by - September 12, 2005 12:00 am
Sales Jump After Chick-Fil-A Renovation
The number of customers shopping at Chick-Fil-A in Fayetteville’s Northwest Village shopping center jumped from about 1,400 per day to 1,800 after renovations were completed.
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by - September 12, 2005 12:00 am
Licensing Board Charged 118 Violators Last Year
The State Contractors Licensing Board in Little Rock says there were 118 violations in Benton and Washington counties between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005.
by - September 12, 2005 12:00 am
Skilled-Labor Funding Dipped Again in 2004
Apprenticing tradesmen have produced $14.1 million in state tax revenue since 2000, according to the Arkansas Department of Labor.
by - September 12, 2005 12:00 am
Fayetteville Firm Gets Grant Money
Virtual Incubation Corp. client SFC Fluidics LLC of Fayetteville has received a $100,000 Small Business Technology Transfer award from the Department of Defense.
by - September 12, 2005 12:00 am
Conference To Teach Techies Business Sense
The 4th annual Technology Conference, which focuses on the movement of technology from concepts to commercialization, will be held Oct. 6 in Fayetteville.
by - September 12, 2005 12:00 am
Arkansas 1Q ROA Second in Region
In the first quarter of 2005, Arkansas banks collectively had a return on their average assets (ROA) of 1.21 percent, second highest against the other seven states in the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank’s Eighth District.
by - September 12, 2005 12:00 am
Fort Smith Airport Numbers Drop for Month of August
The Fort Smith Regional Airport’s passenger numbers for August were down from July. Overall passengers that flew in and out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport in August were down 10.9 percent from July.
by - September 12, 2005 12:00 am
UA Researchers Garner DNA Grants
Three University of Arkansas engineering professors landed two grants worth a combined $510,000 this summer to further their research with DNA.
by - September 12, 2005 12:00 am
ABF Temporarily Limits Fuel Surcharge Due to Hurricane
Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System Inc. announced that it will limit its standard fuel surcharge through Oct. 4.
by - September 12, 2005 12:00 am
KFSM Leads DMA In July Nielsens
KFSM, Channel 5, led the 11-county dominant market area during all three weekday evening newscasts in the July household ratings from Nielsen Media Research.
by - September 12, 2005 12:00 am
KNWA Opens Rogers Office
KNWA, the NBC affiliate in Northwest Arkansas, has opened a 1,000-SF office in the J.B. Hunt Tower building in Rogers.
by - September 12, 2005 12:00 am
Morning News Hires Circ Director, Columnist
The Morning News of Springdale has hired a new circulation director and society columnist, said Tom Stallbaumer, the newspaper’s publisher.
by - September 12, 2005 12:00 am
Jones TV Receives Three Telly Awards
Jones Television, the nonprofit station supported by the Harvey and Bernice Jones Foundation, received three bronze Telly Awards in June.
by - September 12, 2005 12:00 am
JWT Acquires Malone Advertising
JWT, the largest advertising agency in the U.S. announced on Aug. 11 it had acquired Malone Advertising Inc., a retail marketing agency that has an office in Bentonville.
by - September 12, 2005 12:00 am
Katrina Raises Building Costs
From national labor suppliers to general contractors, local construction firms ponder the financial aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
by - September 12, 2005 12:00 am
VCC Tops List of State’s Contractors
The largest commercial contractors based in Arkansas enjoyed revenue growth that averaged more than 30 percent in 2004 as compared with 2003.
by - September 12, 2005 12:00 am
The Region’s Largest Subcontractors
The 2005 list of the region’s largest subcontractors, including electrical, mechanical and specialty contractors.
by - September 12, 2005 12:00 am
2005 Public Company Annual Reports
The list of the most recent public company annual reports for Arkansas’ publicly traded businesses.
by - August 29, 2005 12:00 am
Weak PM Has Perils (Ron Goforth Commentary)
When a software (or any other) project is poorly specified, when unmanaged specification change is allowed, or when delay is casually permitted, negative consequences become almost inevitable.
by - August 29, 2005 12:00 am
Bell Choice Rings True (Editorial)
The naming of Richard “Dick” Bell to be Arkansas’ first agriculture secretary was a good choice. It was a natural choice.