by - May 19, 2008 12:00 am
Eureka Springs Bank Looks to Expansions
The 96-year-old Bank of Eureka Springs will change its name to Cornerstone Bank this fall, pending approval from the Arkansas State Bank Department.
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by - May 19, 2008 12:00 am
Food Franchises Gain Momentum in Arkansas
Restaurant franchises have continued to grow across the state, bringing in billions of dollars.
by - May 19, 2008 12:00 am
Rausch Coleman Homes Makes Top 100 Builder List
Rausch Coleman Homes LLC of Fort Smith was named number 89 on Builder magazine?s 100 largest U.S. homebuilders list for 2007.
by - May 19, 2008 12:00 am
Developers Celebrate Fulbright Re-opening
On May 14, Fayetteville developers Ted Belden, Richard Alexander, Rob Merry-Ship and John Nock celebrated the official ribbon cutting for the new redesigned and refurbished Fulbright Building on east Dickson Street in Fayetteville.
by - May 19, 2008 12:00 am
Fort Chaffee Barbershop Museum To Open in July
A little more than 50 years ago, one of the most famous haircuts this side of the Bible took place at Fort Chaffee military base, adjacent to Fort Smith.
by - May 19, 2008 12:00 am
A Fare to Remember Relocates to Drake Field
Jayn and Paul Parenti, owners of A Fare to Remember catering company, have a new address, a new view and plenty of new and exciting business plans.
by - May 19, 2008 12:00 am
Two Van Buren Hotels Under Construction
Van Buren will be getting two new hotels soon, bringing the total number of rooms in the city to 355, a 37 percent increase from the 259 rooms available now.
by - May 19, 2008 12:00 am
Catering Unlimited Tops Caterers List
Caterers in Northwest Arkansas handled 3,865 events in 2007, a 14.5 percent increase from the 2006 total of 3,376.
by - May 19, 2008 12:00 am
Pleasant Grove Carwash Changes Ownership Groups (Real Deals)
Harold W. Hamlin, through his Pleasant Grove Car Wash LLC purchased Boomerang Car Wash at 2000 Pleasant Grove Rd. in the Pleasant Crossing development in south Rogers from Rogers Pleasant Crossing Carwash LLC for $3 million.
by - May 19, 2008 12:00 am
Flying Burrito Co. Owners Spread Wings, Fly North
Flying Burrito Co. founders opened their third full-service location on May 6 and will open a fourth location in Bentonville in June.
by - May 19, 2008 12:00 am
NWA Business Journal Kicks off Downturn Series
With this issue, I?m pleased to introduce Business Journal readers with the first in a series of stories entitled ?Dealing with the Downturn.? The aim of this series is to help our readers make sense of the economic issues we face together as a self-suffi
by - May 19, 2008 12:00 am
Feds Rush In (Editorial)
In closing ANB Financial, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said the bank, with $2.1 billion in total assets, was undercapitalized and that its “unsafe and unsound practices also weakened the bank’s condition and seriously prejudiced the inter
by - May 19, 2008 12:00 am
Restaurateurs Struggle to Reconcile With Rising Prices
Area restaurant owners are learning to deal with rising commodity and fuel costs while trying to avoid increasing meal costs.
by - May 19, 2008 12:00 am
State, Gov?s Humanity Shines Through (Editorial)
Making 18 on-site visits to communities hard hit by floods, storms and tornadoes since February has made an impact on the governor. Even more so than any visible effect, the impressions made on his heart are clear.
by - May 19, 2008 12:00 am
Senate Proposal Could Add Costs For Small Business Owners
A proposal before Congress could raise the cost of doing business with credit and debit card issuers.
by - May 19, 2008 12:00 am
Mathews Brothers Brew Cafe Concept
Bill and Walter Mathews, who own and operate 31 McDonald’s in the region, are investing millions to upgrade their stores, incorporating the McCafe concept of specialty coffee drinks.
by - May 19, 2008 12:00 am
LiveLight Crafts 3D Video for McDonald’s
LiveLight, a Rogers-based full-service advertising and marketing company, just finished a 3D video for McDonald?s Corp. to promote Destination 10, the company?s initiative to introduce a new ergonomic, modular, sustainable kitchen plan.
by - May 19, 2008 12:00 am
Trump Talk Garners Comments
After we reported on Donald Trump?s speech at the Economics Arkansas luncheon May 8, posting some of his more quotable comments on arkansasbusiness.com, word might have gotten back to New York before Trump did.
by - May 19, 2008 12:00 am
LiveLight Creates Multidimensional Marketing
It looks like there?s a good chance there will be more 3D productions in the future for the folks at LiveLight. They are negotiating a job to create another 3D video, this one for an installation at a new international airport in Qatar.
by - May 19, 2008 12:00 am
UA Nets Small Gain For Guitar Grief
The University of Arkansas? case against a Florida guitar company has ended, with the company agreeing to pay the UA $50 a year to use the word “Razorback.”