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Simmons First National Corp.

Directors of Simmons First National Corp., based in Pine Bluff, recently hiked the bank’s quarterly dividend to 19 cents per share. Payable April 3 to shareholders of record as of…

Nursing Centers Refinanced by Partners

Tommy and Jodi Holland and Richard P. and Nancy E. Osborne consolidated and refinanced the loans on their six nursing homes Nov. 19 with a $12.1 million loan from Bank…

Major Refinancing Makes Taco Tico Tick

Taco Tico Mexican Restaurants on Nov. 19 refinanced $10 million worth of commercial property across the Midwest. Included in the refinancing were its Taco Tico restaurants at 1486 W. Sunset…

Hanna Finalizes Outlet Financing

Burt Hanna, through his holding company JB Hanna LLC, got a $2.4 million loan Jan. 31 from McIlroy Bank & Trust Co. to cover the permanent financing for Hanna’s Candle…

ARC Fast Tracking on Winwood Project

ARC Construction Co. of Centerton got a $2 million loan Jan. 13 from Bank of Bentonville to build homes on 396 lots at his Winwood Subdivision. The subdivision, is located…

Lazenby Enters Commerce Center

Bill Lazenby, owner of Lazenby Properties Inc. of Fayetteville, bought a 16,000-SF office building Feb. 1 at Commerce Drive in Bentonville’s Commerce Center office park. He got a $1.6 million…

Rogers Developer Goes ?West Fork?

John David Lindsey is building a $1.5 million, 10-acre subdivision at the corner of McKnight and Ann Streets in West Fork. McIlroy Bank & Trust Co. is providing the financing….

Purchase Drummonds up Bentonville Office Space

Joy and Lamar Drummonds bought three acres containing a 5,600-SF office building at 304 Airport Road in Bentonville. The property is just off South Walton Boulevard between the city and…

Baptist ?Village People? Build New Church Facilities

Village Baptist Church is building a new sanctuary, administrative and educational facility at the corner of Pentland and Glasgow Streets in Bella Vista. Bill Wright, chairman of the church’s board…

Alexander, Merry-Ship Sail Again in Fayetteville

North College Development Co., the Fayetteville company owned by Richard Alexander and Rob Merry-Ship, bought the two-story, 2,600-SF residence at 5 West Ave. in Fayetteville. First Federal Savings & Loan…

Engineering Grad Students Help Faculty Entrepreneurs

New venture has high goals for technology-based business Later this spring, a University of Arkansas graduate class of 29 business, science and electrical engineering students is making a unique offer…

Personal Foul?

It’s clear to us that a business arrangement between Lindsey & Associates in Fayetteville, the real estate and construction company founded by UA trustee Jim Lindsey, and Stephens Inc., the…

From the Guv?s Igloo

We were intrigued when The Wall Street Journal mentioned in a March 2 article that a Canadian comedian had spoofed the governor of Arkansas. The comedian was Rick Mercer, a…

April ??Wools? Day

The University of Arkansas’ Sam M. Walton College of Business Administration is looking for a new development director in the wake of Blake Woolsey’s departure. Woolsey, who was immensely popular…

The Dirty Word

We hear Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has asked “vendors” to refer to themselves as “suppliers.” The word first came down about a year ago but apparently doesn’t apply to Sam’s Club…

Focus on Little Rock

Bedford Camera & Video will be opening its fifth location in late April at the newly remodeled Market Place Shopping Center at 11121 N. Rodney Parham Road in Little Rock….

A Steal for Rob

On Jan. 26, Robson Walton exercised $4.9 million worth of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. stock options. The company chairman, and son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, got 72,000 shares at $51.13…

A Wynco Combination

Tollett leads poultry suppliers through mergers A year after merging three agricultural production and distribution companies, Gary Tollett said business looks promising. As president of the surviving company, Wynco Distributors…

AG&F Commission Ups Permit Ante

Non-resident hunters and fishermen not deterred by price hikes in Natural State Non-resident license fees for fishing and hunting permits in Arkansas have both increased since August. On Jan. 1,…

Getting There

Has anyone ever asked you how to get somewhere? Maybe it was to the local store, the next town, or for advice on one of life’s important decisions. We are…

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson

Dope Medicinal Wellness opens Fayetteville clinic

Fort Smith metro job numbers up less than 1% in September report

Opinions differ on use of former ACME Brick property