by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Gateway Closes Fayetteville Store
Computer maker Gateway Inc. closed its Fayetteville store on March 23.
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by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Tradehome, AT&T Opening Mall Stores
Tradehome Shoes opened a 1,600-SF store in Fayetteville?s Northwest Arkansas Mall on Feb. 28. And AT&T plans to open a 1,802-SF store there by the end of April.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Barloworld Acquires Springdale Company
Barloworld Ltd., a South African industrial brand management firm, announced on March 24 that it paid $5 million to acquire Northwest Arkansas Truck and Equipment Inc. in Springdale.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Sunbelt Sells Out to its Franchisees
Sunbelt Business Brokers, the Charleston, S.C., business brokerage with local offices in Fayetteville, Fort Smith and Little Rock, was recently bought out by its franchisees.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Airport Bonds get ?BBB? Rating from Fitch
Fitch Ratings, a San Francisco-based credit rating agency, recently assigned a ?BBB? rating to $37.3 million worth of Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority revenue bonds for the 2003 refunding series.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
World?s Richest Dozen Includes Walton Family
Members of the Walton family of Bentonville individually, ranked Nos. 7-11 with $16.5 billion each on Forbes’ annual list.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Four Northwest Arkansas Firms win Family Friendly Employer Awards
DaySpring Cards of Siloam Springs, a manufacturer of inspirational greeting cards, took the gold for medium employers at the first Arkansas Governor?s Family Friendly Employer Awards in Little Rock.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Rounds Of Golf Played in Central Arkansas Dip
Since 2000, the number of rounds of golf played at War Memorial Golf Course has dropped by 30 percent.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
It All Adds Up to Meza Once Again
As sure as there are going to be beads at Mardi Gras and cheese heads at a Green Bay game, so is Meza Harris at the top of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal?s annual real estate agents list.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Penny Stock Blunders Its Way To First-Ever Profit
Capitol Communities Corp., now of Boca Raton, Fla., ended its fiscal year in 2002 with something never seen in its eight-year history as a public company: a profit.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
St. Valery Downs Won?t Horse Around With Quality of Living
St. Valery Downs is a 120-acre, upscale equestrian community with 81 lots in its first phase and 25 more to come.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Canadian Timbers Frame Posh Cabin
Jane Garrison and Ron Bumpass’ big cedar home in Fayetteville was inspired by her love of tree houses.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Eliminating Mold Can Be Costly, In-Spore-Ational
Tiny mold spores float continuously through the air, indoors and out, but when they begin to thrive in a damp indoor area, they can wreak havoc on the health of those breathing in their contaminants.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Lover?s Lane, Canterbury Remain Among Area?s Nicest Neighborhoods
Arkansas Highway 265 was still a dirt road in 1968 when bankers Ellis Burgin, Hayden McIlroy and others decided to head to east Fayetteville to develop an upscale subdivision.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
UA Table-Grape Program Lands Two More Patents
Two new seedless table grapes, named Jupiter and Neptune, are intended to give Arkansas growers a hearty, marketable new fruit option.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Firm Handles Conflict Management
A mediation consultant and a wedding design company have opened shop locally.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Petra Caf? gets Three and a Half Stars (Business Lunch)
We thought Petra Caf? was a great place for a change of pace in downtown Fayetteville. The food is inexpensive, healthy and exotic, all at the same time.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Ruby Tuesday Chooses Fayetteville
Ruby Tuesday Inc. plans to build a 4,600-SF restaurant in Krushiker Addition, and Famous Dave?s Bar-B-Que plans to open a restaurant in Rogers? Scottsdale Center by mid-June.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Tyson Acquitted on All Charges
Tyson Foods Inc. and three of its managers on March 26 were acquitted by a federal court jury in Chattanooga, Tenn., of conspiring to smuggle illegal immigrants to work at its poultry plants.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
First Federal Pays Dividend in March
First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas Inc., the Harrison unitary savings and loan company, declared in February that it would pay a 16-cent dividend payable March 25.