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And the winner is …

Several Northwest Arkansas entities received awards from the Economic Development of Arkansas Fund in mid-September. The University of Arkansas’ Genesis Technology Incubator got $500,000 of its $1.3 million request while…

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Tony C Snookered

Nobody wants to talk about it, but Tony Catroppa, better known locally as Tony C, is suing the former owners of New Town Square in Rogers for breach of contract….

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Money-back guarantee?

It is a mistake that surprised us a little, considering the legendary frugality of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville. It seems that Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest retailer, paid one of…

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Catering Increases Profits

Restaurants Deliver, Save 20 Percent In Northwest Arkansas’ viciously competitive restaurant climate, restaurant owners have had to diversify to remain profitable. For many of them, that means catering. The reason,…

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1982 Chateau Petrus?

It’s next to the Nikes For the vast majority of wine drinkers, a hallway closet may be as good as a wine cellar, says The Wall Street Journal. In a…

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Sir Speedy

Owners: Carroll and Patrick Marbury Address: 1900-A S. Pleasant St., Springdale, 72764 Phone: 501-872-9500 Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Start-Up Date: July 22 Carroll Marbury and his son, Patrick Marbury,…

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Padgett Business Services

Owners: Melisa K. and Phillip M. Akens Address: 101 Parkwood St., Suite G, Lowell, 72745 Phone: 501-770-3829 Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Start-Up Date: Aug. 4 Padgett Business Services is…

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Democrat-Gazette Launches TV Ad Campaign

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette recently launched a television campaign to promote its Northwest Arkansas edition. Blackwood Martin/CJRW, the newspaper’s agency, produced the ads, which are apparently a series of testimonials. Sue…

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Here?s Lookin? At You, ?Bogyman?

We were perplexed when the Business Matters section of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette carried a huge front page headline on Aug. 30 stating: “The new BOGYMAN BACTERIA.” The section’s center spread…

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Nelms Misquoted by MEDIAWEEK

Don Nelms, who owns several Fayetteville car dealerships, says he was misquoted when a reporter from MEDIAWEEK wrote that Nelms was unhappy with the Morning News of Northwest Arkansas’ ad…