by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
Tyson Foods Inc.’s lawsuit against ConAgra Inc., filed Aug. 5, is not the first time the food industry giants have butted heads. ConAgra drove up the bidding for Holly Farms…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
It has already set industry standards with its motors, and now Baldor Electric Co. is aiming for an equal share of the drive market. The company has converted an old…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
In 1950, University of Arkansas students started visiting Maxine’s Tap Room to drink cold beer, play dominoes and plug change into the arcade bowling machine known as “Ding Ding.” Nearly…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
The city of Fayetteville has yet to book a single convention or trade show for its much-awaited town center planned for the south side of the downtown square. We’re told…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
Talk around town is that Jim Blair, retired general counsel for Tyson Foods, is building a fortress. Turns out it’s more like a sand castle. Blair’s flamboyant new office at…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
It seems that something’s always going on at Arvest Bank Group, and here’s the latest: The Jim Walton-led holding company is among a growing line of banks that made brief…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
Lost in Arkansas Capital Corp. Group’s creation of Diamond State Ventures is another new division of Little Rock-based ACC, Capital Resource Corp. Capital Resource will focus on finding sources of…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
You may have heard about the Aug. 6 explosion at the new Embassy Suites hotel in Grapevine, Texas, but did you know there’s a Northwest Arkansas connection? The hotel is…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
Gary Gulley just missed the recent shakeup at Superior Federal Bank of Springdale. He resigned as a loan originator there on July 30 both because his father became ill and…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
Have you ever had to fire a long-time loyal employee or family member? If so, and if you are like most successful CEOs, you wrestled really hard with the decision.You…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell is now leasing the 9,200-SF top floor of the Northwest Arkansas Business Center’s Building One. The 30,000-SF Class “A” property, on 30 acres…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
Chris and Kerri Elders, through their company Elder Construction Inc. of Springdale, have $3.6 million worth of projects going on in Springdale and Farmington. The Elderses are still negotiating with…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
Richard P. and Mary E. Osborne and Tommy G. and Jodi E. Holland refinanced two apartment complexes in Fayetteville. They received a $2.3 million loan May 24 from Arkansas National…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
Richland Construction Co. of Springdale is building a 20,000-SF upscale office building at Commerce Center on Walton Boulevard in Bentonville. About $1.2 million of the $1.5 million project was financed…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
J.L. Properties of Bentonville plans to tear down its aging, 1,200-SF office building at 104 S. Walton Blvd. and build a new, two-story office facility. The $707,029 project is being…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
Carl Myers, through his company Myers Apartments of Fayetteville, is remodeling the Brook Allison Apartments II at 2660 Wedington Drive. The $675,000 purchase and remodeling project is being financed by…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
Youth Bridge Inc. of Fayetteville is expanding its Northwest Arkansas operations with a new 10,700-SF shelter and counseling facility in Centerton. The Bank of Bentonville is financing the $450,000 project…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
Despite the retail boom, a UA expert says the campus has less impact on the area’s economy While Fayetteville’s population has jumped by 44.7 percent – from 36,608 in 1980…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
Angela Ryan keeps Anheuser-Busch products flowing from the Oklahoma line to Norfork Lake. The general manager of McBride Distributing Co. of Fayetteville since 1996, she runs a 50-year-old family business…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
Liz Crone decided to start an import business after a trip to Bali in 1989. “There were just vast opportunities in buying there,” Crone says. “These were incredible craftsmen.” Crone,…
