by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
Toothpicks Chop House Food Review (Business Lunch)
Toothpicks Chop House gets 3.5 stars in our lunch review.
Tag: NWABJ
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
Benton County Single-Family Outlook (Market Analysis)
Despite warnings of becoming overbuilt, there were more than 1,000 lots delivered in Benton County during the first half of 2005, which could be another record year for single-family housing in the county.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
Restaurants Go Wireless
George Babb is installing free wireless Internet in all five of his Village Inn Restaurants.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
Wireless Boosts Panera Revenue
Panera Bread Co. was the first restaurant in the area to provide free wireless Internet service. The Panera locations in Fayetteville, Bentonville and Fort Smith all went wireless in the summer of 2004.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
McDonald?s Offers Wireless for Fee
Three McDonald?s restaurants in Northwest Arkansas have wireless Internet service for a fee: the stores on Joyce Boulevard in Fayetteville, Hudson Road in Rogers and Arkansas Highway 102 in Bentonville.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
Signature Bank to Open New Office in Siloam Springs
Fayetteville-chartered Signature Bank of Arkansas has received approval to open a full-service office in Siloam Springs.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
AEB Investments Focus of Two Lawsuits
First State Bank of Lonoke and Rhino Investment Co. filed separate lawsuits against AEB Investments LLC of Springdale in Washington County Circuit Court in October and November.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
VIC Client Receives Research Award
OmniPak LLC, a Fayetteville client of Virtual Incubation Corp., has received a $100,000 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research award from the National Science Foundation.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
VeriSource, Advanced Control Solutions Merger Called Off
VeriSource Inc. of Rogers and Advanced Control Solutions Inc. of Bentonville ?revenue sharing arrangement? has apparently fallen through.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
AMP to Pursue Classic Acts for 2006 Season
The Arkansas Music Pavilion is pursuing possible acts for its 2006 season, such as Pat Benatar, Lyle Lovett and Hall & Oates, among others.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
Glass Sells 300K Shares
David Glass, chairman of the executive committee of the board of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., filed a plan with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to sell 300,000 shares of the company?s stock, worth an estimated $13.54 million.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
The Region’s Largest Public Utilities
Southwestern Electric Power Co. and Arkansas Western Gas Co. top the lists of the region’s largest public electric companies and public gas companies.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
The Region’s Largest Telecommunications Firms
Southwestern Bell Communications Services Inc. and Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. tops the lists of the regions’s largest local and national telecommunications firms.
by - November 21, 2005 12:00 am
The Two Faces of Wal-Mart (Bill Bowden Editor’s Note)
Two documentary films premiered in mid-November presenting both sides of the Wal-Mart argument. In Northwest Arkansas, we?ve heard all this before. Was it really Wal-Mart that put mom out of business, or did the consumers do that?
by - November 21, 2005 12:00 am
Technology Advances in Arkansas (Editorial)
Arkansas may be on its way to picking itself up by its economic bootstraps and building the technological utopia scientists and politicians dreamed of.
by - November 21, 2005 12:00 am
Banks Battle for Deposits
Northwest Arkansas? deposit market grows 7 percent to $9.18 billion, and Arvest Bank of Bentonville is still No. 1 with 31 percent of the market.
by - November 21, 2005 12:00 am
Toxic Mold Can Damage Even Brand New Homes
Building new homes with wet lumber can encase a mold-breeding habitat within the walls. EGIS Inc. of Bentonville works to detect and remove mold from residential and commercial buildings.
by - November 21, 2005 12:00 am
Home Sales Jump 13 Percent in 2005
Home sales in Northwest Arkansas increased 13 percent from June through August, according to the November Skyline Report commissioned by Arvest Bank Group Inc.
by - November 21, 2005 12:00 am
Commercial Lending Skyrockets While Residential Remains Steady
The dollar value of processed mortgages in Benton and Washington counties increased a whopping 145 percent from about $5.82 billion in calendar 2003 to about $14.26 billion in calendar 2004. But lenders say people are buying homes, too.
by - November 21, 2005 12:00 am
Hurricanes Spike Local Material, Housing Costs
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have affected the cost of construction materials across the nation. In Rogers? Saddlewood Development, house prices have gone up from $3 to $3.50 per SF, largely because of the hurricanes.