Tag: Industries

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Workman, Winchell Win Apex Awards

Bob Workman, executive director of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, was named “Communicator of the Year” for 2006 by the Northwest Arkansas chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.

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D-G Dogged By Texas Panel

Maybe it can be chalked up to the old Arkansas-Texas rivalry, but judges from that state didn’t take too kindly to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in the annual Arkansas Press Association News-Editorial Awards handed out in Fort Smith late last month.

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Campbell, Sloan Start Rosson Creek (Real Deals)

Michael Campbell and Charlie Sloan of Springdale start work on a residential project that will be valued at $7 million, and Robert Schmitt of Fayetteville begins construction on a condominium project that will be valued at $5.1 million upon completion.

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UA, Guitar Maker Set for Court

The great guitar debate we told you about in our June 4 Whispers between the University of Arkansas and Dean Guitars over the use of the word “Razorback” has been set for a non-jury trial in the U.S. Western District of Arkansas on Jan. 28.

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Baldor Electric Buzzes Off

Baldor Electric Co. and its stock price are humming along this year after the company doubled in size with the $1.8 billion acquisition of Rockwell Automation’s Reliance division in January.