Regions

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Food Tax Too High?

Within the past six months, the sales tax in Fayetteville increased by 2 percent, bringing the total to 8.125 percent for most goods and services, 10.125 percent at restaurants and 12.125 percent at hotels.

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Edgewater by the Numbers

Edgewater Technology showed an increase in revenue of 46 percent to $16.3 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2000, ended Dec. 31. For the entire fiscal year, revenue increased 30 percent to $60.2 million.

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Tyson Will Still Have a Cow

Tyson Foods Inc.?s cash election merger with beef mammoth IBP Inc. of Dakota Dunes, S.D., is a smart move for the Springdale poultry producer. Tyson?s beleaguered stockholders should be jazzed about the long-term prospects.

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FPEC Flexes to Meet Meat Demands

Evidence of Food Processing Equipment Co. can be found in almost any fast-food drive-through. McDonald?s chicken nuggets, Burger King?s hamburgers and Arby?s roast beef sandwiches all owe some of their production to FPEC, said owner Alan Davison.