by - July 3, 2006 12:00 am
Van Buren Hush on Prospective Company
We hear a mystery Fortune 500 company is looking to relocate its call center to Van Buren, but the city is mum on who and when.
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by - July 3, 2006 12:00 am
Vegrandis Nabs 11th Tech Award
Vegrandis LLC in Fayetteville ? a portfolio company of Virtual Incubation Co. ? receives a $100,000 Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer award from the National Science Foundation.
by - July 3, 2006 12:00 am
OK Industries Tops Region’s Private Companies List
OK Industries of Fort Smith tops the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s annual list of the region’s largest private companies, with revenue of about $900 million in 2005.
by - June 19, 2006 12:00 am
Palmer Rolls IT to the Top
Kay Palmer heads the information technology department at J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. Her department has increased efficiencies for the Lowell trucking company.
by - June 19, 2006 12:00 am
Big Boxes Aim For Fort Smith
Fort Smith?s commercial real estate sector appears to be on an upswing with riverfront development and new Wal-Mart and Target stores.
by - June 19, 2006 12:00 am
Arkansas Proves Fertile for Pods Business
The Portable On Demand Storage franchise in Arkansas is booming as people use the 12-by-8-foot and 16-by-8-foot containers for moving.
by - June 19, 2006 12:00 am
Perrys Jewelry Plans Pinnacle Store
Perry?s Jewelry & Fine Gifts of Fayetteville plans to open a store in Rogers? Pinnacle Hills area on July 1.
by - June 19, 2006 12:00 am
Faucette To Launch Real Estate TV Show
Coldwell Banker Faucette Real Estate in Fayetteville has hired professional production company Creative Edge out of Missouri to produce a high-quality television show on real estate called ?Northwest Arkansas Showcase of Homes.?
by - June 19, 2006 12:00 am
Toys ?R? Us Stocking Wordigo
Fayetteville entrepreneur Philip Zweig got an order from retailer Toys ?R? Us for about 400 of his Wordigo games. The company wants to put Wordigo in its top 50 U.S. stores, he said. Toys ?R? Us has 587 stores in the U.S.
by - June 19, 2006 12:00 am
Minotaur Gets $150,000 Grant
Minotaur Technologies LLC, a Fayetteville technology company, has received a $150,000 Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer grant from the National Science Foundation.
by - June 19, 2006 12:00 am
Pinnacle Bank Wants to Move Main Office to Rogers
Start-up Pinnacle Bank has filed an application with the Arkansas State Bank Department to relocate its main office, and charter, from Bentonville to Rogers.
by - June 19, 2006 12:00 am
Dent-A-Med Plans Tulsa Office
An item in the Tulsa Business Journal recently caught our eye about a familiar company. Apparently Springdale-based Dent-A-Med Inc. is expanding its footprint into neighboring Oklahoma with a 3,383-SF office leased in T-town.
by - June 19, 2006 12:00 am
Rebsamen Fund Beats S&P 500 Again
The University of Arkansas? Portfolio Management class is still beating the pants off Standard & Poor?s 500 benchmark, though not by as much as a year before.
by - June 19, 2006 12:00 am
Arkansas Home Outfitters to open in Fayetteville in July
Klane Hanson of Fayetteville plans to open his first retail store called Arkansas Home Outfitters in Fayetteville by mid-July.
by - June 19, 2006 12:00 am
Russellville Group Plans Air-Taxi Service
Pilot Investors Group Inc. of Russellville plans to launch an air taxi service that will manage Eclipse 500 jets for people who buy the new light airplanes.
by - June 19, 2006 12:00 am
Port Company Succeeds Despite High Fuel Costs
Marty Shell of Five Rivers Distribution LLC in Van Buren talks about the economics of shipping via the Arkansas River. It can cost almost eight times more to ship 1,500 tons of bulk freight on a tractor-trailer than on a river barge, he said.
by - June 19, 2006 12:00 am
BNSF Logistics Makes Logical Connections
BNSF Logistics LLC of Springdale ? which provides modal solutions, transportation execution, supply-chain services and consulting ? has become a major player on the logistics scene since its incorporation in August 2002.
by - June 19, 2006 12:00 am
MNB Opens First Northwest Office
One year and one week after officials made a grand announcement about an intended $30 million investment and a 12-branch entry into the Northwest Arkansas market, Little Rock?based Metropolitan National Bank held a soft opening of its first permanent offi
by - June 19, 2006 12:00 am
D-G Daily Circulation Passes Morning News
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has passed The Morning News of Springdale in daily circulation for Northwest Arkansas, according to ?publisher?s statements? the daily newspapers filed with the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
by - June 19, 2006 12:00 am
D-G Launches Spanish Paper
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette began publishing Noticias Libres in April to serve Northwest Arkansas? Spanish-speaking population. The name translates to mean ?free press.?