Tag: NWABJ

Morning News Daily Circulation Drops 3.5 Percent

The two major daily newspapers in Northwest Arkansas saw circulation decline on both Sundays and weekdays for the six months ended Sept. 30.

Rogers Bed Tax Growth Flattens Late in 2008

For the first time, Rogers has seen a negative year-over-year amount of revenue from its hotel tax.

Fort Smith’s Cooper Clinic Gets Imaging Technology

Cooper Clinic, based in Fort Smith, recently acquired a $1.2 million imaging system integrating Positron Emission Tomography with high definition Computed Technology, or PET/CT.

Tyson Foods Helps Rwandan Villagers

Tyson Foods Inc. is working on a pilot project in Rwanda with Millennium Promise, a non-profit organization aimed at ending extreme global poverty.

Tough Times Offer Opportunity To Build Better Leadership Skills

As we all have discovered, unique situations sometimes require that we just buckle down and get the job done.

EquityNet Turns Corner, Names Hollas as CEO

EquityNet of Fayetteville looks to 2009 as a growth year because investors will want its services.

AT&T Opens New Front in Arkansas Cable Wars

The battle for television service subscribers continues to ramp up as a AT&T recently introduced its U-verse system to Northwest Arkansas.

Parkway Bank Gets De-Saddled

Jerry Sadler, chairman and CEO of Parkway Bank, is no longer with the bank in Rogers.

More Malco Money Made

The Fayetteville movie experience got a lot better in the fall of 2007 when the new, 12-screen Malco Razorback Cinema finally opened after multiple delays.

Fayetteville Fud?s now Poppin’ Patr?n

A new Mexican restaurant, Patr?n, has taken over the Fuddrucker?s space and remodeling work is under way.

Lou Lou?s Suffers Bill Blahs

Just when one restaurant gets up and running, another one bites the dust.

Wal-Mart Gets Boss Box

Following the lead of Garth Brooks, The Eagles, Journey and AC/DC, “The Boss” Bruce Springsteen will release a greatest hits collection exclusively through Wal-Mart on Jan. 13.

Bad News for the Stephens News

Stephens Media Group of Las Vegas, which owns the Morning News of Northwest Arkansas, is having to trim costs at its flagship newspaper.

Razorbacks Ranked No. 1 in Spending

The University of Arkansas spends more money on athletics as a proportion of its total instructional expenditures than any other Division 1-A school in America.

Arkansas Business Publisher Addicted to Technology (Guest commentary by Jeff Hankins)

I’m beginning to wonder how much technology I really need before it creates more work, stress and inefficiency in my life.

Residential Market Beats U.S. Trends, Oversupply Remains (Market Forecast by Tom Reed)

Streetsmart NWA produces quarterly reports pertaining to the real estate market in Benton and Washington counties. The reports focus on the single-family residential, multifamily residential and commercial sectors of the market.

Hotel Seville Marks $3M Renovation

On Dec. 8, partners Jack A. Moyer and Don Alberson celebrated the end of a $3 million restoration of the 1929 Hotel Seville just across Main Street from the Durand Center.

AT&T Expands Wi-Fi Footprint with Acquisition

AT&T Inc. announced on Dec. 12 the close of its acquisition of Wayport Inc., a move that will significantly augment AT&T’s Wi-Fi footprint in Arkansas.

Telecom Makes New Roads In Northwestern Counties

Most Internet service providers in Northwest Arkansas either stayed flat or had a decrease in their number of employees during 2008.

Inc. Tanc. 4Q Survey Shows Concern Rising

More business leaders are concerned about the economy than in the third quarter, worries over fuel prices have eased substantially and opinion is mixed about the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States.

Payment rates, timeline progressing on $12 billion farmer aid package

Arkansas Economic Developers and Chamber Executives elects new leaders

Arkansas Children’s CEO describes $50M historic gift origins, goals

UAMS receives $3.18 million grant for REAL Deal program