by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-Northwest to Get Spinal Tap
One of a handful of pediatric spine specialists statewide will soon be available to children in Northwest Arkansas.
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-One of a handful of pediatric spine specialists statewide will soon be available to children in Northwest Arkansas.
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-We recently came across another interesting lawsuit. It seems that Mari See, publisher of Celebrate Northwest Arkansas magazine, has filed suit against her former employer, Goglanian Bakeries Inc.
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-The top 10 banks by return on equity in the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal?s annual list of private banks changed somewhat from year-end 2004 to 2005.
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-Many Northwest Arkansas banks use efficiency ratios as a performance barometer, but it?s only one of many. Includes the lists of the region’s largest banks, public and private.
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-Without correspondent banking partners, local banks couldn?t make as many large loans as they do. A peak at correspondent banks and how they work.
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-Liberty Bank of Arkansas is making its move into Northwest Arkansas? booming market. A look at the bank that Wallace Fowler built.
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-Wal-Mart has been trying for several years to enter the nation?s large cities. Now large urban areas should give the retailer?s planned economic-opportunity zones a chance.
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-In the fourth quarter of 2005, Arkansas banks collectively had a net interest margin of 4.20 percent, down from 4.23 percent for the same quarter in 2004.
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-Corporate credit cards help banks make money one swipe at a time. But smaller credit card providers must stay competitive with larger credit card providers like Bank of America and MBNA.
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-The First National Bank in Green Forest has amassed $381.9 million in assets, continuing a steady growth over the past decade that its CEO says was fueled by a 1994 Arkansas law that allowed banks to branch outside of their home county.
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-A year ago, First Security Bank converted the first floor of its 99-year-old building in downtown Springdale into its Multicultural Banking Center, helping immigrants get checking accounts and home loans.
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-The old adage ?good help is hard to find? seems to fit the local banking industry. And with the influx of several new and new-to-the-market banks, good help is becoming even harder to keep.
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-Tim Yeager, the new associate professor of economics in the University of Arkansas? Walton College of Business, wants to help Arkansas banks manage their interest-rate risk.
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-Gov. Mike Huckabee signs The Arkansas Clean Indoor Air Act, leveling the playing field among businesses, one police official says.
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-Lemongrass, a Thai restaurant at the Bentonville Colonnade, closes, and Supha Vandiver plans to open Siam Palace, another Thai restaurant, in the same location at the end of May.
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-Moe?s Southwest Grill opens in Bentonville, the state’s second Moe’s, offering a menu of tacos, salads, fajita’s and burritos.
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-San Francisco Bread Co. gets 3 stars in our business lunch review.
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hires Dr. Robert R. Gullett Jr. as the new director for the Area Health Education Center in Northwest Arkansas.
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-The Payroll Co. of Springfield, Mo., buys AutoTime, a Web-based time-keeping system, from PayTime Inc. of Fayetteville for an undisclosed sum.
by April 24, 2006 12:00 am
-About 12 entrepreneurs, investors and economic development leaders gather in Fayetteville to discuss an action plan for the upcoming Arkansas Venture Forum.