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Glo Limited

Owners: Linden Siems and Erin Bridges Address: 577 Millsap Road, Suite 1, Fayetteville 72703 Phone: 501-571-4456 Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and by appointment Start-up date: Aug. 14…

Owner: Jason Hudson Address: 451 E. Township, Suite A, Fayetteville 72703 Phone: 501-582-1943 Hours: by appointment only Start-up date: July Email address: [email protected] Internet Address: www.hudsonpics.cjb.net Hopeful brides in Northwest…

Alliance simplifies ad rates by matching Donrey paper

Advertisers in Northwest Arkansas seem to be happy with the area’s newspaper war. The competition has resulted in basically the same advertising rates at the two regional newspapers when cost-per-thousand…

Competition may lead to newsroom ?attrition?

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has denied rumors that the editorial staffs of the Northwest Arkansas Times and The Benton County Daily Record would be slashed by two-thirds in the wake of…

War chest gets boost

We knew something was brewing, so is was little surprise when Clear Channel Communications Inc. announced it was purchasing Donrey Media Group’s outdoor advertising division. Actually, it was Eller Media…

Rice pulled from AETN panel

Northwest Arkansas Times reporter Maylon T. Rice won’t be appearing on “Arkansas Week” anymore. On the Arkansas Educational Television Network’s July 7 program, Rice made comments that caused his employer…

Arkansas Best Corp.

Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. announced on Sept. 11 that its largest subsidiary, ABF Freight System Inc., had chosen its 2001 Load Team. The group of freight-handling professionals, selected based…

American Freightways Corp.

For the 15th-straight year, American Freightways Corp. of Harrison has received the coveted Quest for Quality award for outstanding customer service given by Logistics Management & Distribution Report. The trade…

Edgewater Technologies Inc.

In conjunction with its diminishing Fayetteville presence, Edgewater Technologies Inc. announced on Sept. 11 that its Edgewater Technology division has expanded its presence in the Midwest by opening a new…

Trinity Temple ready for additional space

Trinity Temple Assembly of God in Fayetteville on Aug. 23 secured a $500,000 loan from First National Bank of Springdale for a large, multi-purpose building. Construction began in September on…

Venture funding secured for Mercari

Mercari Technologies Inc. of Fayetteville got $20 million in venture capital funding Sept. 6 from a group of investors led by Baltimore-based ABS Ventures, the venture capital arm of Duetche…

Geospatial center finds home at UA

Northwest Arkansas is quickly becoming a haven for geostationary satellite technology. Two weeks after the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal first reported that Virtual Satellite Corp. is locating and marketing its…

Hold it right there Lapdog. Good boy.

Shaun Jackson of Design Inc. in Ann Arbor, Mich., has come up with a novel idea — a computer carrying case that actually allows users to operate laptop computers on…

State politicians ask Clinton to pardon Tyson?s Schaffer

Six members of the Arkansas congressional delegation joined Gov. Mike Huckabee on Sept. 10 in asking President Clinton to pardon an executive of Tyson Foods Inc. in Springdale. The governmental…

Office building filling up well before completion

Osage Partners on July 14 got a $2.1 million loan from Community Bank of Northwest Arkansas to build a 20,000-SF office complex at Pinnacle Point in Rogers. Osage Partners consists…

ARC Construction busy in Benton Co.

ARC Construction Co. of Centerton on Aug. 2 got a $1.4 million loan from Bank of Bentonville to build the infrastructure of a large new subdivision in Centerton. The subdivision…

Sheraton Hotel land purchased by group

Pinnacle Hospitality Group LLC on Aug. 11 got a $1 million loan from Arvest Bank of Rogers to purchase the seven acres of land where the new 200-room Pinnacle Hills…

Completion of Phase I nears at Tunbridge

Kirk Elsass and John David Lindsey of L&E Equity Investments secured six loans in August totaling $754,375 from First Federal Bank of Rogers to build the final six houses at…

Lazenby projects abundant in area

Bill Lazenby of Lazenby Construction on Aug. 24 secured a loan of $539,200 from McIlroy Bank & Trust of Fayetteville to build two houses in one of Fayetteville’s newest upscale…

SWN drills for rebound

Ditching Fayetteville utility could help Slammed with a royalty lawsuit for more than $100 million, Southwestern Energy Co. administrators agreed to ultimately change the direction of the business. A casualty…

Fort Smith Metro News Briefs: ACME input now online, UAFS students receive SURF grants

Arkansas to lead National Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeship expansion

The Supply Side: Boomer generation concedes spending power to young consumers

2nd cohort of new lithium accelerator shows innovations in Bentonville