by December 23, 2002 12:00 am
-Wing Clipping for Bird?
Action has yet to be taken, but Allen W. Bird III, a former lawyer with the Rose Law Firm of Little Rock, may soon be barred from practicing in federal court.
by December 23, 2002 12:00 am
-Action has yet to be taken, but Allen W. Bird III, a former lawyer with the Rose Law Firm of Little Rock, may soon be barred from practicing in federal court.
by December 23, 2002 12:00 am
-On Dec. 10, America?s Car-Mart Inc. of Bentonville reported a 57 percent jump in earnings from continuing operations in the second quarter, which ended Oct. 31. Higher gross margins and a rise in revenue contributed to the increase.
by December 23, 2002 12:00 am
-Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has filed suit against the Puerto Rican justice department to prevent it from blocking the company?s acquisition of a local supermarket chain.
by December 23, 2002 12:00 am
-It?s been months since Golf Entertainment Inc., the much-maligned Springdale penny stock, threatened in a Morning News story that it would file a lawsuit against the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal.
by December 9, 2002 10:46 am
-Wendell D. Belden, the former owner of SEC-registered brokerage firm Southmark Inc. of Tulsa, is permanently barred from having any affiliation or association with an investment adviser or broker-dealer.
by December 9, 2002 12:00 am
-On July 30, President Bush signed into law a corporate reform bill known as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, aimed at restoring investor confidence in public companies.
by December 9, 2002 12:00 am
-Accounting firms have found a lucrative new market resurrecting deleted computer files.
by December 9, 2002 12:00 am
-Southwestern Electric Power Co. (Swepco) of Fayetteville, traditionally the third-largest electric company in Arkansas, jumped a notch this year thanks to favorable wholesale energy trading.
by December 9, 2002 12:00 am
-Bank of Gravett has filed for a ?change of control? with the Arkansas Bank Department. Often, such a filing signals that a bank if being prepared for sale.
by December 9, 2002 12:00 am
-Audit fees are expected to rise 25 to 35 percent next year, most industry experts say.
by December 9, 2002 12:00 am
-Baldor Electric Co. declared a regular quarterly cash dividend and announced promotions last month.
by December 9, 2002 12:00 am
-J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. has announced that it will purchase a portion of Werner Enterprises Inc.?s ownership in Dallas-based Transplace.
by December 9, 2002 12:00 am
-The Washington Post reported on Nov. 28 that Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale has opened a new Washington, D.C., office that is headed by veteran meat industry lobbyist Sara Lilygren.
by December 9, 2002 12:00 am
-Wal-Mart Stores Inc. hit a single-day company sales record during the traditional day-after-Thanksgiving shopping sprees, taking in $1.43 billion nationally.
by November 25, 2002 12:00 am
-Golf Entertainment Inc., the Springdale penny stock embroiled in a handful of legal spats and barred from trading its own stock in the state by the Arkansas Securities Department, did not file its quarterly report as scheduled on Nov. 20.
by November 25, 2002 12:00 am
-Dan Greenberg, a newly elected justice of the peace in Pulaski County and son of D-G Editorial Page Editor Paul Greenberg, was the only individual who received a check from David Howell who hadn?t been named in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
by November 25, 2002 12:00 am
-First Federal Bank of Arkansas Inc., the publicly traded Harrison bank that operates seven locations in Benton and Washington counties, is believed to be the first in Arkansas to offer online loan approvals.
by November 25, 2002 12:00 am
-SEC-registered brokerage firm Southmark Inc. was still duking it out in court with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Nov. 21, nearly a week after a preliminary injunction hearing began in federal court.
by November 25, 2002 12:00 am
-Sales for the quarter ended Sept. 30 jumped 40.4 percent to $21.9 million from $15.6 million in the comparable quarter of 2001 for Brass Eagle Inc.
by November 25, 2002 12:00 am
-Cannon Express Inc. announced on Oct. 14 that it had revenues of $18.8 million for the first quarter of its fiscal 2003, down 13 percent from $21.7 during 2002?s comparable period.