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Bank of the Ozarks posts income gain, notes loan losses

Little Rock-based Bank of the Ozarks reported Monday (July 13) that its net income for the first six months of 2009 was $18.78 million, up 14.8% from the same period…

Damn Yankees

The New York Yankees continue to be the most popular team in Major League Baseball.

2009 Greenest Office Judges Profiles

Our judges for this year’s 2009 Greenest Office Awards come from varied backgrounds:

Rogers Homebuilder Takes Top Honors in Second ‘Greenest Office’ Initiative

Stitt Energy best reflected the employee behavior and innovation that defines the Greenest Office award.

Stitt Builds on Passion for Sustainability

Stitt Energy Systems has an average utility bill of $100 per month to power its 2,800-SF office and 18 to 20 computers, just one sign of its commitment to sustainability.

Socially Responsible Hotelier Rests Easy

A small recycling project started the hotel on its path to an array of environmentally friendly practices.

Title Co. Transitions to ‘Less-Paper’ Offices

WACO made 64,000 fewer photocopies during the first quarter of 2008 despite a 28 percent increase in closings from the year prior. That?s proof of the title company?s desire to be a ?less-paper? office.

Tyson Foods Prioritizes Sustainability Efforts

Tyson Foods Inc.?s newest buildings display its core belief in green principles.

Hanesbrands Inc. Office LEEDs by Example

Selecting carpeting that is 100 percent recyclable is just one of the measures Hanesbrands took to get its space at Bentonville Plaza LEED-certified.

Springline Group Offers Roadmap to Sustainability

Consulting firm offers businesses green alternatives.

Clubhaus to Join Healthy Bodies with Fitter Planet

Stuart Walker is in the process of opening Arkansas? first LEED-certified fitness center, in the heart of Fayetteville?s Dickson Street.

Self Sustainability Needed Again (Opinion)

A couple of people can make a difference in an organization by getting hands on and translating today’s experiences into pragmatic abilities and ideas for tomorrow.

Better Business Bureau Aims For Ethical Market

Janet Robb helps lead Business Bureau’s policing efforts

The Wal-Mart Plan (Opinion)

Like Wal-Mart or hate it, the world’s largest retailer and the nation’s largest private employer has accepted its leadership role in areas many never thought it would.

Crossland to Build New Siloam Springs High School (Real Deals)

Crossland Construction Co. has been awarded a bid to construct a new, 298,000-SF high school for Siloam Springs for $31.8 million, on 55 acres.

‘Sustainability’ May Leave Our Children Lots of Options (Commentary)

If our actions lead to the creation of technologies that give our children choices we could never have dreamed of, we make them richer.

Microsoft May Be Threatened By its Own Business Model (Commentary)

Business owners should question recommendations for further investment in “back of the house” servers and software or investments in Microsoft licenses.

New Book Illustrates Light Rail Possibilities

The Community Design Center at the Fay Jones School of Architecture has put together a book about the possibility of light rail in Northwest Arkansas.

White Oak Market Opens in Fayetteville

Fayetteville group adds “gourmet market” to convenience store space.

Internships Give UA Grads a Jump-start

UA?s MBA graduates don?t experience placement problems.

Opinions differ on use of former ACME Brick property

Jones Center raises $310,000 at ‘Big Night’

Colliers | Arkansas to manage Regions Center; firm closes 2 major deals for $10.7M

Architect Reese Rowland honored with AIA Arkansas E. Fay Jones gold medal