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Dunn to Close Clothing Store

Bruce Dunn is closing his upscale clothing store in downtown Fayetteville and may reopen it a month later as another entity. Mister Guy has been located off the downtown square…

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Stadium Shuffle

UA trustees deal with football issue The ten University of Arkansas trustees are about to decide whether to move any of the Razorbacks’ football games from War Memorial Stadium in…

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Trustees from Little Rock

William E. “Bill” Clark Home town: Little Rock Resides: Little Rock Appointed by: Then-Gov. Jim Guy Tucker Term expires: March 1, 2004 Education: University of Arkansas, bachelor’s degree, electrical engineering,…

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Trustees from Northwest Arkansas

Charles E. Scharlau Home town: Mountain Home Resides: Fayetteville Appointed by: Gov. Mike Huckabee Term expires: March 1, 2007 Education: University of Arkansas, law degree, 1951 Business: Chairman, Southwestern Energy…

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Freightways Sees Growth

$12.5 million headquarters’ expansion planned Logistics expert Tim Quillin says American Freightways Corp.’s $12.5 million headquarters expansion in Harrison will be money well spent. The Stephens Inc. analyst says that’s…

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New England Service

American Freightways, which operates more than 25,400 pieces of revenue-generating equipment, including tractors, trailers and freight dollies, is also expanding its service. Starting in April, the company will add seven…

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Fort Smith Buyout

Trans-States Lines Inc., bought out Dec. 17 by eight employees led by president and CEO Bill Clark, will see no real operational changes under its new leadership. Clark bought the…

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Great Scott! New CEO

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss The resignation of David Glass, the man who turned a small-town chain of discount stores into the world’s biggest retailer, has…

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Woody and Bernstein

We understand he doesn’t even remotely resemble Dustin Hoffman, the actor who played him in “All the President’s Men,” but some people still recognized Carl Bernstein when he was in…

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Details, Details

OK, so what did the famous reporter do while he was in town? Well, Bassett says, while he was with Bernstein, the two men talked and dined at Uncle Gaylord’s…

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Doss Has Vision

West Doss, who served for the past two years as chief of staff for Congressman Asa Hutchinson, moved back to Northwest Arkansas in late December to serve as president of…

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Cashing In

Lee Scott Jr., the newly crowned CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., made several sizable stock transactions before the end of 1999. On Nov. 18, the logistics expert and former merchandising…

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Bear Paw Going

TransMontaigne Inc., the Denver-based transportation, storage, terminaling and wholesale marketer of petroleum products that has substantial offices in Fayetteville, is selling its Bear Paw Energy Inc. subsidiary. Bear Paw Energy…

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Coaching Change

A familiar face has returned to head the corporate finance department at Stephens Inc. in Little Rock. J. Dale Dawson, who oversaw the department in the early 1990s, is back…