Regions

Audits Will Cost More in 2003 (Editorial)

Audit fees are expected to rise 25 to 35 percent next year, most industry experts say.

A Knowledge-Based Economy for Arkansas? (Ron Goforth Commentary)

The importance of knowledge-based activities to the economy is reflected in our country?s economic performance, and high-technology sectors contribute importantly to growth in manufacturing and services indicators.

Baldor Electric Pays Out 13 Cents a Share

Baldor Electric Co. declared a regular quarterly cash dividend and announced promotions last month.

J.B. Hunt to Buy Part of Transplace

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. has announced that it will purchase a portion of Werner Enterprises Inc.?s ownership in Dallas-based Transplace.

Tyson Foods Opens D.C. Office

The Washington Post reported on Nov. 28 that Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale has opened a new Washington, D.C., office that is headed by veteran meat industry lobbyist Sara Lilygren.

Holiday Sales Tops for Wal-Mart Stores

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. hit a single-day company sales record during the traditional day-after-Thanksgiving shopping sprees, taking in $1.43 billion nationally.

KKEG Goes Alternative

The ?classic rock? station, KKEG, 92.1 FM, went ?alternative? on Nov. 22.

Citiscapes Sued

Linda D. Ralston, a former advertising sales employee of Citiscapes Metro Monthly magazine in Fayetteville, has filed suit in small claims court saying Editor Aaron Bleidt owes her $3,604.85 that he refused to pay.

KHOG: Inside Wal-Mart? Not Really

We waited with anticipation to see a Nov. 24 expose on Wal-Mart Stores Inc. after KHBS/KHOG, Channels 40/29, began airing advertisements a few days earlier saying it would take viewers ?inside Wal-Mart.?

D-G: Can You Find Malone?

None of the three photographs in a story about a reception for David Malone featured the state senator and director of the University of Arkansas Foundation.

AIRE Reaches Out for Medical Research

Medical research is expanding in Northwest Arkansas with the formation of the Arkansas Institute for Research & Education.

Doggie Daycares Pamper Pooches

Nationwide, doggie daycare kennels fetched about $1.5 billion in revenue the last year a study was done, and that was about four years ago.

Domestic Violence is Company Business

Estimates of lost work days attributed to domestic violence range from 2.8 million to 7 million days annually, but businesses can work to offset those losses and help their employees.

?Affordable? Homes Near Extinction in Fayetteville

As the hub of Northwest Arkansas? $3.4 billion mortgage loan market, Fayetteville has had many homes in the $200,000-and-up range built in the last four years, but it’s a tough market for those seeking new homes for less.

Valley View in the Drink

American Express Investments has taken possession of the residential portion of Valley View Golf Community in Farmington.

Four! Golf Misses Deadline

Golf Entertainment Inc., the Springdale penny stock embroiled in a handful of legal spats and barred from trading its own stock in the state by the Arkansas Securities Department, did not file its quarterly report as scheduled on Nov. 20.

Howell?s Hideaway

Just weeks before he died, Little Rock investor M. David Howell Jr. bought a $425,000 condominium in Destin, Fla. Just weeks before he died, Little Rock investor M. David Howell Jr. bought a $425,000 condominium in Destin, Fla.

Fair ?Weatherly? reporting

Dan Greenberg, a newly elected justice of the peace in Pulaski County and son of D-G Editorial Page Editor Paul Greenberg, was the only individual who received a check from David Howell who hadn?t been named in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Federal Mac Attack

First Federal Bank of Arkansas Inc., the publicly traded Harrison bank that operates seven locations in Benton and Washington counties, is believed to be the first in Arkansas to offer online loan approvals.

Lifeline to Buy Siloam Springs Service

Northwest Arkansas Lifeline entered an informal agreement Nov. 20 to purchase Siloam Springs Lifeline for an undisclosed amount.

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson

Dope Medicinal Wellness opens Fayetteville clinic

Fort Smith metro job numbers up less than 1% in September report