Tag: Industries

Something Has to Give

Uncertainties have made companies reluctant to invest in capital spending until some international issues are resolved.

Lewis Gets Financing for New Used Car Office

Details about a $1.39 million loan from Arvest Bank of Fayetteville to Lewis Brothers Leasing and Lewis Automotive Group and other real estate transactions.

Hilltop Nursing Center Tops Bed and Profit List

Hilltop Nursing Center in Harrison is the highest-earning nursing home in Northwest Arkansas with 154 beds and a reported net income of $1.1 million or $7,211 per bed.

Atwoods to Open Siloam Springs Store

Atwoods plans to open a 40,000-SF store in April in a Siloam Springs building that previously housed a Wal-Mart store.

Wal-Mart Starts Export Business in Bentonville

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced on Feb. 14 that it had opened an office at its Bentonville headquarters to promote exports of United States-made goods to its nearly 1,300 international stores.

California Company Coming to Bentonville

Brentwood Originals of Carson, Calif., a supplier to Wal-Mart, has signed a multi-year lease agreement with Vision Development LLC in Bentonville to open an office in Northwest Arkansas.

Agriculture Hall of Fame to Induct Five in March

The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame will induct five new members on March 7.

That?s Amor?! Bank Grows Through Tontitown Branch

The $1.25 million branch of Arkansas State Bank in Tontitown has special pole flying the Italian flag alongside the flags of the United States and Arkansas.

Dividends Give FCS Reason to Crow

The Fayetteville branch manager for Farm Credit Services of Western Arkansas, Ken Knies has spent the last two weeks handing out patronage refund checks to his Washington County customers.

New Proposal Tackles Phosphorus, Farmers

Three proposed state resolutions attempt to regulate farmers and their spread of litter ? one addresses allowable nutrient levels, another requires the state to educate farmers and a third calls for registration of poultry farms.

Chicken Traders Serve Niche in Industry

For an industry unsure of what to call itself, the business of brokering, trading, exporting and importing chicken sure has become a popular field for many Northwest Arkansas residents to pursue.

Meridian Mortgage Opens in Fayetteville

Profiles of two start-ups in Northwest Arkansas.

Shake’s Plans Prototype Store, New HQ

Shake?s Frozen Custard plans to spend about $825,000 to build a 1,200-SF new restaurant and 6,000-SF operations center at 2785 N. College Ave. in Fayetteville.

Lucky Luke’s BBQ Gets 3.5 Stars (Business Lunch Review)

We were pretty lucky to get to eat at Lucky Luke?s BBQ for a lunch review.

Beverly Enterprises Reports $91M Loss

The Fort Smith-based nursing home company, Beverly Enterprises, reported a $91 million loss or 87 cents per share diluted for the fourth quarter of 2002.

P.A.M. to Buy McNeill Trucking

P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. of Tontitown on Feb. 19 said it had signed a ?non-binding letter of intent? to acquire for cash certain assets of McNeill Trucking Co. of Little Rock.

Income Jumps 264% for Triad Hospitals

Dallas-based Triad Hospitals Inc. reported on Feb. 24 that revenue increased by 10.6 percent for the three months ended Dec. 31.

Sales up 10.7% for Wal-Mart in 4Q

In its fiscal fourth quarter, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. had a 10.7 percent increase in sales, a 15.5 percent increase in net income and a 2.7 percent increase in same-store sales.

Big Entertainment Pub Hits Streets

Janie Pritchett-Clark and Jacqueline Wolven, both of Eureka Springs, began publishing an entertainment magazine in December aimed at the ?O-zone,? their word for the Ozarks.

Chaloupek Won?t Return to NBC

Darlee Chaloupek, co-anchor of the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts on NBC 24/51, took maternity leave two months ago and won?t return to work for the Fayetteville television station.

AG Griffin donates $1 million to U.S. Marshals Museum fundraising campaign

Groundwater extractions in parts of the state remain above sustainable levels

Rules established on pesticide use in fight with feral hogs

Centennial Bank names Campbell as in-house corporate counsel