by - January 31, 2005 12:00 am
ASGA Schedule Shuns NWA
The Arkansas State Golf Association doesn?t have an official championship event scheduled for Northwest Arkansas or the Arkansas River Valley this year.
Tag: NWABJ
by - January 17, 2005 12:00 am
Smokey Bones Barbeque Offers Fair Fare (Business Lunch)
Smokey Bones Barbeque & Grills receives 2.5-star rating from Business Journal staff.
by - January 17, 2005 12:00 am
HSA Plunge Offers Options (Gwen Moritz Commentary)
Young people might want to give Health Savings Accounts a chance.
by - January 17, 2005 12:00 am
Forfeiture Law Ups Pressure on Dealers
The meth drug business costs tax payers and business owners in Arkansas. The state confiscated $3.8 million in currency and drove away with 683 automobiles and 282 weapons in 2003 that were related to the problem.
by - January 17, 2005 12:00 am
Lawyers Advertise To Snap Up Clients
Lawyers didn?t traditionally advertise, but a law that broadened the industry?s ability to advertise changed the game for the legal community.
by - January 17, 2005 12:00 am
Local Lawyers Mull Malpractice Melee
Some area plaintiff lawyers cringed when President Bush gave a speech on Jan. 5 in Collinsville, Ill., touting medical malpractice reform.
by - January 17, 2005 12:00 am
Beebe Opinion Quells TIF Mania (Editorial)
We weren?t surprised when Attorney General Mike Beebe issued an opinion on Jan. 11 saying a 25-mill statewide property tax to fund school operations couldn?t be used for tax increment financing districts.
by - January 17, 2005 12:00 am
Immigrant Rights Passion for Petty
Roy Petty, one of the only immigration lawyers in Northwest Arkansas, spends about half of his time trying to keep immigrants from being deported, but he said only about 10 percent of those cases are winnable.
by - January 17, 2005 12:00 am
City Segment Focuses on People
Harrington, Miller Neihouse & Kieklak PA in Springdale keep a sharp focus on municipal law.
by - January 17, 2005 12:00 am
Home Place Plans Apartment Complex (Real Deals)
Home Place Retirement Development Corp. of Siloam Springs plans to build a 194-unit apartment complex off Arkansas Highway 12 in Bentonville valued at more than $7 million. The deal heads up the area?s latest round of high-profile real estate transations.
by - January 17, 2005 12:00 am
Legacy Plans $10M In Capitalization
Legacy National Bank has an intended capitalization of just over $10 million, according to paperwork investors filed with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, said Don Gibson, president of the proposed bank.
by - January 17, 2005 12:00 am
Losses for Gaines Come from Bankruptcy
A dozen lawsuits claiming from $20,000 to about $600,000 in damages have been filed against Shawn and Cortney Gaines of Bentonville and their businesses ? S&C Construction Inc. and SBDC Construction Inc.
by - January 17, 2005 12:00 am
Marrs Offers Incentive Plan
Gene Marrs, CEO of Marrs Electric Inc. in Tulsa and Arkansas, is offering a stellar incentive to his employees.
by - January 17, 2005 12:00 am
Combs and Johnson Have Centerton Dispute
Traditional partners Gary Combs and Neil Johnson are now embroiled in a lawsuit.
by - January 17, 2005 12:00 am
Bank of England Buys Ozark Lending
Ozark Lending Inc., which opened a Rogers loan origination office in April 2004, was recently bought out by England Lending, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank of England.
by - January 17, 2005 12:00 am
Liberty Buyout Is a Done Deal
Perhaps you were aware Arkansas State Bank of Siloam Springs is now part of the Liberty Bank fold.
by - January 17, 2005 12:00 am
ASB Shareholders Include Big Local Names
Who are the ASB shareholders enjoying paydays from the merger/dividend? It?s no surprise the Allen (Canning Co.) family features prominently in the roster.
by - January 17, 2005 12:00 am
CKB Management Buys CitiScapes Magazine
CKB Management LLC of Fayetteville, led by Charles and Kimberly Sharpe, announced on Jan. 4 that it purchased majority interest in CitiScapes Metro Monthly magazine on Dec. 1 from Horizon OmniMedia Corp. for an undisclosed amount.
by - January 17, 2005 12:00 am
KHOG Raises $170K For Tsunami Victims
KHBS/KHOG, Channels 40/29, raised more than $170,000 for victims of the tsunami that struck Asia on Dec. 26.
by - January 17, 2005 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Security Threatens to Arrest Photographer (Outtakes Opinion)
We weren?t really surprised to hear that a Wal-Mart security officer threatened to have a photographer arrested outside a Maryland store, but it flies in the face of the kinder, gentler Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott is trying to pitch to the public.