Regions

McQueen Takes AWA Helm

Athletic World Advertising has a new president at the helm: Mark McQueen is promoted from vice president and chief operating officer to president of the company.

NGI Steel Sells Assets

Next Generation Industries Inc. of Rogers has sold the assets of its Next Generation Steel Systems division to Springfield, Mo.-based Stoam Industries for an undisclosed sum.

Fortune Article Tags Eduardo Castro-Wright

Fortune magazine?s Feb. 6 issue tags Wal-Mart Store Inc.?s Eduardo Castro-Wright as one of 12 potential CEO-types.

NanoMech Gets SBIR Award

NanoMech LLC, a Fayetteville-based Virtual Incubation Corp. client, garners yet another Small Business Innovation Research award.

The Year’s Biggest Deals

Two deals by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville top the list of the regions’ biggest deals in 2005.

Crossland Carries New Sam?s Club (Real Deals)

Crossland starts a new $9.7 million Sam?s Club store and Whitt Properties sells its Cottonwood acreage.

Bankruptcy Filing Flood Swamps Federal Courts

Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings jumped by about 50 percent last year in Fayetteville and Harrison A total of 2,124 Chapter 7 cases were filed in Fayetteville in 2005, with 1,110 of them filed from August through October.

Technology Makes Legal Work Brief

High-tech computers, software and online research databases have cut down the time and money lawyers spend on traditional book-based research and mass mailings.rnBut lawyers are paying for it in other ways.

UA Law School to Get Technology Upgrade

The University of Arkansas’ law school will undergo technological improvements, including the addition of a state-of-the-art courtroom.

Lawyers Deem Digital Discovery Fuzzy Field

Northwest Arkansas lawyers grapple with electronic discovery and how it affects businesses.

National Ag Law Center Helps Decipher Code

The National Agricultural Law Center at the University of Arkansas? law school launched the world?s only student-produced food-law journal in July, containing essays, articles on food labeling in the U.S. and abroad, and food liability.

Restaurant Chains Take Top 10

Olive Garden remained Northwest Arkansas? No. 1 restaurant with $4.1 million in sales for 2005. It was followed by Red Lobster with $3.5 million and Golden Corral with $3.4 million.

RMG Launches MarketPlace Catering

Restaurant Management Group of Springdale started a new catering division this past fall. The company said MarketPlace Catering will be able to cater events for 50 to more than 500 people.

Starbucks Will Brew in Fayetteville

Starbucks Coffee Co. of Seattle plans to open a 1,700-SF coffee shop this summer in Fayetteville?s Nelson?s Crossing.

Plan for Business Access During Road Construction

Planners must allow for access to major arterials and businesses during road construction.

Montana Tractor Hosts Dealer Conference

Montana Tractors of Springdale hosted more than 400 people at its dealer show held Jan. 5 through Jan. 7 at the Northwest Arkansas Convention Center in Springdale.

MSA?s Residential Market 11 Percent Overvalued

The Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metropolitan statistical area tied with seven other MSAs as the nation?s 144th most overvalued residential housing market, according to a CNN Money report on Jan. 3.

New Re/Max Office Opens in Springdale

Four agents and one principal broker have left Fayetteville?s Re/Max Associates to form a new firm, Re/Max Partners Real Estate Inc. in Springdale.rnThe franchise officially opened Jan. 4.

Friday Firm to Open Second Northwest Office

Little Rock-based law firm Friday Eldredge & Clark has operated a Fayetteville office since 2000. In 2006, the firm will open another office in Rogers to better accommodate its Benton County clientele.

Law Firm Employment Jumps by 25 Percent

There were 21 firms employing a total of 164 lawyers on the Business Journal?s annual list of largest law firms. A total of 25 percent more lawyers were employed by those firms compared to the previous year.)

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

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

Dope Medicinal Wellness opens Fayetteville clinic