by - April 12, 2004 12:00 am
McLaughlin Named SBDC Director at UA
The Small Business Development Center in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas has named Gary McLaughlin as center director.
Tag: Public Companies
by - March 29, 2004 12:00 am
Hanna?s Heats Up Global Competition
The president of Hanna?s Candle Co. of Fayetteville says he’s increased production by 700 percent since he began supplying candles to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in 1997, but heated worldwide competition keeps profits at a flicker.
by - March 29, 2004 12:00 am
Gates Open to More Builders at Clear Creek
Only four builders were allowed to develop in John Tyson?s upscale gated community until January. Now, Tyson and Orion Realty have opened the gate to let even more area builders in.
by - March 29, 2004 12:00 am
Adversity Made Area?s Centennial Club Stronger in Toughest Times
Twenty-six for-profit companies in Northwest Arkansas have had continuous operations for at least 100 years.
by - March 29, 2004 12:00 am
NCR Joins UA?s ITRC
NCR, the company founded as the National Cash Register Co. in Dayton, Ohio, has joined the Information Research Technology Center within the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas.
by - March 29, 2004 12:00 am
Tyson Value Added Wins Big In Market
Tyson Foods Inc. plans to target growth in sales of value-added products, increasing sales from that segment from 35 to 50 percent over the next three to five years.
by - March 1, 2004 12:00 am
Tyson To Take Old Store for Office
It looks like rennovations are underway on the 73,000-SF former Kmart building located at 2231 W. 6th Street in Fayetteville.
by - March 1, 2004 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Threatens To Out-Walk Tyson
Corporate competition in the 2004 Northwest Arkansas American Heart Walk is already fierce.
by - February 16, 2004 12:00 am
Wal-Martians Turn Green in ?The Windy City?
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville is the first big-box retailer to embrace Chicago’s green-roof program.
by - February 16, 2004 12:00 am
Clear Creek Tees Up Apartments, Course
John Tyson?s much anticipated development, Clear Creek Golf Club in Johnson, is making the final push toward completion.
by - February 16, 2004 12:00 am
Rogers? Pinnacle Hills Promenade to Be 856,300 SF
Planners for Pinnacle Hills Promenade, the anticipated retail complex in Rogers, have more than doubled the project?s size and moved it southeast across Interstate 540, developers announced on Feb. 5.
by - February 16, 2004 12:00 am
T-Mobile USA Comes to Bentonville
The Bellview, Wash., mobile phone company recently bought six building permits to co-locate on existing towers in Bentonville and plans to build two new towers of its own. The company is also building 31 additional tower sites in the Little Rock area.
by - February 2, 2004 12:00 am
Tyson Urges Shareholders To Reject Repeat Proposals
Springdale meat producer Tyson Foods Inc. has asked its shareholders to vote down two proposals that are old hat to its annual shareholders meeting.
by - February 2, 2004 12:00 am
Tyson Earnings Grow; Firm Beats Mad-cow Scare
Despite the mad-cow disease scare late last year, Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale said on Jan. 26 that its first-quarter earnings grew by 46 percent.
by - February 2, 2004 12:00 am
Delta Softens 4Q Prediction; Says 1Q Is Looks Promising
Delta Systems Inc., the Rogers automation and motion control software company, announced on Jan. 20 that its 2003 fourth quarter revenue will be in the $2.2 million to $2.4 million range.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Forbes Rates Hunt No. 1 Over Transportation Firms
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell was recently ranked first among transportation companies in Forbes magazine?s annual Platinum List of America?s Best Big Companies.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Violated Labor Laws, In-House Audit Indicates
An internal audit in 2000 may have warned top executives at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville that employee records at 128 stores revealed ?extensive violations? of child-labor laws and state regulations requiring time for breaks and meals.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Wal-Mart?s Comps Rose 4.3 Percent in December
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said sales at U.S. stores open at least a year rose 4.3 percent in December, beating Wall Street analysts? estimates by 1 percent.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
AT&T, Wal-Mart Renew Phone Card Pact
AT&T Corp. said on Jan. 13 that it had renewed its contract to be the sole provider of prepaid phone cards to Wal-Mart Stores Inc.?s Wal-Mart stores and Sam?s Clubs until the beginning of 2005.
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