by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
Cindy Webb and Steve McCarthy founded Promethean Partners to teach leaders of nonprofit businesses how to promote themselves with fundraising, business strategy and marketing.
by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
Stacey Roberts was hired on May 31 to be the next managing editor of the Northwest Arkansas Times in Fayetteville. Roberts will begin working at that job in July.
by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
Sarah Courteau, a former reporter for the ?Business Matters? section of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, had an essay published in the June issue of Harper?s Magazine.
by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
Two local newspapers and the three area television stations did a terrific job covering the May 26 collapse of the Interstate 40 bridge at Webbers Falls, Okla.
by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
We were less than impressed with the bridge-collapse coverage aired May 27 on National Public Radio, which is broadcast nationwide and locally on KUAF-FM, 91.3.
by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
A slick J.C.Penny’s advertising circular recently distressed a local reader.
by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
Central Arkansas furniture chain expands along Gulf Coast, does $58 million in sales.
by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
Developers in Minnesota plan to build a 73-room ?bread-and-butter hotel? on Walton Boulevard just north of the headquarters of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in Bentonville.
by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
In addition to the more than $1.6 million that CommunityCare Foundation Inc. awarded to 24 local agencies, the nonprofit organization invested another $821,538 into existing special projects.
by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
A $17,112 grant for books and supplies to the Springdale High School Medical Academy was approved on May 3 by the Northwest Arkansas Community Foundation.
by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale on May 28 signed a purchase agreement to sell one of its two Mallard?s Foods processing plants in Modesto, Calif., to Michael Angelo?s Gourmet Foods Inc. of Austin, Texas.
by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
Mike Moser, with Beall Barclay & Co. PLC of Rogers and Fort Smith, said installing movable fixtures rather than permanent ones in commercial buildings can greatly accelerate the recovery of their costs.
by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
Three arrests have been made in connection with five area bank robberies during the past six months.
by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
Moody?s Investors Service assigned a Baa3 rating on June 3 to Arkansas Best Corp.?s $225 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility, due in 2005.
by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
All of the candidates nominated for Beverly Enterprises’ board of directors were elected at the company’s annual meeting.
by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
Edgewater Technology Inc. of Wakefield, Mass., at a shareholders meeting in May, officially severed its ties with Fayetteville, where the company had maintained an office until this spring.
by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell on May 31 announced the pricing of a public offering of 5.1 million shares of common stock at $26 per share, before underwriting discounts and commissions.
by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
Springdale protein producer Tyson Foods Inc. on May 2 recorded a 52-week high stock price of $14.76.
by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
Mexico’s anti-trust watchdog launched an investigation into anti-competitive practices in the country?s retail sector, apparently based on complaints filed against powerhouse Wal-Mart de Mexico (Walmex).
by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
Two regional banks with large interests in Northwest Arkansas got ?buy? ratings when Williams Capital Group L.P. recently inititated coverage of their stocks.
