Tag: Public Companies

5-Star Productions Gains Success with Market Change

Mike Hart’s company, 5-Star Productions Inc., is having its best year ever. sales reached $100,000 in July alone.

Centerton Looks at New Neighborhood

Massey Holdings LLC recently sold about 36 acres of land to Wal-Mart off Arkansas Highway 102 in Centerton for $3.15 million.

VIC Client Lands SBIR Grant

Yet another Virtual Incubation Corp. client has received a Small Business Innovation Research award ? this time it’s a Phase II from the National Institutes of Health and worth $740,000.

Runoff Suit Jumps Gun (Editorial)

It’s hard to pick a good guy ? or a bad guy ? in the continuing dispute between Arkansas and Oklahoma over water quality issues.

ABF Temporarily Limits Fuel Surcharge Due to Hurricane

Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System Inc. announced that it will limit its standard fuel surcharge through Oct. 4.

2005 Public Company Annual Reports

The list of the most recent public company annual reports for Arkansas’ publicly traded businesses.

Robert Powell Sells $19 Million in USA Truck Stock

The single largest insider shareholder in USA Truck Inc. of Van Buren sold 800,000 shares of his holdings Aug. 17 that netted him $19 million.

Consider the Vendor Factor (Jeff Hankins Commentary)

When Wal-Mart decided to encourage a local presence by vendors, it was equivalent to the state landing a major Fortune 500 company with high-paying jobs. It was an evolution that is now producing results no one imagined.

Exec Appears Drunk with Power (Editorial)

We can’t help wondering if million-dollar salaries just drive some people insane.

Strategic Networking Starts By Tapping Into Connectors

The business world is numb with numbers, analysis ad nauseam and jargony gibberish. But executives say one tangible that accounts for the majority of their business can’t be crammed into a spreadsheet ? the ability to network.

Wal-Mart Reveals Coughlin’s ‘Obsession’

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. sued former Vice Chairman Tom Coughlin on July 27 in an attempt to void his multi-million dollar retirement package.

Florida Wal-Mart Bans Paper, Then Apologizes (Outtakes Opinion)

The manager of a Pensacola, Fla., Wal-Mart bans the local newspaper from being sold at the store after taking issue with a column the paper published that criticized Wal-Mart’s employee fringe benefits and insurance packages.

Northwest Arkansas Business Journal 2005 40 Under 40

The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s 2005 40 Under 40 list of the region’s most influential business and political leaders.

It Isn?t About the Money (Editorial)

When anyone says it isn?t about the money, it?s about the money. This is especially true when the subject is business. And particularly so when the subject is tough new competition.

Wal-Mart Vendors Golf for Scholarships

More than 30 vendors to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. raised $15,000 at the ninth annual Vendors FORE Education Golf Tournament on July 15.

Beverly Suitor Faces $10 Million Fraud Lawsuit

Peter R. Morris, president of PRM Realty Group LLC of Chicago, now is suing Formation Capital of Alpharetta, Ga., for fraud and breach of contract, saying he was misled about his $10 million investment in Beverly Enterprises of Fort Smith.

Wally Properties Follows Wal-Mart Store Openings

John Alford of Wally Properties LLC and partner Charles Palmer have developed or redeveloped more than 1 million SF of space in former Wal-Mart stores, or in what?s called ?shadow? buildings near new Wal-Mart Supercenters.

Companies Weigh Benefits Of Public vs. Private Status

The number of public companies in the Fort Smith area had dwindled from six to four since 2000, reflecting a national trend of public companies going private.

Holy Big Bertha! Golf Tourney Gets $36K Per Team

An 18-hole golf tournament set for Aug. 20 at The Blessing golf course in Johnson is asking ? and getting ? $36,000 per two-man team.

Soderquist Sans Secrets

Some who read Don Soderquist’s new book ask if the Wal-Mart corporate lawyers purged all its secrets. “That’s absolutely wrong,” said Soderquist, Wal-Mart’s former vice chairman and chief operating officer. It is a simple philosophy that works today.

Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame announces 9th class

Riceland Foods adds three new board members

Anonymous donation leads to establishment of Thomas O. Professorship at WBU

2 venture capital firms join Onward HQ’s ambassador program