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by Talk Business & Politics - February 7, 2000 12:00 am

Bentonville Vet Building Offices

Larry A. Rose, a full-time veterinarian and part-time commercial real estate developer, is developing 22 acres on Southeast Walton Boulevard in Bentonville. Rose and his wife, Angela J. Rose, got…

by Michael Tilley - February 7, 2000 12:00 am

Parking Condo Tried Before in Fayetteville

South Carolina businessman Major Whisnant hopes to bring his company’s Gameday Park concept to Fayetteville, especially if additional ball games are scheduled on campus. But one version of the company’s…

by Talk Business & Politics - February 7, 2000 12:00 am

A View for Everyone

Three years ago, Gary Hirshberg decided Northwest Arkansas had a fair sampling of elite neighborhoods. What the market needed, he says, was an upscale community for everyone. Hirshberg, the project…

by Talk Business & Politics - February 7, 2000 12:00 am

New Pitch Man

The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees isn’t the only state board that athletic director Frank Broyles has appeared in front of lately. We hear Broyles went before the Arkansas…

by Talk Business & Politics - February 7, 2000 12:00 am

From Bites to Bytes

The former home of Corky’s Ribs & BBQ at 637 E. Joyce Blvd. in Fay-etteville will soon house a Gateway Country store. Gateway Inc., the computer company founded in 1985,…

by Talk Business & Politics - February 7, 2000 12:00 am

Central Figure

In case you’re curious, we unburied some more details on Bentonville-based Arvest Bank Group Inc.’s entry into the Pulaski County market. In round numbers, the deal to buy Little Rock’s…

by Michael Tilley - February 7, 2000 12:00 am

Whatta Catch

Developer Gary Combs, owner of Basic Construction Co. in Springdale, may have recorded the steal of the new year. He has lured Jim Hawkins away from Tune Concrete Products Co….

by Talk Business & Politics - February 7, 2000 12:00 am

Other Worlds

We noticed that Superior Federal Bank is opening a finance company in Roland, Okla., which is about seven miles west of Fort Smith but light-years away from Arkansas’ usury law….

by Talk Business & Politics - February 7, 2000 12:00 am

Egg-spansion

George’s Inc. is expanding its commercial egg operation on Russell Road in Siloam Springs. The $1.8 million expansion includes two laying houses that will operate a total of 400,000 hens…

by Michael Tilley - February 7, 2000 12:00 am

Wood Named Journal Editor

Jeffrey Wood of Bentonville has been named editor of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, publisher Darin Gray announced Jan. 21. Wood, who has been an associate editor more than a…

by Talk Business & Politics - January 24, 2000 12:00 am

One Hog Fan?s Perspective

When I was growing up in Southeast Arkansas, I never thought of the Arkansas Razorbacks as a Fayetteville team or a Little Rock team. It just never occurred to me…

by Talk Business & Politics - January 24, 2000 12:00 am

Asda Unveils UK Expansion Plan

Asda Group Plc., Great Britain’s third-largest supermarket chain (which was purchased for $10.8 billion by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. last June), says it will open 12 new stores this year and…

by Talk Business & Politics - January 24, 2000 12:00 am

New Bentonville McDonald?s Planned

Bill and Walter Mathews plan to demolish the 20-year-old McDonald’s restaurant at 201 S. Walton Blvd. and build a new “state-of-the-art McDonald’s” in its place. Bill Mathews says he plans…

by Talk Business & Politics - January 24, 2000 12:00 am

Shanghai Chinese Restaurant

1998 N. College Ave. Fayetteville This is one of our favorite Chinese restaurants in Northwest Arkansas and definitely our favorite for atmosphere, what with the glassed-in room and lush greenery…