by - January 12, 1998 12:00 am
If there was any question about how seriously Arkansas’ larger companies are taking the looming Year 2000 computer crisis, the answer is becoming evident. First Commercial Corp. of Little Rock,…
by - January 12, 1998 12:00 am
Many businesses will be surprised to learn that the Year 2000 glitch isn’t just a software problem and will rear its ugly head in common, everyday places. It’s the embedded…
by - January 12, 1998 12:00 am
A $4.5 million mortgage from First National Bank & Trust Co. of Rogers is being used to finance the construction of a Hampton Inn in Rogers. The construction loan was…
by - January 12, 1998 12:00 am
Har-Ber Meadows Development Co. of Springdale renewed a $3.5 million mortgage with Springdale Bank & Trust in November. The mortgage was signed by Ken Childress, president of the company. The…
by - January 12, 1998 12:00 am
Kentucky Fried Chicken of California Inc. sold three restaurants in Washington County in December in a $1.1 million deal. Newmark Foods Inc. of Kentucky bought the restaurants, two in Springdale…
by - January 12, 1998 12:00 am
Six pieces of property in Springdale were used to secure a $612,500 mortgage from Arkansas National Bank of Springdale. Larry Phillips received the loan Dec. 2 and includes an assignment…
by - January 12, 1998 12:00 am
Superior Car Wash is being built at 2870 E. Joyce Blvd. with a $570,000 mortgage from Arkansas National Bank in Springdale. Ginger Construction Inc. of Fayetteville received the loan Nov….
by - January 12, 1998 12:00 am
Two commercial buildings on North College Avenue in Fayetteville were mortgaged Nov. 18 for $440,000. Kenneth and Kathie Marvin received two separate mortgages on property from the Bank of Arkansas…
by - January 12, 1998 12:00 am
The construction of three fourplexes in Bentonville is being financed with a $375,000 mortgage from Arkansas National Bank of Bentonville. Tolbert Edwards received the loan Nov. 14 and is using…
by - January 12, 1998 12:00 am
George’s Inc. of Springdale received a $15 million line of credit from Farm Credit Services of Western Arkansas in Russellville on Dec. 8. The loan was signed by Monty Henderson…
by - January 12, 1998 12:00 am
Invista Capital Management Inc. of Des Moines, Iowa, has purchased 6.7 million shares of Tyson Foods Inc. stock, making Invista the third largest holder of Tyson Foods stock with 6.1…
by - January 12, 1998 12:00 am
By next Christmas, a giant, illuminated running Razorback may scamper along the roof of Bud Walton Arena on the University of Arkansas campus, if Jennings Osborne, the Little Rock businessman…
by - January 12, 1998 12:00 am
Some things never die, like our interest in the carved bust of H.G. “Jack” Frost that, until a few months ago, graced the entrance of the Harvey and Bernice Jones…
by - January 12, 1998 12:00 am
It’s an inglorious end to what was one of the area’s finest restaurants for 10 years. The remains of the Plaza Restaurant & Club at 200 S. First St. in…
by - January 12, 1998 12:00 am
Expect word soon from the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce about a new annual summer festival. We don’t know the name or the location, but then, we’re told, neither does anyone…
by - January 12, 1998 12:00 am
The Fayetteville building that housed Consumers Food and Drug until the store moved to Bella Vista in November may soon be leased to another tenant, says Joe Fred Starr, owner…
by - January 12, 1998 12:00 am
James Dennie, the former owner and president of the former Dentech Systems Inc. of Springdale, was released from prison Jan. 7 after serving exactly one year of his sentence. Dennie…
by - January 12, 1998 12:00 am
The contract to renovate and expand the Arkansas Union building at the University of Arkansas will be awarded to Kinco Inc. within the next two weeks. The company, with offices…
by - January 12, 1998 12:00 am
John W. Cole, who is behind construction of Singletree Plaza, a 15,900-SF shopping center on Millsap Road in Fayetteville, says The Toggery is the first store, besides his own Walker…
by - December 1, 1997 12:00 am
Alice Walton has left the board of directors for Cannon Express Corp., apparently to join the board of directors of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. “She has been asked to join the…
