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B&K Wings Plans Six Arkansas Stores

B&K Wings LLC plans to open six Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar locations in Arkansas within the next four years, according to a press release from the Minneapolis-based company.

Oseguera?s Offers Sweet Salsa (Business Lunch)

Oseguera?s restaurant in Springdale gets a 2.5-star review.

CIOs Suggest Networking To Start Successful IT Career

The emphasis being placed on network management by companies such as VeriSource Inc. in Rogers, the high-end, high-tech firm at Pinnacle Point, has not gone unnoticed.

Hispanic Loans Help Arvest Bank-Rogers

Over the past decade, Arvest Bank-Rogers has attracted more than $50 million in new business from the area?s Hispanic customers, said David Bugea, vice president of marketing and sales support for Arvest Bank-Rogers.

Mortgage Lending Climbs Steadily

Among the first three months in 2004, February saw the most volume for financial institutions that did at least $2 million in mortgage lending. Benton and Washington counties combined totaled more than $825 million in February.

Mouse Elbow Raises Concern

Mike Booker, an occupational therapist with the Northwest Health Rehabilitation Therapy Agility Center in Bentonville, said he sees at least two patients per week who have cumulative elbow injuries.

Combs Starts Advertising Firm

Susan Combs wanted to work from home, so she started her own business selling pens, pads and other gadgets to local companies using their logos.

Dozier Technology To Open Rogers Satellite to New Business

Nick Dozier didn?t have much of a selection for electives in the ninth grade. He could have taken Spanish or home economics, but he opted for a computer technology class and found a career.

RFID Could Cost Average Wal-Mart Vendor $9 Million

Experts disagree on how much RFID will cost Wal-Mart vendors and how long the investment will take to pay off.

Bad Debt, Charity Care Pressure Health Costs

Northwest Arkansas hospitals had a combined total of more than $49 million in bad debt in 2003 and net revenue of more than $360 million.

VeriSource Takes Call: Merger Gives Firms Leg Up on Line Data

Advanced Control Solutions Inc. of Bentonville and VeriSource Inc. of Rogers have merged to form a $3 million IT company that expects to shorten the trip data takes from the production line to decision makers.

New Cancer Detection Offered at Breast Center

Breast Center of Northwest Arkansas will be the first in the state to use Aurora Breast MRI, which provides clearer MRI images and aids in breast cancer detection.

CAST Maps Digital Info for Business Solutions

The University of Arkansas’ Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies serves as a “force multipler” by doing digital mapping for other departments and technology businesses.

Wi-Fi Can Leave Files Wide Open

Wireless fidelity technology, also known as Wi-Fi, is a security issue for companies who have employees that work via computer from home.

APEI Drills Into Power Electronics

Arkansas Power Electronics International Inc. of Fayetteville is one of the most promising firms at the University of Arkansas’ Genesis Technology Incubator.

Counties? Tax Production Up

Northwest Arkansas? six-county area produced $134.7 million (21.8 percent) of the $616.8 million in state sales and use taxes collected from all 75 counties in Arkansas last year.

Work on Metropark to Begin in 4-6 Weeks

Collins and Cynthia Haynes? Metropark, a 50-acre commercial development along Bentonville?s Horsebarn Road and Interstate 540, will include five professional and medical office buildings totaling 75,000 SF.

Developers Increase Size of Pinnacle Suites

Plans for Pinnacle Suites, a building in Rogers’ Pinnacle Hills, now call for a four-story, 80,000-SF complex. Initially, it was to be a three-story, 60,000-SF building.

George?s Expands

George?s Inc. of Springdale is adding 33,000 SF to its operations in Cassville, Mo. The $10 million project is set to begin in early April and it will be an addition to an existing processing facility.

Three Arvest Execs Defect to Other Banks

Three Arvest Bank-Rogers executives ? Gary Kleck, Jerry Carmichael and Bruce Branch ? have resigned to go work for another financial institution, but no one knows which one and these three aren?t talking.

Lockheed Martin to boost job numbers in Fort Smith

LR Fed official praises Warsh start amid economic uncertainty

Beechwood Hospitality starts operating Fayetteville hotel

Crystal Bridges names 3 to executive leadership jobs