by - November 10, 2003 12:00 am
Mexico Viejo Good For The Price (Business Lunch)
Mexico Viejo gets a three-star food review.
Tag: NWABJ
by - November 10, 2003 12:00 am
Bed Bugs Offers Unique Items, Looks To Add More
Offering unique gifts and home d?cor for babies and children, Bed Bugs of Rogers has found a niche in Northwest Arkansas. Lisa Gray opened the store in May, catering to young couples and families in the area.
by - November 10, 2003 12:00 am
RabBoar Provides Tech Solutions To Local Businesses
Having offered information technology services to large companies since 1992, RabBoar Enterprises recently began offering specialized information-technology services to local businesses.
by - November 10, 2003 12:00 am
Nexstar Buys NBC 24/51
JDG Television of Muskogee, Okla., sold its Fayetteville television station,, NBC 24/51, KPOM/KFAA, to Nexstar Broadcasting Group of Irving, Texas, on Oct. 16.
by - November 10, 2003 12:00 am
Audit Docks Newspaper Circ
The Audit Bureau of Circulations has docked The Morning News? ?average paid circulation? by 1,082 daily (Monday through Saturday) and 555 on Sundays for the 12-month period that ended March 31.
by - November 10, 2003 12:00 am
D-G Tells Wal-Mart How the Cow Ate the Cabbage (Opinion)
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette had an excellent editorial on Oct. 30 about 245 illegal workers being nabbed by U.S. immigration agents at 61 Wal-Mart stores.
by - November 10, 2003 12:00 am
Thanks for the Graphic (Opinion)
While we?re bragging on the Democrat-Gazette, we would also like to say thanks for publishing a chart every time the U.S. Department of Commerce issues new gross domestic product numbers.
by - November 10, 2003 12:00 am
P.A.M.?s Revenue Is up; Net is Down
P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. released its third quarter earnings on Oct. 27. While operating revenues increased 14 percent to $74.2 million compared with 2002?s third quarter tally of $65.1 million, net income decreased from 2002.
by - November 10, 2003 12:00 am
J.B. Hunt Increases 3Q Revenue 7 Percent
Lowell?s J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. reported a 7 percent increase in third quarter operating revenue from $583 million in 2002 to $622 million.
by - November 10, 2003 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Receives Target Letter
Wal-Mart officials said the company received a letter from the government on Oct. 31 saying that a federal grand jury is investigating the world?s largest retailer for violating immigration laws.
by - November 10, 2003 12:00 am
Wal-Mart to Roll Out Sam?s Clubs in Canada
Wal-Mart Canada Corp., a division of Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc., opened the first four Sam?s Club warehouse stores in Canada on Oct. 30 and said the warehouse outlets will become a national chain.
by - November 10, 2003 12:00 am
Income Drops for Triad Hospitals
?Doubtful accounts? led to a 68 percent decrease in net income for Triad Hospitals Inc. for the third quarter compared to the same three-month period in 2002, according to an earnings announcement on Oct. 27.
by - November 10, 2003 12:00 am
Wal-Mart is Largest ?Corporate Cash Giver?
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been recognized by Forbes magazine as the ?largest corporate cash giver? in the United States. The magazine cited The Chronicle of Philanthropy?s annual survey based on sales and cash donations for 2002.
by - November 10, 2003 12:00 am
Schwyharts Get Concorde Seats
Bill and Carolyn Schwyhart, the well-known Rogers developer and his wife, were supposed to win the charity auction for the last seats on the invitation-only, final charter flight of the Concorde on Oct. 22.
by - November 10, 2003 12:00 am
Tucker Buys out Alpha
Don Tucker has led a buyout of Springdale-based Alpha Pickup & Delivery.
by - November 10, 2003 12:00 am
Jail Progress Slowed
Progress on the Washington County Jail might have a severe case of ?he said/he said.?
by - November 10, 2003 12:00 am
Shaffer Wins Judgement
Although a $199,979 judgment was ordered against former Rose Law Firm lawyer Allen W. Bird III on Aug. 29 for fraudulent billing in a bankruptcy case, he has yet to pay it.
by - November 10, 2003 12:00 am
Wal-Mart?s Influence Still Staggering
Arkansans now have a choice of 51 Wal-Mart Supercenters where they can register their vehicles and receive license-plate decals right there on the spot (that is, if they have insurance, have paid property taxes and have had their vehicle assessed).
by - November 10, 2003 12:00 am
Texas Takes AVRA
American Venture Resource Association, the national equity guarantee insurance program that considered starting in Arkansas, and its affiliated AVRA Financial Inc. has gone to ?The Big D.?
by - October 27, 2003 12:00 am
Jobs Foretell Boom
A correlation between job growth and commercial building valuations in Northwest Arkansas may signal building booms.