by - May 8, 2000 12:00 am
It’s not the money, it’s the mindset. Affluent northwest Arkansas doesn’t have any more venture capital than the rest of the state. Although many local residents amassed stock fortunes through…
by - April 24, 2000 12:00 am
With the departure of the area’s largest airport to Highfill in early 1999, Fayetteville’s restaurant and hotel owners braced for a financial jolt. But like the New Madrid earthquake that…
by - April 3, 2000 12:00 am
Despite back-to-back years of being the No. 1 residential real estate agent in Northwest Arkansas, Meza Harris is still driving her 1994 Lexus. It’s not that the senior vice-president of…
by - April 3, 2000 12:00 am
Residential real estate sales ace Meza Harris said the residential market shifted upscale in 1999. Previously, the sale of a $350,000 to $400,000 home was considered a rarity around area…
by - March 20, 2000 12:00 am
Tyson Foods Inc. in Springdale exports its poultry products to 57 different markets, but until March it only had production facilities in the United States and Mexico. That changed Feb….
by - March 20, 2000 12:00 am
Cobb-Vantress Inc., the wholly-owned Tyson Foods subsidiary, is no stranger to Asia. The broiler-breeder operator celebrated March 17 as the 35th anniversary of its partnership with Vitarich Corp. in Bulacan,…
by - March 20, 2000 12:00 am
Officials await mid-year stats to know if creative-financing plan is paying off Luring the five airlines from Fayetteville’s Drake Field to the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport was easy. Officials at…
by - March 20, 2000 12:00 am
American Power & Supply Co. is the “Hans and Frans” of the Arkansas poultry industry. Like the Saturday Night Live body builder characters who are famous for wanting to “pump…
by - March 20, 2000 12:00 am
Siloam plant has alternative solution It may not be a better mousetrap, but Alternative Design Inc. of Siloam Springs has built a better cage for the rodent. The 13-year-old business,…
by - March 20, 2000 12:00 am
In what seems to have become an annual ritual, Fayetteville restaurants once again set all-time sales records for the year. City tax records indicate Red Lobster brought in $3 million…
by - March 20, 2000 12:00 am
1402 S. Walton Blvd. Bentonville Although it’s obviously a hot spot for lunch in Bentonville, we weren’t impressed with the fare at Ruby Tuesday. The first thing we noticed is…
by - March 20, 2000 12:00 am
Could it be that technology-induced changes underway in the economy are going to lead to the rich getting still richer while the poor get poorer? Issues of equitability aside, I…
by - March 20, 2000 12:00 am
A record number of University of Arkansas students — about 800 — are currently attending college on Chancellor’s Scholarships. That’s about nine times the number of Chancellor’s Scholars that were…
by - March 20, 2000 12:00 am
Owner: Leilani Schweitzer Address: 725 Vandeventer St., Fayetteville 72701 Phone: 501-973-9259 Hours: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Friday Start-up date: Jan. 15 Kids will have to find another way to…
by - March 20, 2000 12:00 am
Owner: Ross Odom Address: 3210 Howard Nickell Road, Fayetteville 72704 Phone: 501-443-0434 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday Start-up date: March 1 As construction sites continue to pop up…
by - March 20, 2000 12:00 am
Owner: Kathy England Address: 125 E. Township Road, Suite 3, Fayetteville 72703 Phone: 501-443-5092 Hours: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday- Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday Start-up…
by - March 20, 2000 12:00 am
Country music radio station KKIX-FM took the top spot in the fall Arbitron ratings after losing that position last spring to KMCK-FM, Power 105.7, for the first time in 15…
by - March 20, 2000 12:00 am
Kyle Mooty has been named associate editor of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. Mooty, a native of Marion, Ala., has 20 years of media experience. He has worked in five…
by - March 20, 2000 12:00 am
The University of Arkansas will host a seminar titled “Fundamentals of Business and Economics Reporting” from March 30 through April 1 at the Donald W. Reynolds Center on campus. Jack…
by - March 20, 2000 12:00 am
The Benton County Daily Record and Northwest Arkansas Times had a story-sharing agreement even before the Daily Record’s parent company, Community Publishers Inc., purchased the Times last year. However, after…
