by - February 13, 2006 12:00 am
Harrells Run Two Different Banks, Families
John Harrell is the president of Priority Bank, and Jon Harrell is the president of Signature Bank of Arkansas? Rogers? office. The two aren?t related.
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by - February 13, 2006 12:00 am
Bank Name Causes Double Take
Only two Arkansas-based banks are in the Tulsa market, and one of those is not Arkansas Valley State Bank, which is chartered in Broken Arrow, Okla., a suburb of Tulsa.
by - February 13, 2006 12:00 am
Arkansas-based Companies Miss Fortune?s List
Arkansas-based companies didn?t make Fortune magazine?s list of ?100 Best Companies to Work For? in 2005.
by - February 13, 2006 12:00 am
Stephens Inc. Opens New Office in Connecticut
Little Rock-based private bank Stephens Inc. opens an office in New Haven, Conn.
by - February 13, 2006 12:00 am
Bentonville?s Krispy Kreme Sales Hit $1.4 Million
The Krispy Kreme store in Bentonville had sales of $1.4 million in 2005, which amounts to about 2.3 million doughnuts sold in a year, based on a price of about 60 cents each.
by - February 13, 2006 12:00 am
Being President Keeps Bush from Wal-Mart
On CBS television?s ?Face the Nation? show that aired Jan. 29, George W. Bush said one of the inconveniences of being president meant he can?t go to Wal-Mart.
by - February 13, 2006 12:00 am
The Region’s Largest Commercial Projects
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s annual ranking of the region’s largest commercial construction projects.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
Cont?r Hopes Diaper-Pad Invention Will Win Cup
A team from the University of Arkansas hopes to wipe the competition clean with its invention ? a diaper-changing pad that minimizes baby turbulence.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
DRS Deals In Retailing Woes
Diversified Retail Solutions helps retailers and consumer product companies improve, whether that need is in merchandising, marketing, distribution or human resources.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
Northwest SBA-backed Lending Down 3 Percent
Statewide, 81 financial institutions made 581 U.S. Small Business Administration-guaranteed loans worth almost $125 million to borrowers in Arkansas during fiscal 2005. (Includes list of the region’s largest SBA lenders.)
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
Owners Close Hoffbrau Steaks
Hoffbrau Steaks, a downtown Fayetteville landmark for 22 years, closed on Jan. 6.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
Buffalo Spreading Wings Across Arkansas
John Bliss of Fayetteville and Paul Nelson of Bentonville opened a Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar in Fayetteville?s CMN Business Park on Dec. 19.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
Starbucks Plans Rogers Location
Starbucks Coffee Co. of Seattle plans to open a 1,700-SF coffee shop this summer at the corner of Interstate 540 and Pleasant Grove Road in Rogers.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
The Bristol on Central Opens in Bentonville (Business Lunch)
There?s a building in downtown Bentonville that seems to be home to a different business every six months or so. Its latest incarnation is The Bristol on Central.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
BOF Buys SPI Credit
The Bank of Fayetteville purchased a research and development tax credit in mid-January from Fayetteville?s Space Photonics Inc.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
Population Growth Outpaces Job Growth
About 1,000 people move into Northwest Arkansas every month, but only 560 new jobs are created here every month, said Jeff Collins, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Arkansas.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
Lola Sees Benefit Of Pinnacle Store
The Pinnacle Group announced on Jan. 13 that a Lola Boutique clothing store, The Perfect Pair shoe store and Pink Bamboo clothing store, will open in the spring at the Shoppes at Pinnacle Hills in Rogers.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
Fort Smith Home Show Scheduled for February
The 47th annual Greater Fort Smith Association of Home Builders 2006 Home Show will be held Feb. 10-12 at the Fort Smith Convention Center.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
Airport?s Boardings Rise by 10 Percent
The Fort Smith Regional Airport had a 10.3 percent increase in boarding passengers for 2005 with 99,887 compared to 90,557 enplanements in 2004.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
Hastings Takes Over As Chamber Chairman
Brian Hastings, plant manager at Hiram Walker in Fort Smith, takes over as chairman of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce?s board of directors.