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Hog Haus Will Sell Microbrewed Root Beer

Hog Haus Brewing Co., which is slated to open this month, will be kid-friendly, offering microbrewed root beer in addition to adult beverages.

Vision Tech Lands $2M Navy Contract

Rogers-based Vision Technologies Inc. has won a $2 million U.S. Navy contract renewal for 2005.

Syroco Inc. Gets Ownership Change

Industrias Vassallo Inc. of Ponce, Puerto Rico, bought Syracuse, N.Y.-based Syroco Inc. in September. That includes it?s 40-employee plant in Siloam Springs.

Economy on Track Despite Booming ?90s

An economic boom in the late 1990s has Americans thinking that anything less is a weak economy, said Jeff Collins, director of the University of Arkansas? Center for Business and Economic Research.

Tyson Track Complex Hosts NWAHBA Show

The Northwest Arkansas Home Builders Association announced that the Spring Home Show and Expo will be held March 18-20 in the Randal Tyson Track Complex on the University of Arkansas campus.

Fayetteville Chamber Initiates Task Force

The Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce has started a Young Professionals Task Force.

Conservation Group Thanks Area Business Contributors

The Nature Conservancy?s Northwest Arkansas Corporate Council for Conservation lunch was held to inform the businesses that have contributed a combined $200,000 about the organization?s efforts in Northwest Arkansas and the rest of the state.

Wal-Mart Builds At Archaeological Sites

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. refused on Oct. 6 to halt construction of a discount store in the shadow of ancient Mexican pyramids, despite local opposition that has sparked a hunger strike.

Wal-Mart Won?t Sell Carlin?s Book

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation?s largest retailer, is not selling comedian George Carlin?s best-selling new book, ?When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops,? in its stores because its cover makes fun of the ?Last Supper.”

Developers Plan 30,000-SF Building for Sara Lee Corp.

Developers Dan Dykema, Mark Marquess and Rick McCollough are building a new 30,000-SF Bentonville building that will be leased entirely to Chicago-based Sara Lee Corp.

Accounting & Payroll Not A State-sanctioned Firm

Turns out Accounting & Payroll LLC is not a state-sanctioned accounting firm because it is not registered with the Arkansas State Board of Public Accountancy and its principal is not a CPA.

Developers Pledge $50,000 to UA Architecture School

Developers Rob Merry-Ship, Richard Alexander, Ted Belden and John Nock have pledged $50,000 to the University of Arkansas School of Architecture.

Hanna Oil & Gas Co. to Build $3.24 Million Office

Fort Smith will apparently soon have another prominent building in the works downtown.

Otter Swims To Cave Springs

Developer Gary Brandon is building a 200-acre, 235-lot subdivision in Cave Springs called Otter Creek after the area in Little Rock where he used to live.

Ervin & Co. CPAs Hires Business Development Director

Ervin & Co. CPAs of Fayetteville has hired a director of business development, Holly Fish, who comes from Whitley Penn, a Dallas accounting and consulting firm.

River Valley Execs See Big Pay Increases

Seven of the 10 biggest public company executive pay increases from 2002 to 2003 happened for honchos from the Arkansas River Valley and Northwest Arkansas.

Fox Flunks Spelling

Two of the three street signs in Springdale?s new Fox Field subdivision contain misspellings of New Orleans street names.

Triumvirate Keeps NW On Course

Administrators of Northwest?s three local hospitals said there?s only one trend that matters: Helicopters used to take patients away from the Bentonville hospital. Now, they bring them there.

St. Mary?s Readies for Next Generation

Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas Inc. upgrades its information technology and work processes with its four-year Genesis Project.

Cooper Clinic Bids Farewell to ABCBS

Cooper Clinic P.A. of Fort Smith, the largest physician group in the state, disagrees with Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield?s reimbursement rates, so Cooper?s contract lapsed on Sept. 30.

Arkansas to lead National Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeship expansion

The Supply Side: Boomer generation concedes spending power to young consumers

2nd cohort of new lithium accelerator shows innovations in Bentonville

Weekly wages up 4.2% in Arkansas, Benton County leads with 13.4% wage gain