by - May 3, 1999 12:00 am
Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. reported a sales increase of 80 percent for the quarter ended March 31. The company said sales exceeded $4.5 million, up $2 million from the…
by - May 3, 1999 12:00 am
Beverly Enterprises Inc. announced that it earned nine cents per share diluted in the first quarter of 1999 from operations, before costs associated with Year 2000 remediation and with an…
by - May 3, 1999 12:00 am
Thompson Earnhart & Associates and BrandWorks Consulting, both based in Fayetteville, have formed a partnership named Thompson Murray Inc. Thompson Murray Inc. will consist of Thompson Murray (an advertising agency…
by - May 3, 1999 12:00 am
The Ernie Deane Award committee was apparently at a loss for words when it recently honored Maylon Rice. The citation he received read simply: “To Maylon Rice of the Northwest…
by - April 12, 1999 12:00 am
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville’s answer to a competing computer engineering program at the Little Rock campus is unlikely to be launched by fall. That’s the timetable originally proposed…
by - March 15, 1999 12:00 am
With tourism stagnating, Arkansas has been repackaging the state to fish for tourists in some different ways. Traditionally, visitors come to Arkansas to hunt, fish, hike, camp and boat on…
by - February 22, 1999 12:00 am
Now that travelers to Northwest Arkansas are landing in Benton County, more of them will be staying there. At least that’s the contingency many of the area’s hotel owners and…
by - February 22, 1999 12:00 am
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has given its blessing to the merger of Northwest Community Bancshares Inc. of Fayetteville with Chambers Bancshares Inc. in a deal valued at…
by - February 22, 1999 12:00 am
A standing-room-only crowd turned out recently to hear Robert J. Froehlich, chief investment strategist for Kemper Funds, and event sponsor Arvest Investments Inc.’s plans to have additional financial stars in…
by - February 22, 1999 12:00 am
Schumacher’s appearance is in conjunction with Arvest Investments’ planned introduction of a unit investment trust fund to include a number of stocks from the Arvest 50, a stock index that…
by - February 22, 1999 12:00 am
As for Froehlich, he’s exuberantly optimistic about the stock market’s future and predicts the Dow will close above 15,000 on Dec. 31, 2002. He bases his optimism on several factors:…
by - February 22, 1999 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to launch its push into Europe from Germany, so it’s not surprising that the Bentonville-based retailer’s purchase of 74 Interspar hypermarket stores tops the list of…
by - February 22, 1999 12:00 am
Patsy Simmons, one of the most out-spoken critics of CARMLS LLC, has asked to rejoin the Northwest Arkansas multiple-listing service. Only recently her Simmons Group Inc. of Rogers dipped out…
by - February 22, 1999 12:00 am
It’s true that Hawgs Illustrated has signed a deal with Democrat Printing & Lithographing Inc. in Little Rock. Clay Henry, HI’s publisher and principal partner with Hawgs Illustrated Inc. of…
by - February 22, 1999 12:00 am
“The Lost Squadron,” a video documentary by Larry Foley, an associate professor of journalism at the University of Arkansas, will premiere nationally on PBS at 9:30 p.m. April 12. “The…
by - February 22, 1999 12:00 am
The absence of Dillard’s Inc. advertisements in the Northwest Arkansas Times Feb. 16 and 17 caused a stir among media watchers. Dillard’s is a major advertiser — and thus a…
by - February 22, 1999 12:00 am
Arkansas has another publicly held bank: Superior Financial Corp. quietly began trading on the over-the-counter market on Feb. 4 at $11.25 per share. The Fort Smith-based holding company owns Superior…
by - February 22, 1999 12:00 am
Century 21 Cupit Street Realtors of Siloam Springs only has two agents left after Coldwell Banker Faucette Real Estate of Siloam Springs hired four away. Bob Knight and Ron Green…
by - February 22, 1999 12:00 am
Keating Enterprises Inc. of Fay- etteville has started a $3 million construction project just north of the Sunbridge Center on Sunbridge Road in Fay-etteville. The first phase includes a $1…
by - February 22, 1999 12:00 am
A 17,000-SF, $1.7 million retail building that’s part of Commerce Center at the corner of Walton Boulevard and Arkansas 102 in Bentonville is under construction. Five tenants have already signed…
