Regions

Chamber Uses Web to Attract R?sum

The Rogers-Lowell Chamber of Commerce is already getting results from the latest features introduced on its Web site, www.rogerslowell.com.

American, Northwest Cancel XNA Flights

Three of the 46 round-trip flights leaving the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) were canceled permanently in the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, said Scott Van Laningham, executive director of the airport in Highfill.

ABF Freight Provides New Service to Mexico

ABF Freight System Inc., the largest division of Fort Smith?s Arkansas Best Corp., announced it is now providing daily direct service to Juarez and Chihuahua, Mexico, after gaining border clearance through El Paso, Texas.

Small Business Development Center Supported by Statistical Study

Small Business Development Center clients created 1,175 new jobs in Arkansas in 1999, according to a study released by the University of Arkansas SBDC.

Traveler by Andr? Totes Upscale Luggage

Northwest Arkansas resident Willie Ming co-owns and manages Traveler by Andr?, a new luggage and travel accessory store in the Three Sisters building on Dickson Street in Fayetteville.

Midwest Aero Inc. Opens Repair-Hangar

On the east side of the runway at Carter Field in Rogers, Carl and Lois Kinney opened Midwest Aero Inc., an airplane maintenance, inspection and repair shop.

Morning News Trims Staff

The Morning News laid off two full-time editorial employees and one half-timer in mid-September.

Local Papers Give Extra Effort

Newspapers showed a lot of initiative in coverage of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, but in an age of instant communications, TV has an advantage when it comes to covering breaking international stories.

This Time They Were There

We would like to commend the D-G for sending Dan Zehr, a business writer, and Rick McFarland, a photographer, to New York to cover the aftermath of the attacks.

AERT Announces Increased Sales

Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. announced a 15 percent increase in gross sales for July and August over figures from the comparable period of 2000.

Beverly Announces Plans to Appeal Ruling

Beverly Enterprises Inc. of Fort Smith told the Associated Press that it will appeal a National Labor Relations Board ruling that the chain illegally laid off hundreds of employees following a 1996 strike in Pennsylvania.

Delta Systems Heads for Canadian Market

Delta Systems Inc. announced on Sept. 26 that it has finalized the terms of a proposed rights offering and has engaged First Associates Investments Inc. to act as soliciting dealer in connection with the transaction.

J.B. Hunt Warns of Dropping Profits

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell issued a strongly worded profit warning Sept. 18.

Paper Reports Between Wal-Mart and Mycal

Mycal Corp., the fourth-largest supermarket chain in Japan, wants to talk again with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. about selling some of its stores after it filed for court protection from creditors Sept. 14, according to a daily business newspaper.

Tyson EPS Higher Than Original Projection

John Tyson, chairman, president and CEO of poultry giant Tyson Foods Inc., said the Springdale company would see much higher fourth-quarter earnings per share than originally expected.