by - August 11, 2008 12:00 am
Arkansas Newspapers Feel Squeeze
Wehco and Stephens Media Group are still on the lookout for buying opportunities.
Tag: Industries
by - August 11, 2008 12:00 am
Marketers Keep Company Cars Under Wraps for More Message
Many mall businesses choose to turn company cars into traveling billboards.
by - July 28, 2008 12:00 am
Simmons Foods Broiler Ops Buyout Complete
Simmons Foods Inc. of Siloam Springs announced July 21 that it completed a buyout of broiler operations from Decatur-based Peterson Farms Inc.
by - July 28, 2008 12:00 am
Eureka Springs Revenue Down 7 Percent
Revenue generated by Eureka Springs’ hotels in 2007 slipped from its all-time high in 2006.
by - July 28, 2008 12:00 am
Toter Industries Builds Factory in Springdale
Toter Industries is building a 27,000-SF manufacturing facility in Springdale on the northeast corner of Emma Avenue and Huntsville Avenue, said company founder Mike Graham.
by - July 28, 2008 12:00 am
40/29 Anchors Change Seats
Donna Bragg, current anchor for the KHBS/KHOG-TV, Channel 40/29 10 p.m. newscast, will be joining Craig Cannon for the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts starting Sept. 2.
by - July 28, 2008 12:00 am
Vendors Raise $20,000 For Walton Scholars
The 12th Vendors FORE Education golf tournament July 18 at Stonebridge Country Club in Fayetteville netted $20,000 to fund scholarships for students at the Walton College of Business Center for Retailing Excellence at the University of Arkansas.
by - July 28, 2008 12:00 am
Benchmark Opens LEED-registered Office
Rogers-based architecture firm Benchmark Group recently opened the doors to its new 118,000-SF, LEED-registered headquarters on North Second Street.
by - July 28, 2008 12:00 am
Apartments Come Around the Mountain Ranch (Real Deals)
SC Bodner Co., through its MBA Construction LLC, of Indianapolis, Ind., purchased five building permits for a total value of $25.85 million for the construction of Mountain Ranch Apartments, a high-end apartment complex at the Mountain Ranch development i
by - July 28, 2008 12:00 am
Terminella Determined to Depose MNB’s Rogers
In our June 30 Whispers, we told you about Metropolitan National Bank of Little Rock seeking sanctions against Tom Terminella for blasting the bank’s public statement after it signed an agreement May 23 with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
by - July 28, 2008 12:00 am
Eureka Developer Set to Sell Properties
There’s at least one voice of economic optimism coming out of the woods over in Carroll County. Joe McClung, a 38-year veteran Realtor in Eureka Springs and owner of two hotels there tells us people are starting to look at investment opportunities in his
by - July 28, 2008 12:00 am
Fire Sale Web Site Expanding
We hear response to Jerry Dou’s Web site, nwafiresale.com, was so spectacular that Realtors in central Arkansas have hired Revolution Technologies of Rogers to develop a statewide version.
by - July 28, 2008 12:00 am
Arvest Web Site Soaring
Speaking of well-traveled Web sites, Arvest Bank customers who choose to bank online instead of stopping by one of the 50 offices in Benton and Washington counties probably noticed a significant change at Arvest.com.
by - July 28, 2008 12:00 am
Wine Bar Offers Upscale Tastes
The Metro District building in Fayetteville is filling up, in both commercial space and residential.
by - July 28, 2008 12:00 am
More Kum & Go Stores Coming
Kum & Go recently closed the deal on a 1.5-acre spot on the northwest corner of Moberly Lane and 28th Street in Bentonville.
by - July 28, 2008 12:00 am
More Space Coming to Metro Market
The owners of Metro Market in Bentonville are adding more space to their 40,000-SF retail center.
by - July 28, 2008 12:00 am
Free Trade Equals Opportunity (Commentary)
Last year, Arkansas sold nearly $5 billion in exports to world markets, an increase of 74 percent since 2002. That’s good news for Arkansas companies whose sales to some 160 foreign destinations support high-wage jobs across the state and aid the growth o
by - July 28, 2008 12:00 am
The Oil Problem (Editorial)
In a supposed effort to bring down high gasoline prices, President Bush lifted a White House ban on offshore drilling.
by - July 28, 2008 12:00 am
Stimulus Over, Retail Seeks Back-to-School Boost
The last of the economic stimulus checks were mailed out on July 11, and there is no doubt the infusion of more than $110 billion into the economy boosted retail sales.
by - July 28, 2008 12:00 am
Area Hotel Market Depends on Weekly Business Traveler (Commentary)
The pace of new hotel construction should, and is likely to slow. We certainly don’t need an oversupply issue in this sector of the commercial real estate market in Northwest Arkansas.