by - March 6, 2000 12:00 am
Health care industry investment ratings slip Washington Regional Medical Center’s planned sale of $84.1 million worth of bonds won investment-grade ratings from three ratings firms, but just barely. It’s not…
by - March 6, 2000 12:00 am
The ratings reports and the prospectus for the bond issue contain details about the Northwest Arkansas health-care industry and about Washington Regional Health System in particular that aren’t usually publicly…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. failed in its bid to get into the bank business, but another retailer, Nordstrom Inc., recently won governmental permission to open a federally chartered thrift. It all…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis recently gave its approval to Springdale Bank & Trust to merge with The First National Bank of Huntsville. Springdale Bank & Trust, of…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
John Pak, the owner of Shogun Steak House of Japan in Fayetteville’s Spring Creek Centre, is eyeing space next door to his restaurant for expansion. But he may not be…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Loafin’ Joe’s fifth restaurant should open by May 1 in Rogers, says Rob McCain, the franchisee. The restaurant will be at 1313 W. Walnut St. in a building that previously…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
The Blimpie’s Subs and Salads franchise in Fayetteville’s Oak Plaza Shopping Center is for sale. Advertisements have been running in local newspapers for several weeks now. We couldn’t get any…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
1818 N. Crossover Road Fayetteville You could say we were wooed by Madame Wu’s. It’s not your average Chinese restaurant. The elegant interior at Crossover Village is decorated with Chinese…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Utilities want to provide Internet service, disagree over which medium is better, faster The number of people wired to Internet access has grown dramatically in recent years and expectations are…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Litigation fuels need for research Arkansas’ newest publicly traded company, Loislaw.com Inc., wants more customers to do that Yellow Pages thing: Let their fingers do the walking. In this case,…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Owner: Perry Butcher Jr. Address: 205 W. Elm St., Rogers, 72756 Phone: 501-633-9230 or 501-531-3420 Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday Start-up date: Jan. 1 Internet Address: www.business-listing.com Perry…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Owners: Jarrett and Kelley Mifflin Address: 1724 S. 42nd St., Rogers, 72758 Phone: 501-621-0247 Hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Start-up date: Jan. 1 Hot air sparked the idea for…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Owner: Chris Miesner Address: P.O. Box 1227, Fayetteville, 72702 Phone: 501-251-0100 or 501-464-4085 Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday- Friday and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday Start-up date: Oct….
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
George Hernreich, who founded two of the television stations that now serve Northwest Arkansas, died Feb. 13 at his home in Fort Smith. During World War II, Hernreich raised money…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Arkansas’ fifth-largest advertising, marketing and public relations agency is changing its name. Mangan Holcomb & Partners became Mangan Holcomb Rainwater Culpepper on Feb. 14. The 28-year-old agency added principles David…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
After being scooped by the Northwest Arkansas Times, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette misinformed readers about state law as it pertains to convention centers and state turnback funds, then buried its “correction”…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s $10.7 billion buyout of Asda Group PLC of England last June wasn’t just the biggest deal struck in Northwest Arkansas in 1999. It was the biggest deal…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Competition among providers of local telephone service is among the latest telecommunications developments in Northwest Arkansas. Southwestern Bell, one of the so-called “Baby Bells” that resulted when a federal judge…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Watching Bill Bradley and Al Gore on “Meet The Press” recently, skirmishing like a couple of alley cats, was amusing, yet disturbing. Instead of knowing more about them as potential…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Jim Lindsey and Roy Stanley, through their Eastwood Apartments LP, got a $7.4 million loan Dec. 3 from First National Bank of Springdale to build a 216-unit apartment complex. Eastwood…
