by - February 5, 2001 12:00 am
If the General Assembly approves SB 16 from Sen. Cliff Hoofman, D-North Little Rock, two state pension funds would have to quit buying real estate and sell most of the properties they own.
by - February 5, 2001 12:00 am
A handful of Tyson Foods officials have been working tirelessly trying to see that the proposed buyout of IBP Inc. is realized.
by - February 2, 2001 2:45 pm
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale recalls its Tastybird Buffalo Style Wings of Fire, saying they could contain an undeclared allergen.
by - January 31, 2001 11:12 am
Vlasic Foods International Inc., which has a Swanson plant in Fayetteville, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and agrees to sell its core pickle business and its line of Open Pit barbecue sauce to H.J. Heinz Co. for $195 million.
by - January 30, 2001 12:29 pm
Edgewater Technology Inc. says the final tally for its tender offer was 24.4 million shares, which means that owners of 85 percent of the company?s outstanding common shares want to sell them back for $8 per share.
by - January 29, 2001 10:57 am
Tyson Foods Inc. exceeds fiscal first quarter estimates with 12 cents diluted earnings per share, but continued poor market conditions had the company coming up short of its sales and earnings from the same period last year.
by - January 26, 2001 4:35 pm
Earnings for First Federal Bancshares Inc.?s fourth quarter are down, but the company sees a 52-week stock high of $19 per share during the quarter ended Dec. 31.
by - January 25, 2001 11:26 am
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale extend the expiration date again on its offer to purchase 50.1 percent of IBP Inc.’s common stock.
by - January 25, 2001 11:25 am
Shareholders jump to unload 26.6 million shares of Edgewater Technology Inc. at $8 per share, but the company says it only has enough cash to buy back 61 percent.
by - January 22, 2001 9:41 am
Flights by Trans States Airlines between Northwest Arkansas and St. Louis could be affected by the pending acquisition of TWA by American Airlines, since Trans States is under contract by TWA.
by - January 22, 2001 12:00 am
We acknowledge that one problem with education in Arkansas is that most teachers are underpaid. But letters from teachers to legislators indicate another problem: lack of parental involvement in their children’s education.
by - January 22, 2001 12:00 am
Jenianne’s on Center will offer the downtown Fayetteville lunch crowd “some place they can get in and out of for 5 bucks,” says Tommy Stitt, who will be opening the restaurant at 31 E. Center St.
by - January 22, 2001 12:00 am
Suzie Stephens and Christy Adams plan to merge their two gourmet food stores in Fayetteville into one as of March 1.
by - January 22, 2001 12:00 am
Jim Hatfield, feeling that prices at his Cafe Nibbles, which he opened with his wife, Suzie Stephens, in Fayetteville, are scaring away customers, will change the menu.
by - January 22, 2001 12:00 am
Marty’s Cafe in Bentonville offers delicious Southern fare in generous portions.
by - January 22, 2001 12:00 am
During the current legislative session, term limits and selection practices could change at the Highway Commission.
by - January 22, 2001 12:00 am
Icy roads in Northwest Arkansas in December put a freeze on some business activity.
by - January 22, 2001 12:00 am
The extension, to 11 p.m. local time Wednesday, doesn’t change the terms and conditions of the offer to buy 50.1 percent of IBP’s common stock.
by - January 22, 2001 12:00 am
Cards in St. Edward Mercy Medical Center in Fort Smith solicit suggestions or complaints on behalf of hospital CEO John Hoffman. Other stacks promote the St. Edward Web Site.
by - January 22, 2001 12:00 am
Robert J. Froehlich, vice president of Kemper Funds Group’s Zurich Scudder Investments, speaks at an invitation-only reception sponsored by Arvest Asset Management of Lowell, which sells Kemper investment products.
