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SBC Buys Tyson Stock

Swiss Bank Corp. has purchased 11.9 million shares of Tyson Foods Inc. stock, making it the second largest stockholder in Tyson Foods next to Senior Chairman Don Tyson and Tyson…

Spending for Standards

Just how much does University of Arkansas Chancellor John White want to spend to raise the school’s academic reputation? At least $1.8 million, we figure. That’s the total value of…

Stogie’s Puffs Up

On Dec. 1, Stogie’s Fine Cigars, Tobaccos and Much More was scheduled to go through a major expansion and reorganization. Grant Harasyn, owner of the business, which has stores in…

UFO or Just Hot Air/

An unfamiliar shape will be hovering over the skyline of Arkansas next spring. We hear Alltel Inc. is planning to order a new hot air balloon for the new year….

National Closes Another

National Home Centers Inc. is closing yet another store, this time in Rogers. The contractor outlet at 430 Dyke Road should be vacant by now. Dwain Newman, chairman of the…

Never mind

… It seemed like a good idea at the time, but perhaps Todd Allen McDonald was a bit premature in suing Hudson Foods Inc. of Rogers for product liability damages…

Alliance Auto Opens in Springdale

Alliance Auto, a used car dealer and full service repair center, opened July 1 at 2833 S. Thompson St. on the south side of Springdale. Ray Davis, sales manager, says…

Waking Up to China

We’re underestimating, if not ignoring, the profound impact that the rise of China is having on our lives and how it will only grow. tThat’s the basic message of Ross…

Lindsey & Associates Open New Division

Lindsey & Associates Inc. of Fayetteville has opened a new division that will handle the appraisal and sale of businesses. Lindsey Business Services will provide a full-service operation that can…

Scenic Highway 71?

A group of business owners in northern Crawford County is working to have U.S. Highway 71 declared a state scenic byway from Alma to Fayetteville. The effort was undertaken to…

Fayetteville Restaurant Owners Seek Sunday Liquor Sales

The owners of several Fayetteville restaurants began a petition drive in early November to have Sunday liquor sales approved for eateries in the city. A total of 1,858 signatures of…

Hospital Within a Hospital

Northwest Medical Center in Springdale has leased 16,000 SF of space to a Dallas company that hopes to open an acute-care, long-term hospital there by spring. Spectrum Comprehensive Care Inc….

Consolidated Eco Struggling With Load of Debt Stock Delisted

James Connors, Consolidated Eco-Systems Inc.’s president, chairman and chief executive officer, is sick. A spokesman for the company says Connors can’t grant interviews with the press right now. “Mr. Connors…

A Healthy Comparison

If you’re planning to have a baby soon or to have an appendix removed, good luck if you’re hoping to shop hospitals for price comparisons. Many hospitals discourage price shopping,…

Service to Chicago, Lower ILS Requirements Enhance Fayetteville’s Drake Field Service

American Eagle wants to begin offering non-stop flights to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport from Fayetteville, but approval is still needed from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Simmons Airlines is parent company…

Arko Telephone of Springdale Looks Beyond State’s Borders

Arko Telephone of Springdale Inc. is planning to expand beyond the state’s borders this year. Arko, the largest provider of business telephone systems in Northwest Arkansas with annual revenue of…

Historic D-Lux Changing to German Restaurant

One of Dickson Street’s historic hang-outs was scheduled to be converted Nov. 3 to Fayetteville’s only German restaurant. Peter Steinhart, chef and co-owner of the D-Lux Cafe, says the restaurant…

Jonesboro Doctors’ Did Nothing Wrong’

p>The five physician-owners of a Jonesboro pathology lab, facing a multimillion-dollar civil lawsuit by the U.S. government, may have gotten caught in the complex maze of Medicare regulations and interpretations….

Orthopaedists See Savings, Teamwork in New Speciality IPA

Arkansas’ first specialty-based Independent Physician Association was formed earlier this year by a group of orthopaedists. A year in planning, the Arkansas Orthopaedic Network was unveiled in August. The group,…

Clinic Work Started

Construction has begun on the $4.9 million Jacksonville Medical Clinic, a collaboration between Rebsamen Regional Medical Center of Jacksonville and Little Rock’s St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center. The 39,000-SF clinic…

Survey: 35% of American workers do some or all work from home

Crenlo moves HQ to Bentonville from Minneapolis

NWA Council, Apprenticely to host startup hiring event in July

Survey provides insight into economic ‘risk & reality’ for women