by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Here?s to Better Days Ahead
2003 was a trying year, but one worth remembering.
Tag: NWABJ
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Is Dillard?s About Done, Or Will Santa Still Come?
Wal-Mart has braced investors for the likelihood that U.S. same-store sales during December will be a modest 3 percent or so above the last month of 2002.rnMeanwhile, Dillard?s Inc. of Little Rock has told investors nothing.
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Garibaldi in the Family
On Dec. 6, Samuel and Elena Reyes closed the Elenita?s Mexican Restaurant in Springdale?s Signature Square shopping center at 1301 E. Robinson Ave.
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Geno?s Pizza Set for UARK Bowl
Linda Rogers of Fort Smith plans to open a Geno?s Pizza restaurant by Feb. 1 in the UARK Bowl building on Fayetteville?s Dickson Street.
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Pad Thai Opens in Springdale
Thai restaurants are becoming almost as common as Mexican restaurants in Northwest Arkansas.
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Tea Used To Kill Food Pathogens
Researchers are using tea extracts to reduce food-borne pathogens.
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Regions Holding Co. Outranks Arkansas Firms
More than $17.8 billion is held in Arkansas deposits by the 10 largest bank holding companies with offices in Arkansas.
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Gift Cards That Keep on Taking
Gift cards may seem like a great idea, but if the recipients don?t use them, then the gift-giver is just throwing money away.
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Financial Reports Don?t Meet SEC Standards
Researchers at the University of Arkansas have found that less than 17 percent of financial reports meet Securities and Exchange Commission regulations aimed at keeping shareholders informed.
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
CommunityCare Foundation Sets New Funding Initiatives
The CommunityCare Foundation Inc. is focusing its funding on specific areas of concern and changing the way it awards grants to area nonprofit agencies to reflect that focus.
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Morning News Dips Daily, Recovers on Sundays
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette had an increase of 2.5 percent in total paid daily circulation in Northwest Arkansas for the six months ended Sept. 30, while The Morning News had a slight decrease in weekday circulation of 1.4 percent.
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Poetry Good for General Assembly (Opinion)
Members of the Arkansas General Assembly should take heed in the lighthearted retelling of the ?Night Before Christmas? that ran in Brenda Blagg?s column in The Morning News on Christmas Eve.
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Times Gives City All the Credit (Opinion)
The Northwest Arkansas Times listed the Milken Institute?s rating of the ?Fayetteville Metropolitan Statistical Area? as No. 10 in a list of Top 10 local stories in 2003 but gave the city nearly all the credit.
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Mad Cow Recall Expands; Tyson Shares Still Volatile
Moving to contain both the possible spread of mad-cow disease and its potential economic impact, United States agriculture officials expanded the scope of a beef recall just before the new year and
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Merrill Cuts Hunt Rating, Tax News Goes Unheralded
Investment firm Merrill Lynch said in late December it cut its rating on shares of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. to ?neutral? from ?buy.?
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Baltz Adds V.P., Pricing Tags to Title
ABF Freight System Inc. in December named Chris Baltz its new vice president of marketing and pricing, replacing Gerald Pirpich, who is retiring Jan. 31.
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Springdale Schools Gets New Campus
The structural steel framing is 95 percent complete and the exterior block 20 percent complete on the education wing at the new Springdale High School and LEC Properties recently bought permits valued at $18.9 million
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
TrestleTree Inc. Branches Out
TrestleTree Inc., the Fayetteville health care firm, has ?graduated? from the Genesis Technology Incubator, consolidated its offices into one corporate facility and moved into about 4,500 SF of temporary lease space on Springdale?s Thompson Avenue.
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
UA Engineers Procure Satellite Lab
Bob Friedman, Genesis? director, and Neil Schmidt, the former dean of the UA College of Engineering, have helped procure $2 million worth of satellite equipment to start the Electrical Engineering Department?s UA Satellite Communications Lab.
by - January 5, 2004 12:00 am
Sloan Slates Fayetteville Subdivision
Developer Charles Sloan has plans for another subdivision in Fayetteville.