by - November 8, 2004 12:00 am
Syroco Inc. Gets Ownership Change
Industrias Vassallo Inc. of Ponce, Puerto Rico, bought Syracuse, N.Y.-based Syroco Inc. in September. That includes it?s 40-employee plant in Siloam Springs.
Tag: NWABJ
by - November 8, 2004 12:00 am
Economy on Track Despite Booming ?90s
An economic boom in the late 1990s has Americans thinking that anything less is a weak economy, said Jeff Collins, director of the University of Arkansas? Center for Business and Economic Research.
by - November 8, 2004 12:00 am
Tyson Track Complex Hosts NWAHBA Show
The Northwest Arkansas Home Builders Association announced that the Spring Home Show and Expo will be held March 18-20 in the Randal Tyson Track Complex on the University of Arkansas campus.
by - November 8, 2004 12:00 am
Fayetteville Chamber Initiates Task Force
The Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce has started a Young Professionals Task Force.
by - November 8, 2004 12:00 am
Conservation Group Thanks Area Business Contributors
The Nature Conservancy?s Northwest Arkansas Corporate Council for Conservation lunch was held to inform the businesses that have contributed a combined $200,000 about the organization?s efforts in Northwest Arkansas and the rest of the state.
by - November 8, 2004 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Builds At Archaeological Sites
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. refused on Oct. 6 to halt construction of a discount store in the shadow of ancient Mexican pyramids, despite local opposition that has sparked a hunger strike.
by - November 8, 2004 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Won?t Sell Carlin?s Book
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation?s largest retailer, is not selling comedian George Carlin?s best-selling new book, ?When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops,? in its stores because its cover makes fun of the ?Last Supper.”
by - November 8, 2004 12:00 am
Developers Plan 30,000-SF Building for Sara Lee Corp.
Developers Dan Dykema, Mark Marquess and Rick McCollough are building a new 30,000-SF Bentonville building that will be leased entirely to Chicago-based Sara Lee Corp.
by - November 8, 2004 12:00 am
Accounting & Payroll Not A State-sanctioned Firm
Turns out Accounting & Payroll LLC is not a state-sanctioned accounting firm because it is not registered with the Arkansas State Board of Public Accountancy and its principal is not a CPA.
by - November 8, 2004 12:00 am
Developers Pledge $50,000 to UA Architecture School
Developers Rob Merry-Ship, Richard Alexander, Ted Belden and John Nock have pledged $50,000 to the University of Arkansas School of Architecture.
by - November 8, 2004 12:00 am
Hanna Oil & Gas Co. to Build $3.24 Million Office
Fort Smith will apparently soon have another prominent building in the works downtown.
by - November 8, 2004 12:00 am
Otter Swims To Cave Springs
Developer Gary Brandon is building a 200-acre, 235-lot subdivision in Cave Springs called Otter Creek after the area in Little Rock where he used to live.
by - November 8, 2004 12:00 am
Ervin & Co. CPAs Hires Business Development Director
Ervin & Co. CPAs of Fayetteville has hired a director of business development, Holly Fish, who comes from Whitley Penn, a Dallas accounting and consulting firm.
by - November 8, 2004 12:00 am
River Valley Execs See Big Pay Increases
Seven of the 10 biggest public company executive pay increases from 2002 to 2003 happened for honchos from the Arkansas River Valley and Northwest Arkansas.
by - November 8, 2004 12:00 am
Fox Flunks Spelling
Two of the three street signs in Springdale?s new Fox Field subdivision contain misspellings of New Orleans street names.
by - October 25, 2004 12:00 am
Triumvirate Keeps NW On Course
Administrators of Northwest?s three local hospitals said there?s only one trend that matters: Helicopters used to take patients away from the Bentonville hospital. Now, they bring them there.
by - October 25, 2004 12:00 am
St. Mary?s Readies for Next Generation
Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas Inc. upgrades its information technology and work processes with its four-year Genesis Project.
by - October 25, 2004 12:00 am
Cooper Clinic Bids Farewell to ABCBS
Cooper Clinic P.A. of Fort Smith, the largest physician group in the state, disagrees with Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield?s reimbursement rates, so Cooper?s contract lapsed on Sept. 30.
by - October 25, 2004 12:00 am
Area Faces Shortage of Hispanic Nurses
With only 71 registered Hispanic nurses now, Northwest Arkansas needs another 287 by next year, according to a September study.
by - October 25, 2004 12:00 am
NW Corridor Gains Beds, Services In Era of Hospital Super Projects
Combined Arkansas hospital construction is worth $592.6 million in projects and will add more than 1.6 million SF of new or upgraded space to the state?s health care infrastructure.