by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
Statewide, 81 financial institutions made 581 U.S. Small Business Administration-guaranteed loans worth almost $125 million to borrowers in Arkansas during fiscal 2005. (Includes list of the region’s largest SBA lenders.)
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
Hoffbrau Steaks, a downtown Fayetteville landmark for 22 years, closed on Jan. 6.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
John Bliss of Fayetteville and Paul Nelson of Bentonville opened a Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar in Fayetteville?s CMN Business Park on Dec. 19.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
Starbucks Coffee Co. of Seattle plans to open a 1,700-SF coffee shop this summer at the corner of Interstate 540 and Pleasant Grove Road in Rogers.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
There?s a building in downtown Bentonville that seems to be home to a different business every six months or so. Its latest incarnation is The Bristol on Central.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
The Bank of Fayetteville purchased a research and development tax credit in mid-January from Fayetteville?s Space Photonics Inc.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
About 1,000 people move into Northwest Arkansas every month, but only 560 new jobs are created here every month, said Jeff Collins, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Arkansas.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
The Pinnacle Group announced on Jan. 13 that a Lola Boutique clothing store, The Perfect Pair shoe store and Pink Bamboo clothing store, will open in the spring at the Shoppes at Pinnacle Hills in Rogers.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
The 47th annual Greater Fort Smith Association of Home Builders 2006 Home Show will be held Feb. 10-12 at the Fort Smith Convention Center.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
The Fort Smith Regional Airport had a 10.3 percent increase in boarding passengers for 2005 with 99,887 compared to 90,557 enplanements in 2004.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
Brian Hastings, plant manager at Hiram Walker in Fort Smith, takes over as chairman of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce?s board of directors.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
Charles ?Chuck? Morgan opens Fuse, a 28,000-SF fitness center, in The Shops at the Forum on Walton Boulevard in Bentonville.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
Commercial real estate in Northwest Arkansas has another strong year of absorption in 2005.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
NBC pulls the plug on its controversial television show ?The Book of Daniel? after four of this season?s six episodes had aired.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
Jennifer Cook leaves her job as deputy city editor at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette to be the Bentonville metro editor for Springdale-based The Morning News.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
We would like to credit The Morning News for breaking the story that Mitch Mustain said he will play football for the Arkansas Razorbacks.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
We know there?s probably a flurry of real estate transactions going on near the intersection of Interstate 540 and New Hope Road in Rogers, but we couldn?t help but notice what happened on just one Friday.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
We hear The Spa Esthetiques plans to build a 10,000-SF location in Metropark, which is down Horsebarn Road from its current location in Pinnacle Hills.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
The competition for top-shelf, tapped-in banking officers has heated up in the super-banked Northwest Arkansas market.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
Barrett-Jackson Auction Co. of Scottsdale, Ariz., says the unofficial tally for the weeklong auto auction event was $98 million.
