Don Soderquist to work for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Soderquist gave in in 1980; he?s been a staple of the company ever since
by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
There are several unique aspects of Wal-Mart’s culture, Johnnie Roebuck, dean of the graduate school at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, found when she studied the corporate management of Wal-Mart…
by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
Ten years ago, University of Arkansas business students had to master Hewlett Packard 10-B calculators by their senior year. Now, many Sam M. Walton College of Business Administration freshmen are…
by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
International Business Machines Corp.’s Global Services division and Ariba Inc. were hired Aug. 8 by Transplace.com — the transportation online marketplace started in March by J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc….
by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
Emplifi Inc., a provider of enterprise Web integration solutions, and eJiva Inc., a business-to-business e-services consultant, were recently hired by J.B. Hunt to design and develop its new Call Center…
