by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Baltz Adds V.P., Pricing Tags to Title
ABF Freight System Inc. in December named Chris Baltz its new vice president of marketing and pricing, replacing Gerald Pirpich, who is retiring Jan. 31.
Regions
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Springdale Schools Gets New Campus
The structural steel framing is 95 percent complete and the exterior block 20 percent complete on the education wing at the new Springdale High School and LEC Properties recently bought permits valued at $18.9 million
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
TrestleTree Inc. Branches Out
TrestleTree Inc., the Fayetteville health care firm, has ?graduated? from the Genesis Technology Incubator, consolidated its offices into one corporate facility and moved into about 4,500 SF of temporary lease space on Springdale?s Thompson Avenue.
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
UA Engineers Procure Satellite Lab
Bob Friedman, Genesis? director, and Neil Schmidt, the former dean of the UA College of Engineering, have helped procure $2 million worth of satellite equipment to start the Electrical Engineering Department?s UA Satellite Communications Lab.
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Sloan Slates Fayetteville Subdivision
Developer Charles Sloan has plans for another subdivision in Fayetteville.
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Garrison Moves Stock
One of the largest insider shareholders in FedEx Corp. of Memphis has disposed of nearly half his remaining holdings during the past 18 months. Sales and transfers have reduced Sheridan Garrison?s direct stock ownership to about 1.7 million shares.
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Community Commitment Unveiled
A new plan unveiled by CommunityCare Foundation Inc. in Springdale for distributing its grant money omitted one impressive commitment.
by - December 22, 2003 12:00 am
School Debate Hijacks Holidays (Jeff Hankins Publisher?s Note)
A special session of the Arkansas General Assembly gives us something festive to talk about during this holiday season.
by - December 22, 2003 12:00 am
?Milken? Our No. 1 Ranking
Fayetteville?s No. 1 Milken Institute rating is really best explained as a ?Tale of Five Cities.?
by - December 22, 2003 12:00 am
Best and Worst of 2003: Bambi, Broyles and Bentonville
Here?s a look at the best and worst of what the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal staff encountered during 2003 including a look at the Top 10 business stories of the year in Benton and Washington counties.
by - December 22, 2003 12:00 am
Kennedy Gives 2004 Investment Strategy
Robert E. Kennedy, a University of Arkansas business professor from 1957 to 1999, took time after a Christmas partry drop-in at Garner Asset Management LLC in Fayetteville to talk about investment strategies for the new year.
by - December 22, 2003 12:00 am
Bank of Arkansas Tops October Mortgage Race
Bank of Arkansas paced the Washington County mortgage market in October. It made $19.83 million worth of mortgage loans or about 12.24 percent of all of those made that month in the county.
by - December 22, 2003 12:00 am
Local Retailer Says Christmas Looks Good
Mason Hiba said his stores were showing a double-digit sales increase as of Dec. 16 when compared to the same period of the Christmas season in 2002.
by - December 22, 2003 12:00 am
Boomtown Contractors Busted by License Board
Howard Williams, administrator of the state Contractors Licensing Board, said he has a total of 11 contractor violations from Northwest Arkansas set for Jan. 9 hearings.
by - December 22, 2003 12:00 am
American Eagle to Open XNA Maintenance Facility
American Eagle Airlines said recently that it will open a new maintenance facility at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport in Highfill.
by - December 22, 2003 12:00 am
Arts Live Launches Scholarship Fund
A $5,000 donation helps Arts Live Theatre Inc. launch a scholarship fund to enable area youth to participate in Arts Live classes and programs including after-school classes, summer camps and stage productions offered by Arts Live Theatre.
by - December 22, 2003 12:00 am
St. Edward?s Doctors Test PDAs in Lab Coats
Sixteen doctors at St. Edward Mercy Medical Center in Fort Smith are part of a pilot group for the Cerner Millennium Mobile system, using personal digital assistants they can carry in a lab coat pocket to record patient information.
by - December 22, 2003 12:00 am
PCC Drives Toward Goal
Northwest Arkansas? oldest elite golf community, Pinnacle Country Club, made big changes during 2003.
by - December 22, 2003 12:00 am
Welcome to NWA! Connects Newcomers With Trustworthy Local Businesses
Welcome to NWA! and its co-owner Theresa Thompson are in the business of connecting Northwest Arkansas newcomers with trustworthy and efficient local businesses and services.
by - December 22, 2003 12:00 am
Pinnacle Group Had Huge Impact in 2003
J.B. Hunt, Bill Schwyhart and Tim Graham, who do business as The Pinnacle Group in Rogers, are named the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal?s ?Newsmaker of the Year? for 2003.