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Not-So-Real TV Includes Bogus Dairy Job

So much for reality TV, as “Simple Life” producers turn down a winery for a bogus milk-bottling operation.

Creekside Pays $9.7 Million for Raw Acreage

CT Northwest LLC sold 90.6 acres to Creekside Development LLC on Jan. 30, 2004 for $9.7 million.

Tyson To Take Old Store for Office

It looks like rennovations are underway on the 73,000-SF former Kmart building located at 2231 W. 6th Street in Fayetteville.

Security Makes it a Flat Tuesday

We hear several bar owners along Fayetteville?s Dickson Street have been grumbling that sales were down on Mardi Gras day, compared with Fat Tuesday in 2003.

Funds Ranked No. 1

BOK Investment Advisers Inc. recently saw its American Performance Short Term Income Fund ranked No. 1 out of 93 in Lipper Analytical Service?s Short Term Investment Grade Debt Funds category.

WorkMatters Brings in Big Motivators

A veritable Who?s Who of motivational speakers won?t be living ?in a van, down by the river? on April 30.

Morning News Still Absent on Story (Outtakes Opinion)

The Morning News is igrnoring a story, but its readers deserved to be informed.

Broyles, Tyson Introduce UA Golf Practice Facility

John Tyson, CEO and chairman of Tyson Foods Inc., and University of Arkansas Athletic Director Frank Broyles recently unveiled the Razorbacks? new golf practice facility, the Mary B. and Fred W. Smith Golf Center.

Womack Relates Tax Tips to BOA?s Private Clients

Charles Womack, regional director of managed accounts for Eaton Vance Distributors Inc. of Boston, discussed tax strategies on Feb. 20 with a select group of Bank of America clients at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Rogers.

Pack Rat Sale Brings in $67,000

The semi-annual clearance sale at Fayetteville?s Pack Rat Outdoor Center brought in $67,000 on Feb. 8, said Scott Crook, the owner.

Hank?s Plans $4M Store in Fayetteville?s CMN

Hank Browne, president of Hank?s Fine Furniture of Sherwood, has bought land in Fayetteville?s CMN Business Park and plans to build a new store there.

Kids for Health Wins CCF Grant

CommunityCare Foundation’s first grant of 2004 has gone to the Kids for Health, a health education program for children, in the amount of $67,500.

Wal-Mart Threatens To Out-Walk Tyson

Corporate competition in the 2004 Northwest Arkansas American Heart Walk is already fierce.

Internet at Work (Jeff Hankins Publisher’s Note)

Don?t let the failed business models of the late ?90s fool you into ignoring the commercial promise of the Internet.

Healthier Employees Do Wonders for Bottom Line

Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield gets real about heart-disease risk and prevention.

MSI Builds National Reputation

Rogers-based Managed Subcontractors International Inc. is a national outsourcing and subcontracting firm with field offices in Atlanta; Dallas; and Orlando, Fla.

Wal-Martians Turn Green in ?The Windy City?

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville is the first big-box retailer to embrace Chicago’s green-roof program.

Parties Swap Roles (Editorial)

As a conservative, pro-business newspaper, we have a hard time understanding how Republicans became the party of huge deficits and big government, and the Democrats were the ones who balanced the budget and gave us a surplus.

Clear Creek Tees Up Apartments, Course

John Tyson?s much anticipated development, Clear Creek Golf Club in Johnson, is making the final push toward completion.

Monroe Corners Could Get City ?Squared Away?

Real estate?s old adage ?location, location, location? is fitting for the ever-growing town of Lowell.

Oklahoma court ruling threatens poultry industry in Arkansas

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