Tag: Industries

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Companies Seek Cure

Vegrandis LLC and SFC Fluidics LLC of Fayetteville have joined to develop a laboratory-on-a-chip device that can be used in a doctor?s office to diagnose and monitor a variety of diseases.

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Five Church?s Chickens Planned

Jorge Castaneda and Arturo Reyna, both of Rogers, plan to open five Church?s Chicken restaurants in Northwest Arkansas during the next five years. The first Church?s is slated for Rogers and should be open by March.

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IfWorld Seminar Draws IT Crowd

Kirby Jones, territory sales manager with WatchGuard Technologies Inc. of Seattle, led a presentation about network security at the offices of IfWorld Inc. in Fayetteville on Sept. 14.

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Diesel Prices Tighten Transportation Industry

The national average price for on-highway diesel fuel has risen 26 percent over the summer, from $2.26 per gallon on May 2 to $2.84 as of Sept. 12. That?s a 52 percent jump since September 2004, when diesel was selling for $1.87 per gallon.

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Rogers Lab Raven Makes ?Big Air? Elite

Raven, a Laborador retriever owned by Tim Ross of White River Retrievers, has been participating in Dock Dogs Big Air Dogs competitions, a staple of ESPN?s Great Outdoor Games, The Sporting Dog Challenge and the Super Retriever Series.

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D-G Turns NWA Profit, Prompts CPI Purchase

After losing money in Northwest Arkansas for five years in a row, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s northwest edition began turning a profit in so Walter Hussman decided it was a good time to buy 11 newspapers from the Walton-owned Community Publishers Inc.

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Labor Remains Tight

With so many Hurricane Katrina evacuees in Arkansas shelters, Arkansas Construction Education Foundation Inc. began surveying construction companies for job openings.